1. Technology, Tools & Methods Used for Capacity Building at ISRO
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Technology, Tools & Methods Used for Capacity Building at ISRO
A.Senthil Kumar
Agenda Item # 11
CEOS 7th Working Group for Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD) Annual Meeting
INPE São José dos Campos, Brazil
6-8th March, 2018

2. CB - Regular Demand Based
Overview
General Capacity Building Initiatives
Tools and Methods applied
Best Practices
ISRO Summary
CB - Regular Demand Based
Women Participation
Training Structures
VEDAS
Knowledge Portal
SWAMI
School Bhuvan
APRSAF/ ACRS
National Workshop
WSW-2017
Alumni meets

3. ISRO Capacity Building Initiatives
Targeted CB Programs:
Capacity Building
at ISRO
(24,185)
Students' Academic Programme
(144)
Medium-term Trainings
(2-8 Weeks)
(255)
Short-term
(1-2 Weeks)
(1,699)
Decision Makers'
(5,416)
(1-2 Days)
e-learning/ DLP
(16,671)
International
(272)
Country
Total
ASIA
2158
AFRICA
316
EUROPE 47
NORTH AMERICA 31
SOUTH AMERICA 96
AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA 20
Grand Total
2668
Individual CB: Education, training, employment and Mentoring
Training of Trainers: School, UG teachers, Academia, (399)
Decision Makers’: For senior executives (5416)
Outreach through interactive Learning & MOOC (16,671)
Demand Based Training (Natl. & AP regions)
Cross-border training support
Biodiversity & Ecosystem Sustainability
Disaster Resilience Activity
Infrastructure & Transport Management
Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Urban Development
Water Resources Management
Planetary Sciences Data Analysis
@Yangon Technological Univ., Yangon, Myanmar on Post Disaster (Earthquake) Rapid Damage Assessment” – jointly organized by UNOOSA/UN-Habitat, MM, ISRO (44 Govt officials participated)
@RCSSTEAP, China on Integration of Multisource Earth Observation Data for Disaster Damage Assessment organized by UNSPIDER, UNOOSA, ISRO
PG Program : Skills Development + Education + Research
Knowledge Repository
Courses information;
Course contents/syllabus;
Outreach activities;
Lecture Notes;
Practical Demonstrations;
Presentation Materials;
Listing of Student’s Project;
Newsletters; Brochures;
Campus information;
Course announcements;
Partner Institutions;
International linkages;
Women Representation
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4. ISRO Capacity Building Initiatives
Educational Dashboard – “SWAMI”
System for Weather and Apadaa Management Information
APRSAF (November 14-17, 2017), Bangalore
ACRS 2017
October 23-27, 2017, New Delhi
Space Technology for Enhanced Governance & Development
Space applications: touching human lives.
Co-presented by ISRO, MEXT & JAXA
Attended by 539 participants from 31 countries and regions, and ten international organizations, including 6-heads of space agencies and 3-deputy heads in Asian-Pacific countries as well as high-level officials from governmental institutions
4 working groups (Space Applications, Space Technology, Space Environment Utilization, Space Education) discussed cooperative activities to solve societal issues in the Asia-Pacific region, which focused on the advancement of space technology in the region
Jointly organized by Asian association on Remote Sensing (AARS), Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG) and Co-hosted by ISRO. Over 900 participants from 53 countries across the globe attended the conference.
Total 6 plenary sessions, 13 special sessions, 67 technical sessions and 6 poster sessions were organized in the conference.
World Space Week Oct , 2017), nationalwide
Visualization of Earth Data and Archival System (VEDAS)
Mandate: Research and training of Academic faculty and students in the field of Earth-ecosystem processes using VEDAS and other related datasets.
Vision: Development of Earth-ecosystems research expertise using Indian satellite data and products.
Mission: Capacity building of students, young researchers and academia on the geospatial tools and techniques with VEDAS products and Indian satellite data.
Exploring New Worlds in Space
Celebrated by ISRO across the country by various Centres of ISRO
Thiruvananthapuram (1,00,000 people including students from more than 170 Government schools.)
Ahmedabad, Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (15,000 visitors of all age-groups).
NRSC at his regional centers (4,19,536 students/general public across).
ISAC celebrated the event by visiting two schools around Bengaluru (150 students and staff members participated in the event)
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