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within India for launching satellites into low Earth, polar and
geostationary orbits. Professor Rao also actively promoted
the utilisation of the vast benefits from space technology for
development of India. Perhaps the most significant contri-
bution of Professor Rao is in evolving a highly innovative
integrated management strategy aimed at the development
of sustainable management at micro level, to meet the
needs of the present as well as the projected needs of the
future generation within ecological balance.
Parviz Tarikhi - Iran
Mr Parviz Tarikhi is the Space Science and Technology
Specialist at the Iranian Remote Sensing Centre (IRSC) in
Tehran Iran. He has also been the Editor-in-Chief of the
IRSC Newsletter since 1992. He has compiled 5 books
and 27 articles on remote sensing, mostly in the Persian
language. He has also translated 11 English and French
textbooks into the Persian language. Mr Tarikhi has
achieved a great deal in communicating remote sensing
technologies in Iran.
Dr Ivan Katzarsky - Bulgaria
Dr Kartzarsky has permanently implemented photogram-
metry and remote sensing in many aspects, including pro-
duction, research and management in Bulgaria. He was
responsible for the Pilot Project for an Information System
for Cadastre and Land Registration in Bulgaria, supported
by the PHARE program of the EU, costing 3.48 million
ECU. The project was completed successfully in 1998. He
was a United Nations Expert in Photogrammetry at the
Survey of India and also on the FIG Bureau and an ISPRS
Council member from 1988-1992.
The Schwidefsky Medal
Presented by: John C. Trinder, ISPRS Secretary General
at: 3rd General Assembly
The Schwidefsky Medal was instituted 1986 and is spon-
sored by the German Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing. The Award is made in memory of Prof.
Dr. rer. techn. Dr.-Ing.e.h. Kurt Schwidefsky, Honorary
Member of the ISPRS. The Award is in the form of a medal
made of porcelain. The recipients, no more than two at
each Congress, shall be persons who have made signifi-
cant contributions to photogrammetry and remote sens-
ing, either through the medium of publication as author or
editor, or in another form.
In 2000 the Schwidefsky Medal was awarded to Guy
Ducher (France) and L.R.A. Narayan (India).
Guy Ducher has since 1988 been Editor of the Bulletin of
the Societe Francaise de Photogrammetrie de Télédétec-
tion (SFPT), which is now celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The bulletin is one of the world’s leading French language
journals in the field of geomatics. The successful mix of
remote sensing and photogrammetry, a mix that does not
always mix well, is an example to all Societies. In his ear-
lier career in the Institut Géographique National (IGN),
France's national mapping organisation, Guy Ducher had
risen to the rank of Ingénieur Général Géographique before
retirement from the post of Director responsible for
research and development. He was also among the co-
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Presentation of the Schwidefski Medal to L.R.A. Narayan and
G. Ducher
author of Terminology de Télédétection et Photogram-
métrie, a bilingual manual of technical terminology in
remote sensing and photogrammetry, published by the
Conseil International de la Langue Francaise, Paris in 1997.
Dr. L.R.A. Narayan has been involved in the area of Pho-
togrammetry and Remote Sensing for over four decades.
He has been an ardent teacher, and researcher besides
contributing to operational programs. He has to his credit
over 80 publications in reputed journals. He has also
authored two books. Dr. L.R.A. Narayan, a leading expert
in Remote Sensing, writes technical articles on Remote
Sensing aspects in a very simple, easy to understand lan-
guage suitable to the student community and to the gen-
eral public. In particular, the publication "Remote Sensing
and its Applications" has been written by Dr. Narayan, to
assist students of science, young scientists and the wider
public community in learning about Remote Sensing.
Willem Schermerhorn Award
Presented by: Marcio Barbosa, ISPRS 2nd Vice President
and by: Prof. Dr. M. Molenaar, President of the
Netherlands Society for Earth Observation
and Geo-Informatics
at: Opening Plenary Ceremony
The Schermerhorn Award was instituted 1988 by the Ned-
erlandse Vereniging voor Fotogrammetrie and is now
sponsored by the Netherlands Society for Earth Observa-
tion and Geo-Informatics.
The Award is made in memory of Prof. Dr. Willem Schermer-
horn for the promotion of international activities in various
areas of specialisation of photogrammetry and remote sens-
ing. The Award is granted to a member of a working group
who through his or her commitment has achieved extremely
worthwhile and successful scientific meetings of a very high
level, gaining sufficient interest and good reporting through-
out the four year period up to an ISPRS Congress.
In 2000 the winner of the Schermerhorn Award was:
T. Woldai (The Netherlands).
The Willem Schermerhorn Award has in 2000 been
granted to Dr. Tsehaie Woldai because of his outstanding
achievements and activities as Chairman of ISPRS Work-
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