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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Are you interested in knowing the essential concepts of remote sensing? Here you have a chance to learn from one of the reputed IITs. Remote Sensing Essentials is a 12-week-long online course on remote sensing offered by Swayam in association with IIT Roorkee. The online course will guide you through different aspects of remote sensing and will help you explore the fundamentals of satellite-based digital image processing and remote sensing technologies and tools.

Remote Sensing Essentials Certification Course, administered by Swayam, is an FDP programme that is approved and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Remote Sensing Essentials online course is an elective programme that is prepared and supervised by Prof. Arun K. Saraf who is a professor at IIT Roorkee. The course is basically a free online programme and the learners can pursue it completely free of cost except for certification. To be eligible for the certificate of completion, the learners must appear for an exam that demands an exam fee of Rs 1000. The expected candidates for the course are undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students in the civil engineering field who want to learn more about remote sensing.

The Highlights

Online program
Undergraduate level
E-certificate
Offered by Swayam

Programme Offerings

Certificate of completion
Conceptual understanding
AICTE-approved certificate

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Roorkee

There is no Remote Sensing Essentials Certification Fee. Yet, the learners must pay an exam fee of Rs. 1000 to appear for the certification qualifying exam.

Remote Sensing Essentials Fee Structure

Name of the Course	Fee Amount in INR
Remote Sensing Essentials	Rs. 1000 (Exam Fee)

Eligibility Criteria

Academic Qualifications

Swayam stipulates that the learners who want to join the online program on remote sensing must have the knowledge and understanding of the basics of remote sensing.

Work Experience

The eligibility criteria for joining the online courses also include having experience working at any of the geoinformatics companies such as MapmyIndia, Leica Geoinformatics, NIIT, ESRI India, and the like.

Certification Qualifying Details

To have the eligibility to get hold of the certificate of the Remote Sensing Essentials online course, it is mandatory for the learner to secure 75% and 25% marks in the certification qualifying exam and assignments respectively.

What you will learn

Remote Sensing Essentials Certification Syllabus will shed light on the essentials of remote sensing and digital image processing, active remote sensing, passive remote sensing, hyperspectral remote sensing and types of remote sensing. You can also build a deep understanding of radiation, thermal emission, atmospheric errors and their correction methods and the like. Plus, through the online programme, you can build the capacity to process raw satellite images for various applications with the help of digital processing.

Who it is for

Civil Engineer

Remote Sensing Essentials Classes is a good option for anyone who wants to learn about remote sensing including undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as the professionals like civil engineer.

Admission Details

Get admission to the Remote Sensing Essentials Training through the following steps:

Step 1- Register and log in to the Swayam portal.

Step 2- Browse the official URL https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_ce10/preview and get into the online certification.

The Syllabus

Rudiments of remote sensing and advantages,
Historical Perspective of development of remote sensing technology,
EM spectrum, solar reflection and thermal emission,
Interaction of EM radiation with atmosphere including atmospheric scattering, absorption and emission,
Interaction mechanisms of EM radiation with ground, spectral response curves

Laws of Radiation and their relevance in Remote Sensing,
Basis of remote sensing image representation,
Various Remote Sensing Platforms,
Multi-spectral scanners and imaging devices,
Significant characteristics of LANDSAT, SPOT, Sentinel sensors

Prominent characteristics of IRS, Cartosat, ResourceSat sensors,
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle / Drone,
Passive Microwave Remote Sensing,
Image characteristics and different resolutions in Remote Sensing,
Different techniques of Image acquisition

Importance of digital image processing,
Digital Image Processing Software,
Basic image enhancement techniques,
Colour representations and transforms,
Image Histograms and statistics

Atmospheric errors and corrections,
Georeferencing Technique,
Digital Image Processing Software – Demonstration-1,
Image enhancement techniques –I,
Image enhancement techniques –II

Digital Image Processing Software – Demonstration-2,
Spatial Filtering Techniques, Band rationing and PCA,
Frequency Doman Fourier Transformation,
Digital Image Processing Software – Demonstration-3,
Unsupervised image classification and density slicing techniques

Supervised image classification techniques and limitations
Digital Image Processing Software – Demonstration-4
LiDAR Technique and applications
Mosaicking, subsets, sub-sampling techniques and applications,
False Topographic Phenomena and correction techniques-01

False Topographic Phenomena and correction techniques-02,
High Spatial Resolution Satellite Images and limitations,
Basic Image Compression techniques and different image file formats,
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing,
Digital Image vs Digital Photograph

NDVI and other indices,
Active Microwave Remote Sensing-01,
Active Microwave Remote Sensing-02,
Radar Images interpretation and applications,
SAR Interferometry (InSAR) Technique-01

SAR Interferometry (InSAR) Technique-02,
Principles of image interpretation,
Image interpretation of different geological landforms, rock types and structures,
Remote Sensing of Moon and Mars,
Google Earth and its Applications

Integrated applications of RS and GIS in groundwater studies-01,
Integrated applications of RS and GIS in groundwater studies-02,
Applications of Remote Sensing in Earthquake Studies-01,
Applications of Remote Sensing in Earthquake Studies-02

Different sources of free satellite images,
Limitations of Remote Sensing Techniques

Evaluation process

For the certification after the Remote Sensing Essentials Certification by Swayam, the learners must appear for the proctored exam conducted by Swayam at one of the prescribed exam centres.