Mumbai, June 29, 2010: Geospatial Today awarded Managing Director Sajid Malik of Genesys International the Businessman of the year award for 2009. Dr Shailesh Naik, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences presented the award to Mr. Malik. The Businessman of the Year award appreciates and formally recognizes Mr Malik’s outstanding and sustained contribution to his organization, Genesys International Corporation Ltd., and to the geospatial industry at large.

Upon receiving his award Mr. Malik remarked, “Few technologies can be better suited to serve the needs of many an emerging and developed economy. We believe the best time for GIS and maps has just begun- contrary to the gloom most of the business world wide seems to face. Organizations like Genesys hope to be the bridge between making critical data and solutions accessible to the newer and developed world. Genesys International’s more than 1500 professionals works with several local governments, utilities and consumer led applications worldwide including the United Nations.

Geospatial Today is India’s leading geospatial publication and along with FICCI, India’s prominent industry association, publishes the Indian Geospatial Industry Survey.

Genesys International is a leading geospatial services and content player catering to the needs of major mobile, navigation and consumer mapping players, nationally and internationally. It has also recently launched one of the most advanced geospatial database programs in India. This melds into their significant cadastral program in the United States of America which addresses the need for a National Parcel Layer. The Company works with global leaders in the navigation, mobile, consumer mapping, geospatial and the utility space.