Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (National Remote Sensing Agency) Department of Space, Government of India Dehradun, Uttaranchal

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1 Masters Diploma Certificate Awareness Implementation Document Year GEONEDIS IIRS 2 SAIL Project ITC IHE WU - IIRS Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (National Remote Sensing Agency) Department of Space, Government of India Dehradun, Uttaranchal 1

2 Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. SAIL Project Collaborating Institutions of SAIL Project International Institute of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE) Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) 6 3. Need of Masters Program 7 4. Aim and Objectives of the courses 8 5. Programmes in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management 8 6. Target group and required qualifications for the course 8 7. Course Announcements and Last date to Apply 9 8. Selection of Candidates 9 9. Course structure Course Syllabus Implementation of Master Programme Study load and time schedule Course Fee Structure Examinations and Evaluation Grading System Declaration of Result and re-examination Attendance Course Evaluation Award of Certificate / Diploma / Masters Fellowships Masters Dissertation Course Management 25 2

3 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 : Programme Structure of EADM courses 7 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 : Level of participants in various courses 5 Table 2: Required subjects for admission into EADM Programmes 5 Table 3 : Minimum Qualification, no. of seats and duration of EADM Programmes 6 Table 4 : Course structure of EADM Programmes ( Masters / Diploma / Certificate) 8 Table 5 : Proposed Implementation of Masters in EADM during year Table 6: National Advisory Committee for Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management (EADM) 11 Table 7 : Summary of Course Syllabus 12 Table 8 : Learning objectives for the Masters in Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management 14 Table 9 : Course fee structure for EADM Programmes 17 Table 10 : Distribution of the marks in various modules in EADM Programme 17 Table 11 : Grading system at IIRS 18 3

4 1.0 Introduction The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing is a premier national institution under the National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space, Government of India for education and training in the field of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems applications. The institute was formerly known as Indian Photo-interpretation Institute and was set up under the Survey of India in In 1976 this institute was merged with the National Remote Sensing Agency and was renamed as Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) in The main area of the function of IIRS is capacity building through technology transfer among user community and education at post-graduate level. This institute has excellent infrastructure, and state of the art computer facilities to conduct training programs pertaining to the techniques of remote sensing and GIS. This institute offers several courses of different duration with the course contents suiting to the needs of the user. IIRS has two technology divisions, which deal with Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics. The other six divisions are looking after the applications in - Agriculture and Soil; Forestry and Ecology; Geosciences; Human Settlement Analysis; Marine Science and Water Resources. The academic programs consist of theory, practical and project work. Participants are encouraged to undertake a project theme of their own interest. This gives an opportunity to the trainees to solve the problems related to their organisation or area of their research. 2.0 SAIL Project The SAIL Foundation, established in 1996, is the umbrella organisation of six specialised Dutch centres of higher learning, all of which are geared towards capacity building, education, research, and advisory services. The Dutch acronym SAIL stands for Stichting Samenwerkingverband Internationale Onderwijs Instellingen en Landbouw Universiteit Wageningen, or Foundation for Cooperation of International Education Institutes and Wageningen University. SAIL institutes co-operate with counterpart organisations in developing countries in assisting to meet their requirements of the changing environment. To achieve this SAIL institutes operate in a large number of fields ranging from engineering, agriculture, urban development, socio-economics, and business development to management. The SAIL project on Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Diasater Management shortly called as IIRS-2 - an institutional development cooperation of three institutions from the Netherlands with IIRS mainly focusing on minimizing environmental degradation and disaster generated sufferings through the use of geoinformatatics in the disaster management process. All the three institutions have participated in preparing the structure of the Geoinformatics program while preparing the inception report at IIRS in September

5 2.1 Collaborating Institutions of SAIL project International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) The International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, ITC is an International Institute in developing and providing knowledge on the use and management of geoinformatics and transferring the technology worldwide. IIRS, as a sister institute is also playing significant role in India and South East Asia, in particular. ITC has contributed significantly to the development of IIRS, being one of the so-called sister-institutes.. ITC is co-ordinating the project from the Netherlands side, and will be supplying its expertise in the field of Geoinformatics, and the application of Remote Sensing and GIS in hydrometeorological, geological and environmental hazards. ITC is also supporting IIRS in the field of Educational Development International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE) The International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering conducts scientific research and provides postgraduate education and training in the fields of water, the environment and physical infrastructure. IHE offers a wide range of Masters and Ph.D. programmes focusing on water, the environment and physical infrastructure. In all of these programmes, participants are encouraged to develop an integrated approach in their work, taking into account the multidisciplinary settings of most of the problems they will encounter, with the aim of achieving sustainable solutions. Under the project IHE is providing input in the fields of flooding, drought and coastal hazards, with special emphasis on the engineering, and management aspects Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) The Wageningen University and Research Centre offers international and Dutch degree and PhD programmes in agriculture and allied fields. The WUR wishes to develop and disseminate the scientific knowledge needed for a sustainable supply of society s demands for sufficient, healthy food and a good environment for humans, animals and plants. Under the project WUR is providing input in the fields of soil degradation, wind and water erosion Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is a regional resource center working towards disaster reduction for safer communities and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Established in 1986, the Center is recognized as an important neutral focal point in Asia and the Pacific for promoting disaster awareness and the development of local capabilities to foster institutionalized disaster management and mitigation 5

