ISRO is offering two free online courses with certificates in July-August

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is offering two free online courses on Geospatial Modelling and Geospatial Technology through its Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) centre. Students and professionals can apply for the same and get certificates upon completion.

The free online certificate courses are titled Geospatial Modelling for Watershed Management, and Geospatial Technology for Hydrological Modelling.

The two online courses are for both students and professionals who are interested in learning about the fields of soil and water conservation.

Geospatial Modelling for Watershed Management

Geospatial technologies including remote sensing, GIS and GPS has emerged as a powerful tool in recent years for assessment and monitoring of watershed management.

Course dates: August 2 to 6, 2021

What will students learn?

• Overview of RS and GIS applications in watershed management
• Digital Terrain analysis for watershed characterization

• Geospatial modelling for soil erosion assessment in watershed
• Land use planning and soil and water conservation measures
• Monitoring of watershed development programs using RS and GIS

Eligibility

• Graduate in Science/ Agriculture Science/Agricultural or Civil Engineering
• Understanding of Basic concepts of Remote Sensing and GIS

Note: There are limited number of seats and registration will be done on a first-come first-serve basis.

How to register

• Course updates and other details will be available on URL- http://www.iirs.gov.in/Edusat-News/.

• All the participants have to register online through registration page available on above web page.

How to attend classes

• Course study materials like lecture slides, video recorded lectures, open-source software and handouts of demonstrations, etc. will be made available through eclass. Video lectures will also be uploaded on e-class (https://www.eclass.iirs.gov.in/login).
• Individuals can attend the course live via any web browser through the elass portal of IIRS Dehradun i.e. https://eclass.iirs.gov.in
• The participants can also attend the live workshop via the YouTube channel of IIRS i.e https://www.youtube.com/user/edusat2004
• The content of the workshop will be available offline after 24 hours in the eclass portal.

How to get certificate

• Participants need to attend 70% sessions of the course live via e-class portal.

• Participants who attend the course sessions via IIRS YouTube channel should mark their attendance via offline session available after 24 hrs.

Geospatial Technology for Hydrological Modelling

Hydrological modelling is an effective and essential tool for assessment, prediction and management of water resources, hydrological parameters and water movement/demand/use scenarios.

Course dates: July 19 to 30, 2021

What will students learn?

• Geospatial technology applications for Water Resources: An Overview
• Type of hydrological models and spatial, non-spatial data inputs for hydrological modelling
• Digital elevation model and its derivatives for hydrological modelling
• Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
• Snow/glacier melt-runoff modelling
• Soil erosion and sediment yield modelling
• Flood peak estimation using hydrological modelling
• River flow modelling using 1D hydrodynamic
• Impact climate change on hydrological regime

Eligibility

• Graduate degree in Science/Technology
• Understanding of basic concepts of remote sensing, GIS and hydrology

Note: There are limited number of seats and registration will be done on a first-come first-serve basis.

How to register

Course updates and other details will be available on URL- http://www.iirs.gov.in/Edusat-News/.

All the participants have to register online through registration page available on above web page.

How to attend classes

Course study materials like lecture slides, video recorded lectures, open-source software and handouts of demonstrations, etc. will be made available through eclass. Video lectures will also be uploaded on e-class (https://www.eclass.iirs.gov.in/login).

Individuals can attend the course live via any web browser through the elass portal of IIRS Dehradun i.e. https://eclass.iirs.gov.in

The participants can also attend the live workshop via the YouTube channel of IIRS i.e https://www.youtube.com/user/edusat2004

The content of the workshop will be available offline after 24 hours in the eclass portal.

How to get certificate

• Participants need to attend 70% sessions of the course live via e-class portal.
• Participants who attend the course sessions via IIRS YouTube channel should mark their attendance via offline session available after 24 hrs.