compendium on training programmes organised by nrsc in 2015
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National Remote Sensing CentreISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
Training & Education Division (T&ED)Remote Sensing Applications Area
National Remote Sensing CentreISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
Balanagar, Hyderabad -500 037
Phone: 040-2388 4566/4567/4249Fax: 040 2387 8816
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6. Title Compendium on Training Programmes Organised
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13. Date of Initiation 15/05/2016
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Abstract: This compendium document contains various training courses organized
by Training & Education Division, Remote Sensing Applications Area, Regional
Centres to different user departments.
Key Words: ISRO, STP, Disaster management, Geo-Spatial, Microwave Remote
Sensing, Ground Segment, Emerging trends, Image processing, Hyperspectral
Remote Sensing, Bhuvan-NUIS, NCERT, ASI, CHAMAN etc.
Faculty of Training and Education Division
1. Shri D Vijayan, Head, T&ED
2. Shri VVS Nageswara Rao, Sci./Engr. – SG
3. Dr. Anjum Mahtab, Sci./Engr. – SF
4. Shri P Chandrasekhar, Sci./Engr. – SF
5. Shri TS Viswanadham, Sci./Engr. – SE
6. Shri P Hariesh, Sci./Engr. – SD
Administration:
Shri RVRK Raju, Sr. Project. Assistant
Guidance, Suggestions & Support
1. Dr. VK Dadhwal, Director, NRSC
2. Dr. PG Diwakar, Dy. Director (RSAA)
3. Shri. B Gopalakrishna, Dy. Director (DPPA &WAA)
4. Dr. R Nagaraja, CGM (RC)
5. Dr. PVN Rao, Dy. Director (ECSA)
6. Shri. P Srinivasulu, GM (AS&DMA)
Acknowledgements
The help and Co-operation received from various Group Directors, Group
Heads, Divisional Heads and Scientists of NRSC are gratefully
acknowledged. Thanks to GM, RRSC East, West, Central and South for providing inputs.
Thanks to Dr. Anjum Mahtab in compiling this compendium and Mrs.
Bhavana Sahay, Shri VVS Nageswara Rao & Shri Rajeev Kumar for
reading and editing this compendium.
Thanks to Map Printing facility for Designing the cover page and printing.
A Compendium of Training Programmes organised by NRSC in 2015
1. Introduction
National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), an entity of ISRO under DOS, Govt. of India, is engaged in the acquisition of remote sensing satellite data, processing, dissemination and value addition of aerospace data for monitoring & management of natural resources, disaster management support services besides use of space inputs in various application domains. NRSC Operates through its six wings, namely, Satellite Data Reception & Ingest Systems Area, Data Processing Products Archival & Web Applications Area, Remote Sensing Applications Area, Earth & Climate Sciences Area, Aerial Survey & Digital Mapping and Regional centers. To achieve the national goals of food, water, environment and energy securities; sustainable development, disaster management and other natural resources management requires large scale capacity building effort to develop skilled professionals at various levels. In order to meet the above requirement, it has become necessary to systematically design capacity building mechanism for officials from government, private industries, NGOs and Academic institutions.
Capacity building plays an important role in outreach of geospatial technology and applications for adoption and use by various user departments and ministries. Training enhances the awareness in recent developments for effective use of space inputs for development and governance by user departments. Imparting training in the area of emerging technologies to the users from Government, Private industries, NGOs and Academia will enable them to continually update with the state-of-the-art technologies for effective utilization. The Training facility at NRSC caters for professionals, scientists, faculty and research scholars through various training courses.
2. Training Facility at NRSC, Hyderabad
The Training facility at NRSC, Hyderabad was established in 1985 to promote and popularize remote sensing data utilization by user community in India. During this period, the satellite imageries available from Landsat/TM and SPOT satellites were being used by resource scientists for preparation of thematic maps in various applications. With the support of resource scientists from application areas,
flash/appraisal/orientation courses were conducted for users from state/central government organizations and educational institutions.
Soon after the launch of IRS-1A, the user community could start using IRS satellite data products for various applications, based on the knowledge gained from utilization/appraisal programmes. Since then, many regular, appraisal and customized training programmes have been organized for effective utilization of IRS data in various applications by user community. Besides operational projects and providing training, NRSC guided them to establish basic infrastructure facilities at various state/central government departments. Over the last three decades, a total of 4932 officials have been trained under 255 training programmes. The Training & Education Division (T&ED) has laboratory facilities with industry standard software and hardware. The Image processing and GIS labs are equipped with multiple licenses of industry standard application software like ArcGIS, ERDAS IMAGINE/LPS, ENVI, eCognition, IGIS etc., placed on desktop systems and workstations. Training on familiarization and use of open source software like QGIS, Nest, PolSAR Pro, and RAT are given. Depending on course requirements, experts from various ISRO centers and other organizations were invited to share their expertise.