6 policies. ADPC provides a range of learning opportunities to managers who wish to include knowledge of disaster management in their ongoing professional development. Keeping in view their expertise in this region ADPC has been requested to share its expertise by providing its support to one module on Vulnerability Reduction. 3.0 Need of Masters Program On the Indian sub-continent nearly a billion people suffer yearly from natural and man made disasters. Rapid population growth, unprecedented development, combined with climatic variations and a complex geo-environmental setting contribute to the increasing effect of disasters. In recent times India has witnessed large scale disasters such as the frequent floods in the Indo-Gangetic and Brahmaputra plains, the cyclones of the east coast and Gujarat, the earthquakes of Uttarkashi, Latur, Jabalpur Chamoli and Gujarat and small scale hazards such as landslides in the Himalayan range, forest fire, soil erosion and desertification. Disasters cause wide-spread human, material and environmental losses that exceed the communities capability to cope without external relief. Advanced techniques like Remote Sensing and Global Positioning Systems, if integrated with Geographic Information System, can provide valuable information known as Geoinformation, of earth surface features and processes involved. Geoinformatics offers a powerful tool to create maps, integrate information, visualize scenarios, solve complicated problems and develop effective solutions. The role of Geoinformatics in disaster management can be summarized as follows : In general remote sensing, GIS and GPS provide databases which can be interpreted and analyzed to produce hazard maps, which have immense value in any kind of activities related to disasters. Secondly many types of disasters have precursors, which can be detected at any early stage by orbiting satellites, and can be used for the prediction of both rapid and slow disasters. When a disaster occurs, the aerospace media are the quickest mode of information collection and can be utilized for monitoring during the event. Finally, Geoinformatics can also assist in damage assessment and aftermath monitoring, providing a quantitative base for relief operations. IIRS has been playing a most crucial role in generating the trained manpower in the application of this technology in India and for the developing work. There is a growing need for professionals in the field of application of Geoinformation technology in the field of Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management (EADM), who can prepare, maintain and update geographic databases, and develop new geoinformatics tools for application in the field of EADM. There is growing awareness in government and nongovernment sector on the generation and use of such databases for Disaster Management in India. In view of this, the introduction of a Master of Science course in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management can help in capacity building by using modern technologies. 6

7 4.0 Aim and Objectives of the courses The courses are designed to provide adequate theoretical and practical knowledge on the utility of geoinformatics in disaster management and environmental assessment. The geoinformatics technological inputs at all stages of disaster management are corraborated with Indian and foreign examples. After attending the courses the participants are expected to participate actively in various activities dealing with disaster management. 5.0 Courses in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management The course in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management has a modular structure of three weeks duration each. Under this program the following 4 courses are embedded.. Master of Science degree (Masters) in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management, jointly with the International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands; focuses on advanced methodologies in the field of remote sensing and geoinformation science, specifically applied to environmental analysis and disaster management with special emphasis on Hydrometeorological, Geological and Environmental hazards. Post Graduate Diploma (Diploma) in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management, focuses on applications and use of geoinformatics technology and implementation of production programmes specifically applied to environmental analysis of Hydrometeorological, Geological and Environmental hazards. Certificate course on Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management focuses on fundamental principles, methodologies, skill development and use of geoinformatics technology and applications. The following application streams are offered as optional streams under the certificate program: Hydrometeorological hazards Geological hazards Environmental hazards Awareness course on Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management gives an overview of the application of Geoinformation and Earth Observation for Natural Disaster Management, and is intended for decision makers. 6.0 Target group and required qualifications for the course The Post Graduate Diploma course is focussed on learning how to apply geoinformation for the environmental assessment and management of disasters; the Master of Science course is directed towards critical understanding of geoinformation 7

8 tools, and the ability to develop and apply new tools for environmental assessment and disaster management, in a research environment. The course is designed for professionals involved in environmental analysis and co-ordination of relief measures in the event of hazards. The following organisations will benefit from the course: Central government organisations dealing with disasters such as Central Water Commission, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Water Resources, Disaster Management Cells, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Home, Natural Disaster Management division. State Government Departments dealing with Irrigation, Engineering, Public Health, District Administration, including Relief Departments; Institutions / Universities for the capacity building and dissemination of technology and NGOs. State Remote Sensing Centres Private sector: consulting firms, insurance companies etc. Organisations dealing with disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region Expected entry level for each of the courses from the above organisations is given in table 1. Table 1 : Level of participants in various courses Course Masters of Science PG Diploma Certificate Course Awareness Course Level of participants Working Level Professionals, Researchers and Students with interest to pursue research Working Level Professionals, Researchers and Students Middle Level Professionals, Researchers and Students Decision Makers, Senior Level Executives and Managers An applicant for the Masters course is required to have passed, at least in second class with not less than 55% marks, in anyone of the following subjects as presented in the following Table 2. Government employees with graduation in science and two years relevant experience are eligible to apply for Certificate and P.G.Diploma Courses. Table 2 : Required subjects for admission into EADM courses M. Sc/M. Tech Degree B.E/B. Tech Degree Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Statistics, Geophysics, Meteorology, Oceanography, Geology, Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, Science discipline Geography Remote Sensing Any discipline of Natural / Environmental science Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering, Electronics, Agriculture Engineering Urban and Regional Planning, or B.Sc Agriculture or Forestry (4 years) 8

