6th Year of continued effort towards the goal of GRSS ACTIVITIES: Expert Talks: 5 2. National Workshop/Seminar: 3 3. Chapnet Program: India Gujarat- Japan Tokyo- Indonesia 4. Support to activities for enhancing scope of GRSS in India 5.Newsleter : 2017 released 6.Website www.ieee-grss-gujarasection.org

Expert talks and interactions with researchers and student community DETAILS Expert talks and interactions with researchers and student community 1. Distinguished Lecture Program on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Dimensionality Reduction and Feature Extraction for Precision Agriculture at CEPT University by Prof Lori M Bruce, 17th March 2017 2. Expert lecture on Advancing Careers in Science & Engineering: The Importance of Mentors, Advocates, and Sponsors, L D Engineering College by Prof Lori M Bruce, 17 March 2017

DETAILS 3.Expert lecture on Introduction to Remote Sensing for Undergraduate Botany students by Dr Shiv Mohan at M G Science Institute, Ahmedabad, 17th February 2017. 4. Expert lecture by Kumar Krishen on Harnessing Technologies for Space and Earth Applications, L.D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, 17 Nov 2017 5.Expert lecture on Introduction to hyperspectral data with focus on Spectral Unmixing by Dr. Sumit Chakravarty at NIRMA University, 11-12-2017

National Workshops: DETAILS 6. National Workshop on Current facets of botany Date: 24th – 30th July, 2017 Place: M. S. University of Baroda 7. One day workshop on Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS for Civil Engineering Applications Date: 16th September 2017 Place: L D College of engineering, Ahmedabad 8. National Seminar on Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity Date: 29th November 2017 Place: M.S. University of Baroda

www.ieee-grss-gujarasection.org DETAILS THANKS Chapnet program( Japan , Indonesia and India- Gujarat) in collaboration with Technical Committee on Space, Aeronautical and Navigational electronics organized a special session in workshop on subsurface electromagnetic measurements, special session on 4-5 Oct 2017 http://drr.science-japon.org/doc/drr_2017_full_program. pdf Presentations by Dr Shiv Mohan on radar modeling of subsurface ice, Dr Y. Yamaguchi on IEEE Chapnet and Dr Djoko Nugroho on peat thickness. In order to enhance the scope of IEEE GRSS presence in India, Dr Shiv Mohan presented a thought proactive talk on IEEE GRSS activities and its importance in India, IEEE Workshop Remote sensing and GIS in the service of India’s development, 8-9 June 2017 at IIT- Bombay. Participation in ACRS 2017 booth Newsletter 2017 Website www.ieee-grss-gujarasection.org THANKS