Hands-on exposure in signature collection using spectro-radiometers, field visits, operations of GPS, Digital Photogrammetry Systems, ALTM processing and visit to Satellite Ground Station at Shadnagar are arranged for the benefit of the participants. NRSC scientists/engineers specialized in remote sensing applications who carried out a number of operational projects of national interest using satellite/aerial data have
contributed in training in the current technology besides familiarizing, sharing their experiences and operational capabilities with participants. NRSC library has vast collection of books and journals (Indian & international) on remote sensing, GIS and other relevant areas that the participants can read and explore. NRSC Guest House-ll located inside the campus has well furnished rooms with AC. NRSC Canteen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner of South Indian menu at a nominal cost. Based on user request, boarding and lodging arrangements are also done. The ISRO-Structured Training Progarmmes were organized at Shadnagar campus which has Transit Guest House, Conference Hall and Canteen facilities.
Classroom
NRSC Library
GIS Lab
Training and Education Division (T&ED), which is a part of the Remote Sensing Applications Area of NRSC, has been conducting regular, special and customized training programmes on Geospatial Technologies and Applications.
Regular courses Geospatial Technology & Applications Microwave Remote Sensing Applications
Special Courses of 1-2 week duration to provide exposure in state-of-the-art emerging areas
Emerging Trends in Remote Sensing Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Remote Sensing Ground Segment Systems Advances in GIS Bhuvan Overview Training
Customized Courses on specialized themes based on request from user departments
Space Enabled Geoinformation for Disaster Management (ISRO/DMSP) Basin-wise Water Resources Assessment using Space Inputs (Central Water Commission)
Since 2011, ISRO-Structured Training Programme (STP) is being organized for senior-middle level Scientists from various ISRO/DOS Centers. In-House training on “Technical Activities of NRSC” have been organized towards capacity building for ISRO/DOS scientists/engineers.
3. Approach for Capacity Building The overall approach for effective Capacity Building is being realized through a multi-pronged approach that involves:
Programmes for decision-makers emphasizing the space applications for various developmental activities
Programmes for field staff to use the latest tools and technologies to deliver faster, reliable and effective services
Training on geospatial technology and applications for operational delivery at the respective organizations
Introduce training programmes in emerging technologies and specialized areas for the benefit of users
Transfer of knowledge and skills through customized training programmes as a part of operational projects carried out by NRSC for user ministries
Familiarization/overview training on Indian web services for effective outreach of space information and services
Towards fulfilling the above requirements, NRSC has been organizing different category of workshops for executives, field experts and familiarization programmes for officials from various ministries/ organisations.
4. Training Programmes organized in 2015 The following courses were organized in the calendar year 2015. Each of these programmes is detailed in Annexure-1.
Sl. Programme Organized during No. of
Participants A. Regular 1 Microwave Remote Sensing and Applications 11 - 22 May 29 2 Geospatial Technologies and Applications 02 Nov, 2015
- 22 Jan 2016 23
B. Special 3 Introduction to GIS 16 - 27 Mar 19 4 Emerging Trends in Remote Sensing 20 Apr - 01 May 26 5 Satellite Ground Segment Systems 22 - 27 Jun 20 6 Advances in GIS 06 - 17 Jul 24 7 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing 27 - 31 Jul 24 8 Introduction to DIP & Pattern Recognition 03 - 14 Aug 25 9 Six 2–day Bhuvan Overview Training Alternate months 143 C. Customized 10 Space Enabled Geoinformation for Disaster Management 02 - 06 Feb 22 11 Orientation course on "Basin-wise Water Resources
Assessment using Space Inputs" 25 - 29 May 34
12 Basin-wise Water Resources Assessment using Space Inputs 05 - 16 Oct 27 D. In-House 13 ISRO Structured Training Program - Space Inputs for Disaster
Management- Predictability, Early warning and Mitigation 15 - 19 Jun 20
14 ISRO Structured Training Program - Space inputs for Governance
05 - 09 Oct 18
In 2015, 16 regular and special courses
including two ISRO-STP were organized as
per annual course planner as approved by
Director, NRSC. Further, based on specific
request from DMSP/NRSC and CWC, three
customized courses were also organized.
Thus, a total of 19 programmes were
organized. Figure 1 gives the number of
people trained in various types of courses
organized in 2015.
Annexure-2 gives an overview of the capacity building efforts by Remote Sensing Applications
Area, Bhuan, PPEG and Regional Centers of NRSC.
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281
83
38
Regular
Special
Customized
In-House
Fig. 1 Number of people trained in
Various courses in 2015
5. Summary
In the year 2015, Training & Education Division has organized 19 training programmes, and trained 454 officials. Table-1 shows the number of people trained since 2012 in terms of course duration and Fig.2-3 shows category-wise number of people trained, types and number of courses organized, respectively.
