ISRO online free course: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) through its center the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) is inviting applications for a free online course on Satellite Photogrammetry and its Applications.

Important dates

The course will commence on 29 June 2020 and will go on until 3 July 2020.

Important things to know related to the Course

• There is no fee for this program.

• The course is designed for professionals from central or state governments, private organizations, NGOs as well as students and researchers engaged in disaster management related activities.

• The course participants have to be duly sponsored by their university or institution and application should be forwarded through coordinators from respective organizations or centers.

• A certificate of completion will be awarded to participants on the basis of
– working professionals having a minimum of 70 percent attendance and timely submission of all assignments and
– 70 percent minimum attendance for students and appearing and clearing the online examination.
• You can access the lecture schedule here

• All course details will be uploaded on the official website.

What is IIRS? 

According to the government website, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) under Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space, Government of India ‘is a premier training and educational institute set up for developing trained professionals in the field of Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics and GNSS Technology and its applications in natural resources monitoring, environmental and disaster management’.

What is ‘Satellite Photogrammetry’?

The course aims to focus on concepts and techniques to process and analyze stereo data from space-borne sensors. A few potential users of the technique are administrators, decision-makers, engineers, city-planners, natural resource scientists.

What will you learn?

The course will introduce the participants to:

• Photogrammetric Concepts
• Satellite Photogrammetry
• Basics of GPS
• DEM and its derivatives
• Orthoimage generation

You can get more details about the free online course by clicking here.

Do note: Participants will have access to all the relevant course study materials like lecture slides, video lectures, open-source software and handouts of demonstrations, etc. through an IIRS-shared link. Additionally, all video lectures will also be uploaded on the YouTube channel.

In case of any query, you can send an email to – edusat@iirs.gov.in/edusat2004@gmail.com. and for more details you canb visit the official website@ isro.gov.in