Geospatial technologies are one of the rapidly evolving subject worldwide. Influence of this growth will also result in changing scenarios in various related aspects including among other things the accompanying job markets at regional, national and international level. A review on the studies of the Geospatial job market in India gives a relatively sorry state of picture with regard to availability of educated, skilled and qualified professional work force for its growing Geospatial industry. Further, in the context of recently launched of Smart Cities & Digital India programs by Government of India is a big step forward to transform the country into a digitally empowered knowledge economy, it is expected that the demand –supply gap of Geospatial professionals is going to be further widened. The proposed paper discusses the experience of current Geospatial teaching methodologies at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and the need for introduction of different programs using different modes of delivery will be discussed. The paper further focuses on various opportunities and challenges that are going to be emerged with changing scenarios in geospatial Industry particularly with reference to the educational needs. The weak spatial thinking skills and geography background, difference in IT and geospatial technology literacy levels, implementing a need-based student-centered /project-based learning methodologies in different modes of course delivery, a restructured geospatial course curriculum are some of the other issues that are expected to make a relevant contribution to discussion on the needs for Geospatial capacity building in particular and development towards a Digital India general. The paper also presents some anticipated implications of National Geospatial Policy (NGP-2016) with regard to development of SDI in India.