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| JU first Varsity in Northern India to introduce M. Sc Remote Sensing, GIS | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb17-The University of Jammu has become the first University in Northern India to have Master’s level course in Remote Sensing and GIS.
The University has started a new vision to open the M. Sc Remote Sensing and GIS Geographical Information Centre (GIS) course which has been started from the current academic session.
This Master's Level program shall help to master advanced techniques in remote sensing and GIS, strengthen problem solving skills in Remote Sensing and GIS and develop knowledge and ideas in relevant areas of application.
The master's level course in Remote Sensing and GIS is multidisciplinary in nature and will give the opportunity to the students to gain knowledge in this emerging area having great scope in the job market.
Remote Sensing and GIS is a relatively young Scientific discipline and is an area of emerging technology which has witnessed phenomenal growth over the last two or three decades and has dramatically enhanced human capability for exploration of resources, mapping and monitoring on local and global scale.
The remote sensing and GIS technique is of great significance in different fields like assessment of geological hazards, mineral and oil exploration, hydrogeology, watershed management, earthquake engineering, telecom, tourism, defense, transport and navigation system, land-use analysis, modeling urban environment, crop monitoring, disaster management, environmental studies, Bio-diversity.
According to Dr. AS Jasrotia, Course Coordinator M. Sc Remote Sensing and GIS, this course will provide the foundation for awakening the students understand of Remote Sensing and GIS as well as strengthening their software knowledge and problem solving skills. "Students will be introduced to advanced topics, such as GIS database building, geo-coding, image analysis, Global Positioning Systems, spatial analysis, and surface analysis," Dr Josrotia said.
About the job opportunities for the students having knowledge of Remote Sensing, Dr Jasrotia said "The job opportunities for students having knowledge of Remote Sensing are available in organizations like Space Application Centre (SAC) Ahmedabad, National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) Hyderabad, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Bangalore, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, Parliamentary House New Delhi, Oil Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Ministry of Agriculture GOI, Academic Institutions, Regional Remote Sensing Centers and Remote Sensing Centers in various states of India besides huge employment opportunities available in private sector and overseas.
Dr Jasrotia further informed that the demand of Remote Sensing and GIS is increasing day by day in Government and Private sector. "Remote Sensing and GIS professional can start carrier as project Manger, Senior System, Executive System analyst, GIS Engineer, Image analyst, GIS Programmer," he said
In Jammu and Kashmir, the course at Master level shall be of immense value to Researchers / Administrators/Forces for taking information from inaccessible area due to difficult geographic terrains in the state. The state has lot of area where seeking information through human resource becomes almost impracticable in view of insurgency, climate and geographical constrains. In view of this, it will be a use full course for exposing , sensitizing and preparing the educated youth for seeking information, where required with expertise and competence.
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