IIST has been awarded the ‘Best University (National) Award as a part of Open Source GIS Day celebrations conducted at VMCC Main Auditorium, IIT Bombay on 17 July 2025. The programme was organised by the FOSSEE (GIS) project, IIT Bombay, under the aegis of the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT), Ministry of Education, Government of India. (https://www.iitb.ac.in/iit-bombay-fossee-gis-activities-calendar-year-2025). On behalf of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Anand Narayanan, Head, Earth and Space Sciences, received the award.

The National Geospatial Faculty Fellow (Jury) was awarded to Prof. L. Gnanappazham, Department of Earth and Space Science, IIST, to honour her significant contribution in wide spread utilization of the Open source GIS tools in the domain of Remote Sensing/GIS/Geospatial technology for the various academic and research activities.