Registrations are invited for ISRO Online Course on Remote Sensing Technology. Students in class 8 and above are eligible for the course.

About ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bangalore.

About Shiksha Gagan

It is an active learning virtual platform which offers self-paced online courses to the learners on space science, technology, and its applications. The platform enables, learners to register and login to ISRO E CLASS Learning Management System (LMS) for accessing e-learning contents and study materials. The learners has to follow the defined course guidelines of each course, participate in the online activities and assessments to get course completion certificate.

The courses are available as Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The login credentials will be activate initially for three months and learners has to complete the course within this time frame.

Course Details

Remote Sensing has become key technology tools for the collection, storage and analysis of spatially referenced data for resource planning and decision making. Remote sensing is finding its way into more and more classrooms, as satellite images allow students to take a look with their own eyes and gain knowledge by actually seeing what otherwise was taught only theoretically.

The course on Basics of Remote Sensing Technology provides an opportunity to students to learn Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science. The course contains an introduction to remote sensing for school children as per NCERT syllabus. With this course the students will become aware of remote sensing definition, its applications, physics behind remote sensing, various terms such as resolution, orbit, swath etc., Difference between Active and Passive Sensors, Categorization of Remotely Sensed Data Products, elements of image interpretation nature of satellite imagery and how it can be used to monitor environmental issues.

The concepts are explained in simple language using images and animations. The course is intended to engage secondary and higher secondary students to create awareness about Remote Sensing Technology & its use for the study of mother planet Earth and its environment through informative lectures.

Targeted Participants

Students of Class 8th onward.

Course Content

  • Introduction to Remote Sensing.
  • Stages in Remote Sensing.
  • Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR).
  • Geostationary and Sun Synchronous Satellites.
  • Type of Remote Sensors.
  • Multispectral Scanner.
  • Resolutions.
  • Resolving power of satellites.
  • Data Products.
  • Interpretation of Satellite Imageries.

Course Instructors

Scientists and Engineers of various centers of ISRO.

Medium of Instruction

English.

How to Register?

Interested students can register online via this link.

Click here to view the official notification for ISRO Online Course on Remote Sensing Technology.