ISRO Invites Online Applications for AICTE-approved Free Online Course on Remote Sensing

ISRO is offering a free online course called “Remote sensing, GIS and GNSS Technology and their Applications”, which has been approved by AICTE. The course will be conducted through the Indian Space Research Organisation’s centre the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) on the SWAYAM platform. The free online course can be especially beneficial for undergraduate students who will receive credit points upon completion.

The course will be conducted by Dr Poonam S Tiwari who is a scientist and teaching faculty at IIRS, ISRO, Dehradun. She has a Masters in Technology in Remote Sensing and GIS, and has a PhD from IIT Roorkee. The professor’s area of expertise focuses on satellite photogrammetry, 3D data processing and analysis and automated feature extraction using remotely sensed data.

What the ISRO Free Online Course on Remote sensing, GIS and GNSS Technology will Cover

The course, which will be conducted over 15 weeks and consists of 77.5 hours of learning, is spread across three modules namely basics of remote sensing, global navigation satellite system and geographic information system and applications of geospatial technology. Participants can either chose to register for individual courses or all three courses. Some of the topics that will be covered are as follows:

• Remote sensing and digital image analysis: Basic principles of remote sensing, earth observation sensors and platforms, spectral signature of different land cover features, image interpretation, thermal and microwave remote sensing.
• Digital image processing: Basic concepts of rectification and registration, enhancement, classification and accuracy assessment techniques.
• Global navigation satellite system: Introduction to GPS and GNSS, receivers, processing methods, errors and accuracy.
• Geographical information system: GIS, databases, topology, spatial analysis and open-source software.
• RS and GIS applications: Agriculture and soil, forestry and ecology, geoscience and geo-hazards, marine and atmospheric sciences, urban and regional studies and water resources.

Apart from the theoretical concepts mentioned above, participants will also receive a practical demonstration using free and open-source software, which will be used as a platform for demonstrations and development.

Important Dates and How to Enroll

The course will begin on 20 January 2021 and will be conducted until 5 May 2021. The last date to enroll for the course is 31 January 2021. Those who wish to know more about the ISRO free online course, and wish to subsequently enroll for it are advised to go through the official website for more information and then click on the Join button.