9 Table 3 : Minimum Qualification, no. of seats and duration of EADM courses S. No. Name of the Program Minimum Qualification 1 Masters PG in Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning/ ME/BE/B Arch. 2 PG Diploma 3 Certificat e course 4 Awarene ss Course PG in Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning/ ME/BE/B Arch. PG in Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning/ ME/BE/B Arch., with Remote Sensing knowledge PG in Natural Resources, Earth Sciences, Urban and Regional Planning/ ME/BE/B Arch. 7.0 Course Announcements and Last date to Apply No. of seats Duration (Months) weeks The course is well publicized through the IIRS website ( and Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS). Additionally, course brochures are sent to selected target organizations during January-February. IIRS will be responsible for printing and mailing brochures. The enclosed application form should be filled in, complete in all respects and mailed to the Dean through the respective sponsoring authorities by 15 th May every year. Upon preliminary selection, candidates are required to make course fee payments, if any, through bank drafts in favor of Accounts Officer, IIRS payable at Dehradun. 8.0 Selection of Candidates All the applications received by IIRS are scrutinised by the Admission Committee, which finally recommends candidates based on sponsorship, merit and minimum qualification laid down for the course. In case the result of the qualifying examination is not declared and is likely to be announced shortly, provisional admission can be given in special cases based on merit testimonials of the previous examination. The Admission committee consists of 2-3 staff members from IIRS and from ITC. The EREG programme director, and the ITC course coordinator are the members of the Advisory Committee from the ITC side. 9.0 Course structure There are three different courses which are built in the total program, consisting of a 4 months certificate course, a 10 months Post Graduate Diploma and an 18 months Masters program. It is structured into modules of 3 weeks each. The first 5 modules are common for all three courses. In the 6 th module, which is a simulation case study, the course participants separate in three electives based on their specialisations viz. Hydro 9

10 meteorological, Geological, Environmental. In case of Diploma and Masters program, candidates will have the 7th module in image interpretation with three specialisations (Hydro meteorological, Geological, Environmental). The participants will have three common modules after the 7 th module. After this the postgraduate diploma participants will have a field project for about 3.5 months. The Masters course participants will continue with 2 common modules and then dissertation work in the field of Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management with about 6 months duration. Before starting with the MSc research, the MSc students will spend three months in the Netherlands, where they will follow advanced training modules in Natural Hazard and Disaster Management, Multi-hazard Risk Assessment, Research Skills and MSc proposal writing. The actual Masters research is carried out in India, with support from both IIRS and ITC staff. The course structure of the EADM courses are shown pictorially in Fig. 1 and also Table 4. The proposed Masters programme will be implemented during the year as given in table 4. Programmes in Environmental Assessment & Disaster Management Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 AC 2W Module 2-3 Module 7-9 Module 10 Fundamentals (9 weeks) (3 weeks) (6 weeks) Module (6 weeks) Module 4-5 EA & DM (6 weeks) Module 6 Pilot Project (3 weeks) EA - Environmental Analysis DM - Disaster Management Project Work (11 weeks) Module (13 weeks) AT ITC Masters Dissertation (6.5 months) Certificate Course P.G Diploma Masters Figure 1 : Course structure of EADM courses 10

11 Table 4 : Course structure of EADM courses ( Masters / Diploma / Certificate) Module Duration Masters in EADM Diploma in EADM Certificate in EADM 1 2 weeks Introduction to the Application of Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management End of Awareness course 2 3 weeks Principles of GIS 3 3 weeks Introduction to Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 4 3 weeks Application of Geoinformatics to environmental assessment 5 3 weeks Application of Geoinformatics to disaster management 6 3 weeks Simulation case study and disaster management in three specializations: Hydrometeorological, Geological, Environmental End of certificate course 7 3 weeks Image Interpretation and Analysis (3 specialisations) (Supported by ITC faculty) 8 3 weeks Vulnerability Reduction (supported by ADPC faculty) 9 3 weeks Advanced Image Processing and GIS 2 weeks VACATION SEMESTER BREAK 10 3 weeks Application of geoinformation in element at risk mapping, vulnerability (supported by ITC faculty) 11 3 weeks GIS Case Studies on Flood and Seismic hazard analysis (supported by ITC faculty) PG Diploma project formulation, literature survey and data collection, generation (*) 12 3 weeks Information Extraction Field work 1 week Move to ITC and Introduction to ITC 13 4 weeks Natural Hazard and Disaster Management in the Netherlands (at ITC). ITC Elective module weeks Multi-hazard Risk Assessment (at ITC ). ITC Elective module weeks Research Skill Development- (at ITC). ITC MSC module 11 (continue on next page) 16 2 weeks Literature Review, Research area Identification, Initial planning (at ITC). ITC MSc module 12 Database finalisation Data Analysis Result analysis, report writing and defence End of PG course months Masters dissertation (**) End of Masters course Note: 1. The 1 st Module is organized as a workshop/awareness course for Decision makers. 11

