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    Svetlana Velmar-Janković

    Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
    TypeGovernment
    Established1966; 59 years ago (1966)
    ChairmanShri S. Somnath
    DirectorR. P. Singh
    Location
    4-Kalidas Road, Post Box No. 135, Dehradun – 248 001, Uttarakhand (India)

    30°20′26.8″N 78°2′38.51″E / 30.340778°N 78.0440306°E / 30.340778; 78.0440306
    AffiliationsDepartment of Space[1]
    Websitewww.iirs.gov.in

    The Indian Institutes of Remote Sensing (IIRS) established in 1966 under the Indian Department of Space, located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.The institute was set up for research, higher education, and training in the fields of remote sensing, eco-informatics, and GPS technology for natural resources, environmental and disaster management.

    Formerly known as the Indian Photo-interpretation Institute (IPI), the institute was founded on 21 April 1966, under Survey of India (SOI). It was established with the collaboration of the government of the Netherlands on the pattern of the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, formerly known as the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences. The institute was conceptualized by India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, during his visit to the Netherlands in 1957.[2]

    Courses

    The IIRS focuses on education and training in the field of Geoinformatics, to include technology and applications of remote sensing, GIS, and GPS[3]

    Some are affiliated with Andhra University.

    Collaborations

    IIRS has collaborated with ITC; IHE (International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering); Wageningen University in the Netherlands; ITTO (International Timber Research Organization); UNESCO; WMO (World Meteorological Organization); ADPC (Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre); and NGI (Norwegian Geological Institute).[4]

    References

    1. ^ "Welcome to Indian Institute of Remote Sensing". IIRS. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
    2. ^ "History". Indian Institute of Remote Sensing. Archived 25 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
    3. ^ "Welcome to Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS)". www.iirs.gov.in. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
    4. ^ "International Collaborations | Welcome to Indian Institute of Remote Sensing". IIRS. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Remote_Sensing

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