The MCF station at NESAC, known as MATRIS (MCF Augmented Telemetry & Ranging Infrastructure Shillong) has been inaugurated by Shri S. Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space &Chairman, ISRO on 18th June, 2022 on a virtual mode, in presence of Shri Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Scientific Secretary, ISRO, Shri H. Premananda Shenoy, Director, MCF and Dr. S. P. Aggarwal, Director, NESAC. NESAC has hosted this station for MCF by providing land and other amenities. It will be operational on 24×7 basis for telemetry and ranging operation for communication satellite and NESAC will continue to provide all logistics support to it.
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A customised two weeks course for the Indo German Development Cooperation funded project “Climate Resilience of Forest Ecosystems, Biodiversity & Adaptive Capacities of Forest Dependent Communities in Tripura” (CFEFLAT) supported by the Tripura Forest Department was organised during 21st April 2025 to 02nd May 2025 by the Forestry & Ecology Division. Twelve officials participated as the first batch of the training programme. The training focussed on the introductory lectures on basics concepts of remote sensing, GIS, image interpretations, map projections and digital image processing with emphasis on hands-on exercises on different aspects of forest cover and land use mapping.