12 * PG Diploma Project- Unique Opportunity : It allows user departments to take projects of their choice through the sponsored candidates, to test the potential of the technique in solving one of their problems. In this way sponsoring agencies can reduce the burden of deputing a staff from 10 months to 5.5 months, as the participants would be working on own department work (which could be an on-going project) for 4.5 months. However, in such cases it is expected that the user department would provide all basic facilities such as data, field logistics etc. to carry out such study. ** Masters Dissertation work - Unique Opportunity : It allows user departments to take projects of their choice through the sponsored candidates, to test the potential of the technique in solving one of their problems. In this way sponsoring agencies can reduce the burden of deputing a staff from 18 months to 11.5 months, as the participants would be working on own department work (which could be an on-going project) for 6.5 months. However, in such cases it is expected that the user department would provide all basic facilities such as data, field logistics etc. to carry out such study. 12

13 Table 5 : Proposed Implementation of Masters program in EADM during year Module Duration Period Module Topic 1 2 weeks 1 Jul - 11 Jul,03 Introduction to the application of Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management 2 3 weeks 14 Jul - 1 Aug, 03 Principles of GIS 3 3 weeks 4 Aug - 29 Aug, 03 Introduction to Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 4 3 weeks 1 Sep - 19 Sep, 03 Application of geoinformatics to environmental assessment 5 3 weeks 22 Sep - 10 Oct, 03 Application of geoinformatics to disaster management 6 3 weeks 13 Oct - 31 Oct, 03 Simulation case study and disaster management in three specializations: Hydrometeorological, Geological, Environmental 7 3 weeks 3 Nov - 21 Nov, 03 Image Interpretation and Analysis (3 specialisations) (Support of ITC faculty: Robert Voskuil) 8 3 weeks 24 Nov - 12 Dec, 03 Vulnerability Reduction (support of ADPC* faculty) 9 3 weeks 15 Dec, 03-2 Jan, 04 Advanced Image Processing and GIS (common module along with M.Sc geoinformatics) Semester 1 break (5 Jan - 16 Jan, 04 ) 10 3 weeks 19 Jan - 6 Feb, 04 Application of geoinformation in element at risk mapping, vulnerability (Support of ITC Faculty: Lorena Montoya) 11 3 weeks 9 Feb - 27 Feb, 04 GIS Case Studies on Flood and Seismic hazard analysis (Support of ITC Faculty: Woldai/Slob: seismic hazard Parodi/Maathuis: flood hazard) 12 3 weeks 1 Mar - 19 Mar, 04 Information Extraction (common module along with MSc Geoinformatics) 1 week 22 Mar - 26 Mar, 04 Move to ITC and Introduction to ITC 13 4 weeks 29 Mar - 23 Apr, 04 Natural Hazard and Disaster Management in the Netherlands (at ITC) 14 3 weeks 26 Apr - 14 May, 04 Multi-hazard Risk Assessment (at ITC) 15 3 weeks 17 May - 4 June, 04 Research Skill Development- (at ITC) 16 2 weeks 7 June - 18 Jun, 04 Literature Review, Research area Identification, Initial planning (at ITC) months 21 Jun 24 Dec, 04 Masters dissertation 13

14 10.0 Course Syllabus The course syllabus (draft) for the PG and MSc course in EADM was designed by the task group setup within IIRS during in consultation with faculty members of IIRS, ITC and other institutes. Task Group for EADM Programme 1. Dr. P.K. Champati Ray, Course Coordinator 2. Dr. A.K. Mishra, MSD 3. Dr. N.R. Patel, ASD 4. Dr. S.P. Aggarwal, WRD 5. Mr. R.D. Garg, PRSD 6. Mr. C.Jeganathan, GID 7. Mr. B.D. Bharath, HUSAG 8. Mr. P.K. Joshi, FED 9. Mr. Sameer Saran, TSO Director, NRSA constituted an Advisory Committee for PG Diploma in EADM, under IIRS-ITC GEONEDIS project for syllabus finalization, which met during an International workshop on Capacity building in Geinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management during April th, 2001 at IIRS. During this meeting the main structure of the course was discussed. Afterwards, in consultation with ITC the final syllabus was made. The list of the National Advisory committee is given here in Table 6. 14

