Leveraging Geospatial Data For Better Disaster Management Response Ashwani Rawat, Co-Founder & Director, Transerve TechnologiesHolding expertise in global navigation satellite system, Ashwanin has worked in business leadership roles for almost nine years in the field of location intelligence. Hurricanes, earthquakes, industrial accidents, and others are capable of creating considerable chaos, be it from damaging the environment to the impact it has on communities and the kind of complications that it can cause in the rescue efforts. However, thanks to GIS, emergency management and disaster response is much better equipped now, in helping communities in both preparations as well as recovery. From the tracking and prediction of disasters to providing assistance in rescue, recovery, and relief efforts, GIS today, is mitigating risks, damages and helping in saving lives.