Table-1 No. of people trained since 2012 (Course duration-wise) Sl. Duration wise category 2012 2013 2014 2015
1 1 to 2 days training - - - 143
2 1 to 2 weeks training 257 185 245 288
3 Training 4 weeks and above 76 82 67 23
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Regular Special Customised In-House
Some of the Important Events as part of Capacity Building:
Shri Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India, Inaugurating National
Workshop on NUIS in Nov, 2014. Following which many NUIS workshops were organized in 2015.
Shri Sudhir Krishna, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India, Dignitaries and
participants of NUIS National Workshop, Nov, 2014
Dr V. Jayaraman, Prof. Satish Dhawan Professor, ISRO-HQ, Lighting the lamp and Inaguratining ISRO-STP on
Space Inputs for Disaster Management, June, 2015
Dr R. R. Navalgund, Dr Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Scientist, ISRO-HQ, giving Valedictory
address of ISRO-STP on Space Inputs for Governance, October 2015
Shri L. Venkatram Reddy, Commissioner, Telangana Horticulture Dept. and Dr VK Dadhwal, Director,
NRSC chairing Inaugural session of CHAMAN training 20 June, 2015
Dr PG Diwakar, DD-RSAA giving Flower Bouquet to Shri RK Gupta, Chief Engineer Krishna-Godawari Basin Organisation during Inaugural session of
CWC Customised course, May, 2015
Annexure-1
A. Regular Courses: Two (2) Courses Total No. of Participants trained: 52
S. No: 1 Title: Regular course on “Microwave Remote Sensing Applications”
Duration & Date: 2 week, 11 – 22 May, 2015. No. of Participants: 29
About Course: This course is organized for user community for effective utilization of Indian active microwave remote sensing satellite, RISAT-1 for various applications. The main objective of this course is to enhance the knowledge of the participants in better understanding of Microwave Remote Sensing, image analysis, digital processing and applications. The course covered topics on SAR technology, Interferometry, Polarimetry with the relevant hands-on and SAR Applications in Agriculture, Land use/Land cover, Forest, Geosciences, Ocean studies and Disaster management.
Participants: Central Government organizations such as DIPAC, IARI, CIMFR, IMD, SAC, ADRIN etc. Academic Institutions such as JNTU Kakinada, JNU, VIT, IIT-M, Indian School of Mines etc., and one from private organization. S. No: 2 Title: Regular course on. “Geospatial Technologies and Applications”
Duration & Date: 12 week , 02 Nov., 2015 – 22 Jan., 2016. No. of Participants: 23
About Course: The course is meant for junior/middle-level officials, faculty and research scholars. The main objective of the course is to transfer knowledge and skills on remote sensing, image
interpretation, Digital Image processing, GIS and various remote sensing applications. The course addressed basics of Remote sensing, satellites and sensors, image interpretation, digital image processing, GIS, Hands-on exercises on DIP/GIS, Remote sensing applications in agriculture, forestry, water resources, geology, oceanography, land use, disaster management, Bhuvan web-services and 3 weeks hands on project in respective applications.
Participants: Central Government organizations such as Forest Survey of India, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute etc. Academic Institutions such as Pondicherry University, Shadan College of Engineering & Technology, Tezpur University, Assam University etc., and De. Sign Studio Ink, Artifex Architects & Planners, Institute of Spatial Planning & Research etc. from private.
Visit to facilities
Training in Progress
B. Special Course: Twelve (12) Courses Total No. of Participants trained: 281
S. No: 1 Title: Special course on “Introduction to GIS”
Duration & Date: 2 weeks, 16 – 27 March, 2015. No. of Participants: 19
About Course: The primary objective of this training programme is to expose the participants to introductory theoretical knowledge of GIS with emphasis on practical on Open Source GIS tools. The programme address the introductory topics on GIS like spatial data models and databases, data conversion techniques such as data capture and updation, spatial analysis and modeling, map composition and few applications using GIS and familiarization with Bhuvan web applications. The course had hands-on practical exposure/exercises using open source GIS software packages.
Participants: Central Government organizations such as National Cadet Corps (NCC), Panchayat Raj, ICAR-NB of Fish Genetic Resources, ISRO etc. Academic Institutions such as University of Kerala/ Hyderabad/Burdman, SV University, University of Agriculture Sciences, etc. S. No: 2 Title: Special course on “Emerging Trends in Remote Sensing”
Duration & Date: 2 weeks - 20 April – 01 May 2015. No. of Participants: 26
About Course: This course was introduced first time in 2014.The main objective of the course is to familiarize the user community in emerging areas like - concepts of aerial & digital photogrammetry, LFDC, DEM & DSM generation, 3D visualization, large scale mapping, utility planning, LiDAR data processing and applications, principles of microwave remote sensing, polarimetry, data analysis, interferometry and applications, current developments in remote sensing applications, principles of hyperspectral remote sensing, spectro-radiometer & signatures, imaging systems, hyperspectral data analysis and applications. Participants: Central Government organizations such as INCOIS, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, NMDC etc. Academic Institutions such as Central University of Karnataka, University of Kalyani, Assam University, Don Bosco University etc., SU-AKAR Enterprises a private organization.
