Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing is a Diploma level Agriculture Science and Technology course. Remote Sensing and GIS covers remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon, without making physical contact with the object. The course is available both in full time and a part-time basis. The course is important that provides many job scopes for the candidates.

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Eligibility

• Aspiring candidates should have completed their B.Sc., B.E. and B.Tech. etc. with 50% marks in Science stream.
• The marks of admission for this course vary from University to University. In various colleges and Universities, there is an entrance exams for the admission.

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Syllabus

Syllabus of GIS and Remote Sensing as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Colleges

• Patna University, Patna
• Jamia Millia Islamia - JMI, New Delhi
• University of Kashmir, Srinagar
• Banaras Hindu University - BHU, Varanasi

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Course Suitability

• Candidates should be able to perform GIS analysis as it is often used to solve common problems. An ability to extend and alter the standard analysis to meet requirements is a plus.
• They should have sufficient knowledge to create models of processes to allow for a workflow to be built. Also, model building in the Arc GIS sense is very helpful in this regard.
• It helps those who want to become teacher and lecturer, are suitable match for it.
• They can become lecturer only after passing NET exam.

How is Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Course Beneficial?

• They can become teacher/lecturer at school and colleges after it and can become lecturer only after passing NET exam on permanent basis.
• They can also join career regarding designing maps, graphics, illustrations and layouts; communicating information using colour, symbols, style and other means.
• Course enables them of researching, selecting and evaluating map source data for use in the preparation or revision of maps and charts to various scales.
• They can have the jobs relating to collating data provided by remote sensing techniques. It means; by which spatial and environmental data about the earth are acquired by sensors located in satellites and aircraft.

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Employment Areas

• Space Departments
• Regional Remote Sensing Centres
• State Remote Sensing Application Centres
• National Remote Sensing Centres
• Central Ground Water Boards
• Defence Terrain Research Labs
• All India Soil and Land Use Survey
• Atomic Mineral Divisions
• Geological Survey of India
• National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land
• Town and Country Planning Offices
• Remote Sensing Laboratories

Post Graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing Job Types

• Remote Sensing Tech Lead
• Project Fellow/Project Assistant
• Assistant Professor
• Technical Associate
• Assistant Project Manager
• Branch Manager/Regional Manager
• GIS Executive
• Application Support Analyst
• Research Associate
• Technical Assistant
• Sales Executive
• Operations Manager
• Remote Sensing & GIS software Analyst
• Technical Program Manager