The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is inviting applications from students, professionals and researchers for a free online course which will be conducted from March 1 to 12, 2021. The course, titled “Satellite-based Navigation: A Journey from GPS to Mobile Phone Platform”, is being offered through the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), which is a premier training and educational institute under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The course will be about the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology, which has various measurement and positioning techniques that can be applied as per requirement in different applications. The course has been designed in a manner that the first week’s lectures are dedicated to the basic information about the GNSS leading to studies carried out in different areas in the second week.
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Course study materials like lecture slides, video recorded lectures, open source software and handouts of demonstrations, etc. will be made available through the e-class. There are a limited number of seats and registrations will be done on a first-come, first serve basis. Registrations will end once the seats are filled up.
Who can apply for the ISRO Free Online Course
The course is open to, and could be helpful for the following candidates:
-Students of final year undergraduate course or postgraduate course in any year.
-Technical or scientific staff of Central or State Government.
– Faculty or researchers at universities or institutions working in the fields of GNSS technology.
– Users receiving programs under CEC-UGC or CIET.
– Institutions on high speed National Knowledge Network (NKN)
To participate in this programme the interested organisations/universities/departments/institutes have to identify a coordinator at their end. The identified coordinator will register online his/her institute as nodal centre in IIRS website: https://elearning.iirs.gov.in/edusatregistration/coordinator
All the participants have to register online through the registration page by selecting their organisation as a nodal centre: https://elearning.iirs.gov.in/edusatregistration/student