Hyperspectral Cube
S. No: 3 Title: Special course on “Satellite Ground Segment Systems”
Duration & Date: 6 Days, 22 – 27 June, 2015. No. of Participants: 20
About Course: A 6-Day special Training was organized for the benefit of the engineers and technical staff
working in the satellite ground segment systems/units installed in various organizations by NRSC across India. The training focused on the state-of-the-art satellite remote sensing data reception and advancement on the next generation data acquisition chain for
rapid storage, retrieval and dissemination. The subjects addressed are, Ground segment design concepts, Ground station Servo control / Baseband/ RF/ Automation systems, Down converters, Demodulators and Bit-synchronizers, Computing, Storage & Networks, Data Simulator & Serializer, Frontend Hardware interface, Data Ingest & Timing Systems, Optical & Microwave Data Processing, Product Quality Control, Pass Programming and browse services, TTC & Mission control services for low earth orbit missions.
Participants: Officials from Central Government organizations like DIPAC, ADRIN, ECIL, RCI/DRDO, INCOIS S. No: 4 Title: Special course on “Advances in GIS”
Duration & Date: 2 Weeks - 6 – 17 July, 2015. No. of Participants: 24
About Course: This course is also introduced first time in 2015. The primary aim of the training is to unveil the advances in GIS through lectures, demonstrations and hands-on that helps the participants to gain knowledge and skills in advanced Spatial/GIS tools for various applications. The program covered exploratory spatial data analysis techniques (ESDA), geostatistics, surface interpolation and analysis, geoprocessing, network analysis, spatial modeling, mobile GIS, concepts of decision support systems with necessary hands-on training. Two-day hands-on session on web geoportals such as India WRIS & Bhuvan including mash-ups & API, Geo-visualization and crowd sourcing.
Participants: Central Government organizations such as ADRIN, HAL, MP/Bihar Rural Development, TN-WRD, PWD-Rajasthan, etc,. Academic Institutions such as BIT, Vishwa Bharti, Sikkim University, Pondicherry University, TN Agriculture University etc and Digi Collect GIS, RMSI Pvt Ltd, Indian Geo Informatics etc., which are private organizations.
Participants at Receiving
Station
S. No: 5 Title: Special course on “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing”
Duration & Date: 1 Weeks - 27 – 31 July, 2015. No. of Participants: 24
About Course: This course was also introduced for the first time in 2015. The main objective of the course is to expose participants to Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for resource assessment and monitoring, data analysis and applications. The course covers principles of hyperspectral Remote Sensing, hyperspectral sensors and data, field data collection using spectral radiometer and data analysis and mapping techniques. The course covered lectures on various hyperspectral remote sensing applications and case studies in geosciences/mineral mapping, vegetation, atmosphere & ocean sciences and planetary sciences.
Participants: Central Government organizations such as CISR, NISE, Central Agro Forest Research Institute, ADRIN, HARSAC, IIRS, NRSC etc,. Academic Institutions such as Kumara Gurubara College, Sri Rama Krishna Institute of Tech, University of Mysore/ Kerala, NIT- Raipur, Central Institute of Fisheries etc., and from Ranson Environs Private organization. S. No: 6 Title: Special course on “Introduction to Digital Image Processing and Pattern
Recognition”
Duration & Date: 2 Weeks - 3 – 14 August, 2015 No. of Participants: 25
About Course: The objective of the course is to impart training in Digital Image Processing & pattern recognition techniques used for extracting information from satellite data. The various techniques like image restoration in terms of geometry and radiometry, Contrast & Spectral enhancements, mosaic, DEM generation, indices, multi spectral analysis, data transformations techniques, data fusion, supervised and unsupervised classification techniques for thematic information extraction with necessary hands-on practical. Participants: Central Government organizations such DIPAC, ADRIN, FSI, NISE, etc. The Academic Institutions such as SDM College of E&T, Presidency University, VIT, Assam University, BHU, HCU etc. and from RMSI, Agriculture Insurance Company Private organizations.
