BISAG-Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geo-informatics located at Gandhinagar, Gujarat has been visited by students of Electronics and Communication of 8th semester FOE and FOT. BISAG, formerly known as Remote Sensing and Communication Centre (RESECO), has been renamed after the great Indian Mathematician of the 12th century ‘Bhaskaracharya’. BISAG is a State level nodal agency to facilitate the use of spatial and geospatial technologies for the planning and developmental activities pertaining to Agriculture, Land and Water Resource Management, Wasteland/Watershed Development, Forestry, Disaster Management, Infrastructure and Education. The Institute started its operations in April 1997 and was renamed as ‘Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics’ in December 2003.
Students and Faculty learnt about various video – audio recording, processing techniques, modulation-demodulation techniques, amplification, transmitting and receiving technology used for educational program generations.
Students also received practical knowledge about remote sensing methods, various satellite images used for geo-information and its usage in agriculture etc.