Rajasthan’s only remote sensing department will be ‘headless’ from October
JAIPUR: Rajasthan's only remote sensing department at MDS University, Ajmer, will have no faculty from October 1 onwards leaving students in a tizzy. It is the costliest department which has equipment ranging in crores. The only faculty of the department is retiring on September 30. Ironically, state government has sanctioned recruitments on 22 teaching posts, but none for the remote sensing department.
Established in 2002, the department has come out with path-breaking reports onIndira Gandhi National Canal (IGNC), Wetlands in Rajasthan and Keoladeo National Park. Besides, the department has carried out several research projects on urban planning. "Our impact assessment report on IGNC pre and post canal has identified the vast desert area turned into agriculture zone," said Sarveshwar Palria, head of department, remote sensing.
This department also has the credit of designing curriculum which is running in 70 institutes across the country. The department has 18 students from 6 states enrolled in its MSc degree course in remote sensing. Moomal Rathore, a third semester student, told TOI that the subject is highly technical in nature and they would require the assistance of a full-time experienced teacher.
It is a practice subject and the only department where we work for long hours. We will not move even a step further in the absence of our teacher. The state should either appoint a teacher or extend the term of our HOD till they hire anyone," said Rathore.
The department has a glorious placement record with its students holding senior positions in ISRO and many foreign universities. Higher education minister,Kalicharan Saraf, told TOI, "If the university administration will pursue for the post, I will definitely consider it and send it to the finance department for final approval."
When asked why the post was not filled in advance, he replied that university administration must not have asked for the sanction of any post for remote sensing department. The department gets satellite images and data in binary form from Remote Sensing Institute in Hyderabad in two forms—visual and hard copies. Students convert this data into reports via expensive softwares, image processors and GIS systems.
The department has a glorious placement record with its students holding senior positions in ISRO and many foreign universities. Higher education minister,Kalicharan Saraf, told TOI, "If the university administration will pursue for the post, I will definitely consider it and send it to the finance department for final approval."
When asked why the post was not filled in advance, he replied that university administration must not have asked for the sanction of any post for remote sensing department. The department gets satellite images and data in binary form from Remote Sensing Institute in Hyderabad in two forms—visual and hard copies. Students convert this data into reports via expensive softwares, image processors and GIS systems.
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