S. No: 7 - 12 Special course on Bhuvan Overview Training
Duration & Date: 2 Days - 24-25 Feb, 2015; 7 - 8 Apr, 2015; 9 -10 Jun, 2015; 18 -19 Aug, 2015; 30 Sep-01 Oct, 2015; 8 - 9 Dec, 2015
No. of Participants trained: 143 in 6 programmes About Course: This training was first time introduced in year 2015 in coordination with Bhuvan Team. The objective of the training is to address the functionalities and utilities of Bhuvan services to promote collaborative applications and increase public participation, awareness in crowd sourcing. The programme also includes hands-on exposure on Bhuvan portal. In this programme, Course admissions were carried out through online registration. The training is aimed at making people aware/familiarize and involve in the Bhuvan related applications and making them to join / participate in the Application development process. As this training is for Bhuvan promotional and outreach activity, no fee was charged. Participants: Government, Private/NGO, Academia including Faculty, Research Scholars and Students.
Participants attending Concluding session of Bhuvan training
Participants receiving Certificate - Bhuvan Overview training
Participants attending Inaugural session - Bhuvan Overview training
Training Inaugural Session of Bhuvan
Overview training
C. Customized Course: Three (3) Courses Total No. of Participants trained: 83 S. No: 1 Title: Customized course on “Space enabled Geo information for Disaster
Management"
Duration & Date: 1 week - 2-6 February, 2015. No. of Participants: 22
About Course: Training & Education Division in coordination with Disaster Management Support Group has been organizing this type of course for the past eight years for officials from State Disaster Relief Units, State Remote Sensing Application centers, NDRF and other Departments associated with DMSP Activities. The objectives of this training is to create awareness on space technology and use of space inputs for disaster support activities for monitoring, disaster preparedness, mitigation, damage assessment and relief operations.
Participants: Government organizations such as NDRF, HARSAC, ORSAC, State Disaster Response & Fire Service Department, Soil & Land Use Survey of India etc.
Decision Support Center Facilities, NRSC
Balanagar
NDEM Facilities, Shadnagar Campus, NRSC
Disaster assessment review by Director,
NRSC
Usage of Mobile Apps for Data collection &
Crowd Sourcing
S. No: 2 Title: Customized Orientation Courses on “Basin-wise Water Resources Assessment using space Inputs”
Duration & Date: 1 week - 25-29 May, 2015. No. of Participants: 34
About Course: This training programme was conducted as part of the operational technology transfer of the project for Central Water Commission (CWC). The orientation courses was organized as part of capacity building needs of the above project under taken as part of MOU between NRSC and CWC. In this training, basic lectures on Remote Sensing and GIS technology with hands-on on Image processing & GIS software’s and overview with demonstrations on basin-wise water resources assessment using space Inputs were covered.
Participants: Engineers from Central Water Commission
Shri RK Gupta, Chief Engineer Krishna-Godawari
Basin Organisation Chairing Inaugural session of
CWC Course, May, 2015
Distribution of Course certificate by Dr PG Diwakar, DD-RSAA
CWC officials attending the course Inaugural function
CWC officials attending the course Concluding function
S. No: 3 Title: Customized Courses on “Basin-wise Water Resources Assessment using space Inputs”
Duration & Date: 2 weeks - 05-16 October, 2015 No. of Participants: 27
About Course: This training programme was conducted as part of the operational technology transfer of the
project for Central Water Commission. The second customized course for CWC was organized as part of capacity building needs of the above project under taken as part of MOU between NRSC and CWC.
The two weeks training focused on various components of Reassessment of water availability in India using satellite based inputs, Hands-on for operational
delivery. The participants were grouped as per their river basins and were made to work under the supervision of NRSC resource scientists working in water resources applications. Topics on Sub-basin/drainage delineation, meteorological data preparation, thematic data preparation, water abstractions estimation, revised PET estimation & irrigation support quantification, sub-basin runoff estimation and calibration, water resources assessment, plan of action for project implementation were covered with necessary hands-on.
Participants: Engineers from Central Water Commission. CWC official Participating the Course Concluding function
Shri KG Pandit, Chairman Krishna River
Management Board Chairing Valedictory session of CWC Course, October, 2015
Shri RK Gupta, Chief Engineer Krishna-Godawari Basin Organisation Chairing Inaugural session of
CWC course, October, 2015
D. ISRO- Structure Training Programme / In-House Training: Two (2) Courses Total No. of Participants trained: 38 S. No: 1 Title: “Space Inputs for Disaster Management – Predictability, Early warning
and Mitigation”
Duration & Date: 1 week - 15 -19 June, 2015 at Shadnagar Campus. No. of Participants: 20
About Course: Towards Capacity Building among senior-middle level ISRO/DOS scientist in cutting edge
technologies besides familiarizing activities in various centers, ISRO Structured Training
programmes was conducted on selected specialised themes identified for ISRO centers. In
2015, NRSC was
entrusted with
organising ISRO-
STP on “Space
Inputs for Disaster
Management –
Predictability, Early
warning and
Mitigation” in the
month of June,
2015. Accordingly the course was organized at NRSC Shadnagar campus. Topics covered were -
Evolution and status of ISRO Disaster Management support programmes, Satcom Ground
terminals, Satellite communications for DMSP, uses & experiences, National Disaster
Management issues and its impact. Regarding forecast and mitigation-lectures on INSAT image
analysis for cyclone, Indian Tsunami warning center, Flood Early warning, Satellite aided search
& rescue operations, Disaster Damage assessment and response through satellite data,
airborne services for disaster management, geospatial information for disaster management,
Flood monitoring and mitigation, Space based inputs for geological hazards, near real time
detection of forest fires, agricultural drought monitoring. In connection with sharing of
Experiences, state relief departments OSDA, rescue operations during disasters by NDRF,
Development of NDEM, Bhuvan – Disaster Applications & Crowd Sourcing, International
charter activities, international efforts in coordinating space technologies for disaster
management were addressed.
