Dr. S.P. Aggarwal, Director, NESAC was conferred the honour of ISRS (Indian Society of Remote Sensing) Fellow during National Symposium of ISRS and ISG held during Nov 15-17, 2022 at HICC, Hyderabad. This prestigious honour recognizes his life time contribution in the field of space technology applications in different domains, particularly in the field of water resources management. He also made significant contributions to the growth of ISRS and the Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS).
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.