15 Table 6 : National Advisory Committee for Post Graduate Diploma in Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management (EADM) S. No. Name & Designation 1 Dr. D.P. Rao, Director, NRSA, Hyderabad 2 Dr. A.K.S. Gopalan, Director, SAC, Ahmedabad 3 Sri. K.V. Venkatachary, Study Director (Disaster Management Systems) ISRO HQ, Antariksh Bhawan, Bangalore Sri. V. Jayaraman, Director, EOS 4 ISRO HQ, Antariksh Bhawan, Bangalore Sri Anil Sinha, IAS, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI 5 Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi Sri A.V. S. Reddy, Principal Secretary and Relief Com., AP Govt. 6 AP Secretariat, Hyderabad Sri S. Adiga, Director, NNRMS & RRSSCs, ISRO HQ 7 Antariksh Bhawan, Bangalore Shri V.S. Hegde, Dy Director (Applications), ISRO HQ 8 Antariksh Bhawan, Bangalore Dr. N.S. Virdi, Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology 9 33, Gen. Mahadev Singh Road, Dehradun. Director, National Centre for Disaster Management 10 Indian Institute of Public Administration, I.P. Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi MA. GEN. A.K. Ahuja, Surveyer General of India, Survey of India, Dehradun. Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, DST 12 Technology Bhawan, New Delhi Dr. R.R. Kelkar, Director General, Indian Meteorological Dept. (IMD) 13 Mausam Bhavan, New Delhi Director general, Geological Society of India 14 27, JL Nehru Road, Calcutta Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial 15 Research (CSIR), PUSA, New Delhi Shri Z. Hassan, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India 16 New Delhi Dr. P.S. Roy, Dean, IIRS 17 Dehardun The summary of the course syllabus is given in Table 7 and Table 8 gives an overview of the learning objectives of the Masters program. 15

16 Table 7 : Summary of Course Syllabus 1. Introduction to Disaster Management 2 weeks Individual disasters: cause, process, effect Introduction to hazard types, disasters, characterization, zonation, &c. EOS for disaster mapping, monitoring, mitigation and prevention GIS & GPS for disaster applications Successful case examples demonstration on use of GIS for disaster management 2. Principles of GIS 3 weeks Spatial and non-spatial data concepts and models Database creation and manipulation methods Integration of different parametric and non-parametric layers 3. Principles of Remote Sensing 3 weeks Principles of Photogrammetry, remote sensing and GPS Methods of data acquisition Interpretation techniques of aerial photos: optical, thermal and microwave RS data Accuracy requirements and estimations 4. Application of Geoinformatics to environmental assessment 3 weeks Environment & Ecology Environmental Pollution Natural Resources and their Management Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental management Space technology for Environmental management 5. Application of Geoinformatics to disaster management 3 weeks Hydrometeorology Basic Hydrology, Flood frequency analysis, coastal hazards, drought assessment Geology Landslides, Hazard Assessment, Earthquakes, Mining Hazard assessment due to fire and subsidence, Volcanic activity, snow & glacier mapping 6. Simulation case study and disaster management 3 weeks Hydro-meteorological, Geological, Environmental 7. Image Interpretation and Analysis (3 specialisations) 3 weeks Concepts of terrain mapping, using image interpretation Terrain types and their image characteristics Digital stereo image interpretation 8. Vulnerability Reduction 3 weeks Vulnerability reduction: basic concepts Organisations involved in vulnerability reduction, with emphasis on Asia 16

17 Urbanization Social and economic vulnerability Vulnerability reduction framework 9. Advanced Digital Image Processing 3 weeks Image pre-processing (radiometric and geometric corrections) Advanced image enhancement techniques Advanced classification techniques 10. Application of geoinformation in element at risk mapping and vulnerability assessment 3 weeks Elements at risk classification Mapping elements at risk Vulnerability assessment 11. GIS Case Studies on Flood and Seismic hazard analysis 3 weeks Earthquake hazards Flood hazards 12. Information extraction 3 weeks Automatic information extraction to determine objects, and structural feature extraction Information extraction for indeterminate objects, segmentation and fuzzy classification Research issues in Digital Terrain Modelling and quality control 13. Natural Hazard and Disaster Management (at ITC) 4 weeks Overview of elements of Hazard and Disaster Management, Impact of Natural Disasters Introduction to Risk Identification and the components Introduction to mitigation strategies Introduction to disaster preparedness (Including a 1 week Easter break) 14. Multi-hazard Risk Assessment (at ITC) 3 weeks Introduction to risk assessment; Introduction of various tools for loss estimation Natural Hazard Assessment and Zonation Element at risk classification and mapping 15. Research Skill Development (at ITC) 3 weeks Steps in the research process; the scientific method Ethics and professionalism in science Development of hypotheses and research questions Searching for information Citations, references, management of literature 17

