ISRO is inviting applications from students and professionals for a five-day free online course on geospatial technology.
The course, called “Overview of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Technology”, is being offered through the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), a centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The importance of geospatial technologies is well known. Geographical information systems (GIS) can play an important role in data collection, creation of components, integration of information systems, stakeholders’ engagement, and dissemination of geoinformation.
Programme Reception
The programme can be received through the e-class platform of IIRS-ISRO Using internet connectivity. The is no specific hardware/software is required. However good internet connectivity is recommended at the user end. To run the programme in a classroom, following computer hardware will be required:
- Desktop computer with web camera microphone & output speaker or laptop with microphone camera and output speaker.
- Large display screen /projector/TV.
Important Dates
- See the “How to apply / Course Registration” section for details of the enrolment process.
- The last date for receiving online applications for the course on April 21, 2023 Till 1730 hrs
- The course will be conducted online during April 24-28, 2023 via the IIRS E-Class platform https://eclass.iirs.gov.in/
- The course Fee is NIL. There is no course fee for the live and interactive course.
- To know more please click here.
How to Apply / Course Registration
- Course updates and other details will be available on URL- http://www.iirs.gov.in/Edusat-News/.
- To participate in this course, interested organizations/universities/departments / institutes have to identify a coordinator at their end. The identified coordinator will register online their Institute as nodal center in IIRS website (https://elearning.iirs.gov.in/edusatregistration/ coordinator).
- All the participants have to register online through registration page (https://elearning.iirs.gov.in/edusatregistration/student) by selecting their organization as nodal center.
The candidate who wants to participate in the course should be a student in the final year undergraduate course or postgraduate course (any year). Technical / Scientific Staff of Central / State Government / Faculty/researchers at universities/institutions are also eligible to apply for this course. Applications of participants have to be duly sponsored by the university/institute and forwarded through coordinators from respective centres.
