Course Overview:
Remote sensing, geographic information system (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) provides extremely useful tools for environmental and natural resources management. They are widely recognized as supporting tools for the planning, monitoring, and management of the appropriate utilization of resources at the country, regional and global levels.
This course provides an overview of the key concepts and principles in ecosystems and environmental management, areas of global and national environmental concern, and strategies and tools for effective environmental management. Attempt to understand the genesis of environmental problems, the concerns that leads to various international and national initiatives to tackle them have been made in this course. Various tools, which can be used to address environmental problems and the role that the professionals can play in managing environment in their respective areas would be discussed.
Course Content:
- Geographical information systems
- Physical aspects of remote sensing
- Remote sensing and GIS integration
- Open Source GIS: Principles
- Application of Remote Sensing
- Laboratory sessions: Principles of GIS and remote sensing
Eligibility:
The course is meant for faculty of AICTE – recognized engineering colleges in India. Selected teachers will be paid TA at actuals subject to the limit of three-tier AC train / bus fare by the shortest route from the place of work to IISc, Bangalore and back. Participants will be paid daily allowance towards boarding and lodging charges as per QIP rule (DA as per norm for 5 days). The lodging charges at Hoysala house is Rs.100 per day (for teachers - sponsored by an education institution)
Application Submission:
Intending applicants may use the attached application form (or a photocopy of the same). Applicants from AICTE recognized colleges are required to submit their applications sponsored by their colleges. A caution deposit of Rs.500 by demand draft drawn in favour of ‘Registrar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 (payable at Bangalore) should accompany each application. This amount will be refunded to those not selected and at the end of the course to those selected.
Course schedule: 28th February - 4th March, 2011
Last date for submission of Applications: 5th February 2011
Intimation of Selection: 10th February 2011.
Contact Details:
Deputy Registrar,
Centre for Continuing Education (CCE)
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012
Tel: 91-080-23600988
E Mail: office@cce.iisc.ernet.in
Web: http://cce.iisc.ernet.in
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