18 16. Literature Review, Research area Identification, Initial planning (at ITC) 2 weeks Research tools and techniques Statistical analysis and linkages with conclusions Presentation skills and techniques Research tools and techniques Report writing techniques Developing a research proposal Presentation of the proposal Final agreement on proposal 17. Masters Dissertation 6.5 months Data Collection and Database creation Literature consultation Fielddata collection Analysis Report writing Submission of report Thesis defense (for assessment see 14) Table 8 : Learning objectives for the Masters programme course in Geoinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management Objective represented in module Module 1: Workshop on EADM Module 2: Introduction to GIS Module 3: Introduction to Photogrammetry and remote sensing Module 4: Application of Geoinformatics to Environmental Assessment Module 5: Application of Geoinformatics to Graduates of Masters course will be able to Overview of the Natural Disasters, Possibilities of Geoinformatics in DM (in reality), Future prospects of Geoinformatics in DM, Institutionalisation and Organisational issues Adequate understanding of GIS principles, application potentials and hardware/software requirement. Conceptualisation of real world situation in GIS environment. Database creation, analysis and production of output in the form of reports and maps. Adequate understanding of principles of remote sensing, different sensors and satellites, and ground truth collection. Basics of Photogrammetry and GPS with hands on experience. Basic image interpretation of various types of satellite images. Basic digital image processing and image analysis. Selection and ordering for satellite data. Gains adequate knowledge about environmental issues and its management. Develop understanding about environmental hazards, their assessment and monitoring. Space Technology ( geinformatics ) for environmental conservation, planning and management. Gains adequate knowledge about hazards (cause and physical 18

19 Geoinformatics Disaster management to Module 6: Simulation case study and disaster management in three specializations: Hydrometeorological, Geological, nvironmental Module 7: Image Interpretation and Analysis Module 8: Vulnerability Reduction Module 9: Advance Image Processing and GIS Module 10 : Application of Geoinformatics element at risk mapping and Vulnerability Module 11: GIS Case Studies on Flood and Seismic hazard analysis Module 12: Information Extraction Module 13: Natural Hazard and Disaster Management in the Netherlands (at ITC) Module 14: Multihazard Risk Assessment (at ITC) Module 15: Research Skill Development (at ITC) Module 16: Literature Review, Research area Identification, Initial planning (at ITC) process) and its manifestation. Can select suitable satellite data and analyse (visual and digital) for mapping and monitoring features associated with hazards. Database organisation for hazard zonation and GIS based hazard zonation techniques. Take up a real case study and develops or understands the components of a GIS for hazard zonation and risk assessment. Database organisation in full detail for hazard zonation and risk assessment. Presents a seminar on topic of choice demonstrating level of self study and understanding of the subject. Gains adequate knowledge about how to extract information from satellite data, collection of ground truth and analytical skills to convert image into information for further use in 3 disciplines ( hydrometeorological, geological and environmental ) Understand the vulnerability & risk concepts, organisations involved in vulnerability reduction, Understanding the social and economic vulnerability, challenges in vulnerability reduction Gains knowledge on advanced topics in image processing, GIS and Interferometry. Learns how to search Internet for data and literature related to hazard zonation, also learns about web publishing and information exchange over Internet Gains adequate knowledge about risk and vulnerability mapping. Hazard mitigation strategies and remedial measures. Damage assessment, loss analysis and possible loss reducing strategies (mitigation measures). Data base generation and analysis for flood hazards and earth quake studies. Using the satellite data and other data, to extract the relavant information for disaster management Provide an overview of disaster management Understand the application of Geoinfromation and Earth Observation in the various phases of disaster management, provide an overview of Mitigation options, Policy selection. Carry out the various phases of risk assessment, Apply Remote Sensing for hazard assessment, and elements at risk mapping, Provide an overview of mitigation options and effect on risk reduction and distribution Describe the purpose and use of research, describe and explain the main steps in the research process, formulate a research problem and research objectives Produce a preliminary research proposal, literature, proposed methods and plan of execution, Present and justify the proposed research problem and design in an open presentation 19

20 Module 17: MSc dissertation How to formulate a project proposal with details on methodology, data requirements, software and hardware requirements, time duration and expected outcome RS data interpretation and database organization. Filed data collection & validation of interpretation. Experiment and visualise various models and validation of results and also gives understanding about limitations and errors in the data analysis process How to write result in a most lucid and understandable fashion, and also learns about how to make scientific publication Implementation of Masters course The newly introduced Masters course, at IIRS will be conducted with the support of ITC under the IIRS-ITC project. The first Masters course will commence in the second half of ITC and IIRS will further develop the curriculum, generate the course material and set-up the assessment procedure. A number of ITC staff will go to IIRS to jointly teach the modules with IIRS staff (see table 5). Funding for their visits is available from the Geonedis project. ITC / Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), Bangkok staff will participate in teaching and developing case studies for teaching. Guest faculty will also be drawn from National Remote Sensing Agency, Space Application Centres, IITs, Universities, research organisations, state centres, Industry and other national/international organisations involved in environmental assessment and disaster management. It is proposed to conduct the first 9 months of the Masters programme at IIRS, about 3 months participants will be spending in ITC to learn more advanced techniques in Natural Hazard and Disaster Management, multi hazard risk assessment, research skill development, literature surveys and Msc proposal writing. After the completion and acceptance of the MSc proposal, the MSc paraticipants will carry out the dissertation work in IIRS. During the first Masters course, ten fellowships of three months each will be available for students to visit ITC, from the GEONEDIS budget. An International workshop on Capacity building in Geinformatics for Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management was organized during April th, 2001 to discuss the syllabus for the P.G. Diploma. Participants for the workshop included members of the Advisory Committee (from Government Departments, Universities and Industry from the field of Geoinformatics) constituted by Director, NRSA; expert team drawn from collaboration institutions of IIRS project (i.e. ITC/IHE/WU). A syllabus for the Masters course, which was upgraded from P.G. Diploma course in consultation with the faculty of IIRS and also ITC expert Dr. Cees van Westen, has been made. In this joint IIRS/ITC Masters course, the curriculum will be developed jointly between staff of IIRS and ITC. ITC staff will be involved in the formulation and acceptance of the research proposals, and ITC staff will act as Masters thesis research supervisors (mostly by providing support from ITC through ). ITC staff will also be 20

