Academic courses

Under the DOS, the Indian Institute of space technology IIST, the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and few other centres offer academic courses. Courses cover graduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees. Details of academic courses conducted at various centres are provided below.

At Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) at Dehradun:

IIRS is a premier institute with the objective of capacity building in Remote Sensing and Geo-informatics and their applications through education and training programmes at postgraduate level. The Institute also hosts and provides support to the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP), affiliated to the United Nations. The training and education programmes of the Institute are designed to meet the requirements of various target / user groups, i.e., for professionals at working, middle and supervisory levels, fresh graduates, researchers, academia, and decision makers. The duration of courses ranges from one week to two years. The education programmes conducted by the Institute include M.Tech., M.Sc., PG-Diploma. The details are here

https://www.iirs.gov.in/mtech

https://www.iirs.gov.in/msc

PG Diploma courses

M.Sc. in Agriculture Analytics.

DA-IICT, Gandhinagar (https://www.daiict.ac.in/), Anand Agriculture University (AAU), Anand (http://www.aau.in/anand-agricultural-university-anand), and Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Dehradun (https:// www.iirs.gov.in/) are jointly offering a two-year “M.Sc. program in Agriculture Analytics.” DA-IICT, AAU and IIRS are the premier universities/ Institutes in ICT, Agriculture, and Space Technology domain, respectively. This is a multidisciplinary program of agriculture and data analytics. The program is aimed at nurturing students, with insights and the know-how to take the sector into the future. The course will introduce students to concepts of data analytics, viz. descriptive, predictive and prescriptive, in agriculture and will empower the students to eliminate speculative farming and usher in the age of predictive agriculture.

International collaborations

IIRS has collaborations with many reputed international organizations for capacity building, research and faculty exchange. The organizations with which IIRS has/had significant collaborations are: ITC, IHE (International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering) and Wageningen University in The Netherlands; ITTO (International Timber Research Organisation); UNESCO (United Nations Education & Scientific Cooperation Organisation); WMO (World Meteorological Organisation); ADPC (Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre); and NGI (Norwegian Geological Institute).

PRL offers UN Course on Space and Atmospheric Science

An online short course on “Space and Atmospheric Science” is conducted by Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad under the auspices of Center for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTEAP), affiliated to the United Nations.

The objective of the course is to create an understanding of the basics and current research trends in the field of space and atmospheric sciences.

Applicants should have a Master’s degree in Physics/Astronomy/Astrophysics/Solar Physics/Meteorology or other equivalent qualification relevant to Space and Atmospheric Science, OR Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, (B.E./ B. Tech.) in Electronics and allied fields / Environmental Science/Engineering. Applicants having teaching or research experience would be preferred. The course details are here.

At Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram

IIST, Asia’s first Space University, was established at Thiruvananthapuram in 2007 with the objective of offering high quality education in space science and technology to meet the demands of Indian Space Programme. The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and post-doctoral programmes in broad areas of space science, technology and applications.

The details of the course are here:

B.Tech (Electronics & Communication Engineering (Avionics)),

B.Tech (Aerospace Engineering)

Dual Degree (B. Tech + Master of Science / Master of Technology)

Full time Ph.D. Programme

Part Time Ph.D. Programme