Participants:
Senior Middle level Scientists/ Engineers in the grade of SG, SF and SE from SAC, ISAC, ISTRAC,
VSSC, SDSC, LPSC, IIRS, ADRIN, NESAC and NRSC
Participants of ISRO-STP on Space Inputs for Disaster Management, 15-19 June, 2015
Dignitaries on Dias ISRO-STP Inaugural Function 15 June, 2015
Chief Guest Dr. V Jayaraman, Prof. Satish Dhawan Professor giving Inaugural Address
Shri. V. Bhanumurthy, GD, DMSG giving a talk on Decision Support Centre Activities
Participant receiving the certificates from Dr R R Navalgund, Dr Vikram Sarabhai
Distinguished Scientist, Chief Guest of STP Valedictory Function
NDRF Official Sharing his experiences on Rescue operations during Disaster
S. No: 2 Title: “Space Inputs for Governance”
Duration & Date: 1 week - 05 – 09 Oct., 2015 at Shadnagar Campus. No. of Participants: 18
About Course: Towards Capacity Building among senior-middle level ISRO/DOS scientist in cutting edge
technologies besides familiarizing activities in various centers, ISRO Structured Training
programmes was conducted on selected specialised themes identified for ISRO centers. In
2015, NRSC was entrusted with organising ISRO-STP on “Space Inputs for Governance” in the
month of October, 2015. The topics covered on Space technologies for Good governance,
highlights of governance
applications on Bhuvan,
Space inputs for the
governance in the
ministries of agriculture,
water resources,
environment and forest,
urban and infra
structure planning, rural
development, mineral
exploration and mining,
cyclone & weather, DMSP and risk reduction, communication and civil Aviation, ocean
applications, decentralized planning, cost benefit analysis, leadership and organizational
commitment, space Inputs for governance- Some Experiences.
Participants: Senior Middle level Scientists/ Engineers in the grade of SG, SF and SE from SAC, ISAC, ISTRAC,
VSSC, SDSC, LPSC, IIRS, ADRIN, NESAC and NRSC
Dignitaries on Dias - ISRO-STP on Space Inputs
for Governance 5-9 October, 2015 Chief Guest Dr. V Jayaraman, Prof. Satish
Dhawan Professor giving Inaugural Address
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Participant receiving the certificates from Dr R R Navalgund, Dr Vikram Sarabhai
Distinguished Scientist, Chief Gust of STP Valedictory Function
Dr R R Navalgund, Dr Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Scientist, giving talk on
Expectation, gaps and Challenges in DMS through Space Activities
Participants of ISRO-STP on Space Inputs for Governance 5-9 October, 2015
Dr JR Sharma, Ex-CGM, RC giving talk on Cost benefits of Space based inputs
Yoga session – Active participation Participants visiting Ground station facilities
Annexure-2 Outreach by NRSC Remote Sensing Applications Area
The Remote Sensing Applications Area (RSAA) plays an important role in carrying out National Projects for various Ministries besides taking up R&D, Technology Development projects and transfer of knowledge towards adoption and use by various Ministries towards effective utilization of Geospatial Technology and its applications. RSAA has organized many outreach activities towards use of Space based inputs for Governance and Developments. Some of the important capacity building activities are as follows.