21 member of the Masters examination board, and will have to right to veto acceptance of a final MSc thesis, if the quality is not up to ITC standards Study load and time schedule The total study load is distributed into lectures, praticals/tutorial/library and selfstudy. Normally all the lecture hours are scheduled in the morning hours during hours and practical exercises during hrs, which cover 40/50 percent of total time. Sufficient time is also provided for self-study, tutorials and library hours to improve research skills. IIRS will work for five day a week from Monday to Friday, with daily timings of hours with 1 hour lunch break during hours. The institute will be closed during approved holidays Course Fee Structure By design, all the long courses (i.e. three months or longer duration) offered at IIRS are free for Government sponsored candidates and autonomous organizations like universities/ colleges. However few seats are available for self paid candidates. Presently the course fee is charged at the rate of Rs. 6000/-(Indian rupees six thousand only) per month for Indian participants and US $ 600/- (US dollars six hundred only) per month for the foreign participants. The following table provides the fee structure (non commercial) for various EADM programs. The course fee does not include living allowances, boarding and lodging, TD/DA and field expenses. The sponsoring organisation or the participant itself has to bear these expenses. S. No. Table 9: Course fee structure for EADM courses Name of the Program No. of seats Duration (Months) Course Fee Indian Participants Govt. Self Paid Sponsored (Rs) (Rs) Foreign Nationals (US $) 1 Masters Nil 1,08, PG Nil 60, Diploma 3 Certificate 10 4 Nil 24, course 4 Awareness 10 2 weeks Nil Course 5 Any Module Examinations and Evaluation Students are evaluated for each module except for the first module, which is organized as workshop. For each module, participants are evaluated through an examination consisting of practicals and theory. Theory and practical break-up is as per the standard norms of IIRS. 21

22 The theory and practical examination can be conducted together with questions on both theory and practicals. Questions are in the form of very short description, fill-in, multiplechoice etc. to evaluate the student s performance in the module. A module wise description of the maximum marks and the no. of hours of examination is provided in table 10. Table 10 : Distribution of the marks in various modules in EADM courses Modul e Topic Semester End Exam duration (hr) Semester end exam marks Theory Practicals Internal Assessment marks Total Marks (Theory Practical) and 1 Workshop on No examination Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management 2 Introduction to GIS Introduction to Photogrammetry and remote sensing 4 Application of Geoinformatics to Environmental Assessment 5 Application of Geoinformatics to Disaster management 6 Simulation case study and disaster management Certificate course Total Image Interpretation and Analysis 8 Vulnerability Reduction Advance Image Processing and GIS 10 Application of Geoinformatics in risk mapping, vulnerability. 11 PG Diploma dissertation work 1. Project Planning & prefield interpretation Data Collection & database creation Analysis Seminar Report writing

23 PG Diploma course Total GIS Case Studies on Flood and Seismic hazard analysis 12 Information Extraction Natural Hazard and Disaster Management in the Netherlands 14 Multi-hazard Risk Assessment 15 Research Skill Development Literature Review, Research area Identification, Initial planning 17 MSc dissertation ( Recommended / Not Recommended ) Masters Total Assessment of the final thesis is made through a defence before a Degree Assessment Board, which consists of staff members from IIRS, and other Indian academic institutions, with the presence of at least one ITC staff member (the course coordinator). The ITC staff member will have veto right in this committee if the quality is not considered appropriate for ITC standards Grading System The course follows the standard grading system of IIRS as given in Table 11. Table 11 : Grading system at IIRS Percentage Grade of Marks > 75 % A % A % B % C < 45 % Certificate of Attendance As per the existing rules of IIRS, minimum pass percentage is 45% in each Module (Theory and Practical together) and 50% in aggregate (all modules). Distinction is awarded on achieving 75% in aggregate Declaration of Result and re-examination As per the existing norms, only grades (not marks) of students can be disclosed after the evaluation of the answer sheets and re-examination is taken for students scoring less than 50%. The re-examination will be conducted twice, still if they score less than 50 % marks, a Certificate of Attendance will be given. Grade cards will be distributed along with the certificate / Diploma / Masters. 23

