ISRO Invites Applications from Students for 10-day Free Online Course on Geospatial Technologies

ISRO is currently offering a free online course called Advanced Geospatial Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

ISRO has invited applications from interested students and professionals for a 10-day free online course called  Advanced Geospatial Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). The course aims at imparting knowledge on geospatial technologies, which have emerged as the most powerful technology for all phases of disaster management. The ISRO free online course is being sponsored by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation, Department of Space, Government of India.

All the participants who attend 70% sessions of the course live via e-class portal will receive ISRO certificate for attending the course. As far as participants who attend course sessions via IIRS YouTube channel are concerned, they will be required to mark their attendance via offline session available after 24 hours. The course will be conducted from 18 to 29 April 2022.

What the ISRO Free Online Course on Geospatial Technologies Will Cover?

Participants who wish to take the course will have to be familiar with the basics of remote sensing and geographical information system. Some of the topics that will be covered are as follows:

• Overview of remote sensing and Geographic Information System.
• Application of satellite communication technology for disaster mitigation.
• Overview of UAV for disaster monitoring and mitigation.
• Emerging geo computation, online GIS and geo-web services for DRR.
• Advanced application of geospatial technologies for geological hazards, hydrological hazards, forest fire hazards, drought hazards, coastal hazards, atmospheric and pollution hazards.

Who Can Apply for ISRO Free Online Course on Geospatial Technologies?

The course has been designed for the following participants:

• Professionals from central and state government.
• Professionals from private organisations.
• NGOs engaged in geospatial data analysis related research and projects.
• Students and researchers aligned to research in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).

Important Details of the ISRO Free Online Course on Geospatial Technologies

• All participants have to register online through registration page available on IIRS Edusat website.
• Course study materials like lecture slides, video recorded lectures, open source software and handouts of demonstrations will be made available through e- class.
• The content of the workshop will be available offline after 24 hours in the e-class portal.

Those who wish to know more are advised to go through the official brochure for further information.