44 Officials were trained on Feasibility Evaluation of Water Supply Pipeline Grid using Geospatial Techniques by Geosciences Group, NRSC
2,577 officials were trained in Bhuvan-NUIS on GIS Based Master Plan Preparation for Central and State level Urban administrators/Town Planners at Urban Local bodies(ULB). National/Regional/State level workshops were conducted by Urban Studies Group (NRSC), RC-South and Partner Institutions
500 people were trained under IWMP for DOLR MoRD on IWMP Bhuvan (Srishti) and Smart Phone App (Drishti) Training cum orientation Programme. In addition, 900 people were trained on Identification and mapping of small water bodies in Tribal Inhabited Area by Land Resources Group (NRSC)
12 Scientists from Partner Institutions and 250 officials from user departments were trained on SIS-DP Bhuvan Panchayat through workshops
38 people were trained on Bhuvan ENVIS activities
10 Representatives from various states assigned to ISRO by MoPR participated in TOT organized for Bhuvan Panchayat Mobile applications based Asset Mapping
100 Academicians participated in Bhuvan Panchayat e-Governance Workshop organized by ISRO Headquarters
Shri MG Gopal, IAS Principal Secretary, Urban Planning,
Govt. of Telangana, Inaugurating Formulation of Master-plan using Bhuvan-NUIS
Interaction with Tribal welfare Minister
9 February , 2015
Officials from Ministry of Petroleum & Gas
attending a meeting on use of Space Inputs for
Monitoring and Development 20 Nov., 2015
Participants attending Bhuvan Panchayat Training
BHUVAN Bhuvan is an on-line Geoportal of India with versatile viewing capabilities such as providing 2D/2.5D/3D photo-realistic pictures draped on image-based footprints for viewing experience, full-fledged interactive thematic services and free data downloads from NRSC Open Earth Observation Data Archive (NOEDA). About 5,000 people were trained through Bhuvan Outreach activities such as Workshops, Training programs and Interacted with 30,000 people visited World Space Expo in Trivandrum by Bhuvan Team, NRSC.
Project Planning and Execution Group (PPEG) Programme Planning and Evaluation Group (PPEG) is the nodal group for resource management in the Centre. It acts as the technical secretariat to Director, NRSC and provides staff support for Organisation development, Manpower planning and allocation, Resource allocation and prioritization, web portals for management information systems, office automation, Human resource development etc., PPEG organized following In-House training programmes for the benefit of NRSC Employees:
2-day programme on Contract Management for 35 senior officials
3-day programme on Communication and Drafting Skills for 25 administration and secretarial staff
Training on Positivity and Performance at Workplace for 30 scientist/engineers
Regional Remote Sensing Centres Regional Remote Sensing Centres (RCs) are part of National Remote Sensing Center, ISRO, Department of Space. There are four Regional Remote Sensing Centers (RRSC) namely RRSC-South at Bangaluru, RRSC -East at Kolkata, RRSC -West at Jodhpur and RRSC -Central at Nagpur covering different regions of the country. RRSCs are responsible for delivering geospatial centric projects, products and services within the broad Earth Observation (EO) goals of ISRO/DOS in their respective geographic regions. RRSCs have state of the art digital facilities and expertise to process Remote Sensing and GIS data, participate in various national missions and work closely in the region with different user agencies. Main activities of RRSCs include operational research and execution of application projects in the field of natural resources. RRSCs are also involved in training, capacity building and software development, customization and packaging specific to user requirements in geospatial field. RRSSC concept enabled the user departments to use advanced technology at a very reasonable cost without establishing and maintaining such facility on their own. Besides NRSC Hyderabad, RRSCs have significantly contributes towards capacity Building and Outreach activities for various ministries and user organisations especially in respective regions. Training programmes organised by NRSC and multiple RRSC’s
123 Officials were trained under Coordinated programme on Horticulture Assessment and Management using Geoinformatics (CHAMAN), application of remote sensing technology in agriculture with special emphasis on horticulture and mobile applications in ground truth collection by Agricultural Sciences Group (NRSC), RC-East/Central and South
125 PG Geography Teachers from NCERT were trained under ISRO and NCERT initiative by RRSC-West, East, Central, South and Training & Education Division (NRSC)
188 Officials from Archeological Survey of India were trained on “Inventory and Site Management plans of Monuments and Heritage (SMARAC)” by RRSC-South, West and East.
RRSC (West), Jodhpur: Jodhpur centre was established in 1987, and is presently located in Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) Campus of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Govt. of India. RRSSC concept enabled the user departments to use advanced technology at a very reasonable cost. In past 29 years, the centre has met the needs of North-West Indian states. Till date, more than 250 user projects have been completed with more than 200 agencies. The user projects cover study area of a district, block, watershed, river basin etc. capacity building of state govt. line departments to use satellite based current information in their working. In year 2015, a total of 11 Training Programmes were organized during 2015, and 654 people were trained. It includs 1 day/2 days/3 days/14 days as well as 45 days summer training for engineering students.