24 14.3 Attendance As per the IIRS norms, minimum attendance required is 90% of all working days. Candidates attending classes for less than 90% days in entire course duration, is given only a Certificate of Attendance even though candidate might have passed all examinations as mentioned above Course Evaluation Each Module is evaluated by students with respect to course contents, lecture notes, lecture delivery, interaction with faculty, learning opportunities and examination. At the end of the course, final evaluation is done by students on fulfillment of objective of the course, learning opportunities, IIRS hostel (food, stay, general atmosphere), library and other facilities. The course evaluation forms will be designed with input from ITC s education affairs department. Course evaluation forms are studied by respective faculty, course coordinator and Dean, IIRS and ITC and steps are taken to improve the future courses Award of Certificate / P.G. Diploma / Masters At the end of the course, appropriate certificates with grade card are given to all course participants in a formal graduation ceremony. In the 4-months Certificate course, only those who pass successfully as per the attendance record (>90%) and examination (Aggregate > 50% and individually >45% in each Module) are given Certificate, failing which, candidates are given only Certificate of Attendance. The Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) is given only to those who successfully pass as per the attendance record (>90%) and examination (Aggregate > 50% and individually >45% in each Module), failing which candidates receive only Certificate of Attendance. The Masters course is planned to be implemented with the collaboration of ITC, The Netherlands. During the project phase the Masters program in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management will be implemented jointly by IIRS and ITC. The degree will be conferred by ITC. Mean while IIRS has initiated the process to recognize Masters program for award of degree by a reputed Indian university after the end of present IIRS ITC collaboration project Geonedis. The joint MSc courses will continue after the end of the Geonedis project, and external funding should be obtained, especially for the fellowships for the students that spend three months in ITC Fellowships The course is primarily designed to facilitate resource managers of State/Central Government organisations to improve their professional qualifications. Accordingly 50% of the seats will be reserved for these organisations at no cost/ nominal cost according to the existing IIRS procedures. Remaining seats will be open for candidates from universities, NGOs, International funding agencies and foreign participants from the Asia Pacific Region. The candidates will be selected on merit basis. The sponsoring organisations of such candidates will have to meet all the expenses like course fee, TA/DA, book and the field work expenses. The IIRS-ITC project will provide 24

25 fellowships for the students to carryout part of MSc course ( three months duration) at ITC, Netherlands during the first year. The candidates from the Asia-Pacific Region, selected for the course, will be provided with DOS SHARES fellowships which includes living/ subsistence allowances and training related expenses during the training programs. The remaining candidates can also visit IIRS/ITC for training, if they can avail fellowships from other sources Masters Dissertation The students of Masters in Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management will be carrying out 6.5 months research project work in the field of Environmental Assessment and Disaster Management. The initial part of the project work such as Literature review, research area identification and initial planning is already done during the participants stay at ITC. The data interpretation, fieldwork, and analysis is carried out in India in about 6.5 months. The research theme of dissertation will be decided based on the area of interest from the user organisation and IIRS Course Management The EADM programme is managed by a Programme Board, consisting of the IIRS Programme Coordinator, IIRS Divisional representatives, and the ITC coordinator. Each divisional representative will co-ordinate the respective division s involvement during the entire period of the course and assist the programme coordinator in running the programme. Technical Staff Office is responsible for course advertisement, publicity, handling of application form, marks compilation, marks sheet & certificate preparation and students affairs (Leave, relieving, etc.). The Admission committee (consisting of IIRS staff, the ITC course coordinator and ITC EREG Programme Director) will decide the admission of the participants for the course. All concerned faculty members are responsible for providing course material, theory and practical classes, question papers and evaluation of answer sheets. Respective Divisional Heads and In-Charges are responsible for smooth running of the course and organizing guest lectures during the course, depending upon their division s involvement. 25

26 Annex 1: Course syllabus Module-1: Workshop/Awareness Course on EADM Period : Jul 1 - Jul 11, Characterisation and Zonation of Hazards Fundamental concepts of hazards and disasters Hazard management cycle and information requirement for different stages Hazard zonation principles and methods 1.2 Introduction to individual disasters and hazards: cause, process, effects etc Hydrometeorological Floods Cyclones and Coastal hazards Drought Geological Hazards Landslide Earthquake Mining hazards (subsidence, flooding etc.) Volcanic hazards Glacial hazards Environmental hazards Forest hazards (Deforestation, Degradation and Forest fire) Land, soil degradation and desertification Pollution (water, air and soil) 1.3 Disaster management: Indian Context Existing organisation structure for managing disasters 1.4 Space system and services Overview of space system and services (Remote sensing, Communication, Meteorology, Navigation) in disaster management The usage of visible, thermal and microwave remote sensing sensors for mapping and monitoring natural hazards The temporal, spatial and spectral resolution of the satellite data and their role in disaster mapping and monitoring The application of EOS system for real time or near real time hazard assessment and damage assessment. 1.5 The Utility of GIS, GPS and Communication 26