Group Photograph - CHAMAN training 20 July, 2015
Shri L. Venkatram Reddy, Commissioner,
Telangana Horticulture Dept. Inaugurating
CHAMAN Training 20 July, 2015
Training on Feasibility Evaluation of Water supply
pipeline Grid using Geospatial Technologies
22 July, 2015
Training for NCERT Teachers Training for Faculties of S.P. University, Jodhpur
Training for Academic Institutions
RRSC (East), Kolkata: Regional Remote Sensing entre-East (RRSC-East) (Formerly Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre-Kharagpur) has been setup under the aegis of the National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS), ISRO, Dept. of Space in the year 1987. Wide varieties of projects were successfully implemented during the past decade to revolve as center of excellence in the region providing the required support for growth of remote sensing technology and was relocated to Kolkata during 2011, has successfully completed several projects from mapping to monitoring and management of natural resources and provided reliable, cost & time effective solutions, consultancy services for planning and decision making in various sectors. The unique geographic setting coupled with large bio-climatic variability and wide variety of ecosystem ranging viz. forest, wetland, coastal and dry land provides vast opportunity to use space technology for mapping, monitoring and modeling various physical phenomena. Ocean sciences and studies on Himalayan ecosystem are identified as thrust areas of research to be carried out at RRSC-East, Kolkata during the 12th FYP. 17 Officials from six ASI Circles were trained on AMARAC, viz., Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Patna, Lucknow, NE region participated in this workshop.
Regional workshop on ISRO-ASI collaborative project for mapping of National heritage sites at RRSC-East,
Kolkata on 4-11-2015. (Dr.Uday Raj, GM, RC-South, Dr.P.K.Mishra, Regional director-Eastern region, ASI,
Dr.R.Nagaraja, CGM,RC and Group Photograph of NCERT Course participants
RRSC (Central), Nagpur: Regional Remote Sensing Centre (RRSC) at Nagpur, established in 1986-87 caters to a wide variety of users specifically to tackle the natural resources and environmental problems of the region, comprising the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The activities of RRSC are directed by National Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO), Hyderabad to (a) facilitate remote sensing data analysis by the users of the region and (b) establish strong linkages towards promotion and operationalisation of remote sensing applications in the country. The areas of activities of RRSC cover data analysis support (Visual/Digital) to National Missions, User Application Projects, Technology Development Projects (TDPs) under Remote Sensing Applications, Software Development & Customization, Training and Promotion of Technology in the Region. During 2015, RRSC –Central was involved in the conducting of four training programmes. These include:
Two training programme were organized on “Digital India”. About 200 participants in each training participated from nearby schools, engineering colleges and Maharashtra Forest Department of Nagpur attended the programs. Videos to demonstrate NRSC's efforts for making India Digital, lectures on Bhuvan Portal were given to the students.
As part of Regional training programme on Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) – ISRO collaborative Project 10 officials of ASI were trained on “SMARAC”.
Training Programme on ASI-ISRO Collaborative SMARAC Project
Participation of ISRO in 19th National Exhibition at Kolkata during 9-13 September, 2015
Training Programme on ASI-ISRO Collaborative SMARAC Project
RRSC (South), Bengaluru: RCs are responsible for delivering geospatial centric projects, products and services within the broad Earth Observation (EO) goals of ISRO/DOS in their respective geographic regions. RCs have state of the art digital facilities and expertise to process RS and GIS data, participate in various national missions and work closely in the region with different user agencies. Main activities of RCs include operational research and execution of application projects in the field of natural resources. RCs are also involved in training, capacity building and software development, customization and packaging specific to user requirements in geospatial field.
ISRO-NCERT A two week training programme on ‘Remote Sensing and Spatial information Technology for Teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalayas, and CBSE affiliated private schools, was conducted during 27-07-2015 to 07-08-2015, at RRSC-South. Dr. YVN Krishna Murthy, Scientific Secretary, DOS/ISRO delivered the inaugural address, on 27-07-2015. A total of 17 teachers participated during the training.
32 participants from 12 circles of ASI (northern and southern regions), ASI Southern Regional Office and Academia One day Regional Workshop on (SAMARAC) organized at RRSC-South/NRSC, Bengaluru.
One day National Workshop on “Inventory and Site Management Plans of monuments and heritage sites of National Importance” (SAMARAC) organized by ASI, in New Delhi, on 10th December 2015.The event was chaired by Shri N K Sinha, Secretary-Culture. Participants included JS, Culture, Member-Secretary of National Monument Authority (NMA), DG, ASI, Regional Directors & other officials from ASI, NMA, Academia and ISRO
Inauguration of the Special Course on RS & GIS by Dr YVN Krishnamurthy, Scientific Secretary, ISRO
27 July, 2015
Participants of RS &GIS Course and MNCFC ISRO Sponsored Programme on CHAMAN
National Remote Sensing CentreISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
Training & Education Division (T&ED)Remote Sensing Applications Area
National Remote Sensing CentreISRO, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India
Balanagar, Hyderabad -500 037
Phone: 040-2388 4566/4567/4249Fax: 040 2387 8816
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nrscCompendium on Training Programmes Organised by NRSC in 2015