Course Name: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Course abstract

The proposed course provides basic understanding about GIS Technology. Presently, GIS is being used extensively in various domains including in civil engineering, water resources, earth sciences, transportation engineering, navigation etc. Google Earth and Google Map are very popular custom designed user friendly GIS products which are widely used for various purposes including in navigation etc.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Arun K.Saraf

Dr. Arun K. Saraf is taken Ph. D. (Remote Sensing) from University of Dundee, United Kingdom. Presently he is working as Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and teaches courses on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Advanced GIS, Remote Sensing, Geomorphology etc. to under- and post-graduate students of Geological Technology and Applied Geology. He was also Head of Department of Earth Sciences between Jan. 2012 – Feb. 2015. He was first in the country to introduce GIS course to post-graduate students in the year 1990. In 1986, he was awarded “National Fellowship to Study Abroad” by Govt. of India for his doctoral degree. Further, in 1993 he was awarded “Indo-US S&T Fellowship” and worked in Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, USA for Post Doctoral Research. He has been also awarded “National Remote Sensing Award-2001” by Indian Society of Remote Sensing and “GIS Professional of the Year Award-2001” by Map India 2002 for his outstanding research contributions in the fields of Remote Sensing and GIS. Earlier, he has also been given several Khosla Research Awards and Prizes by then University of Roorkee. So far Prof. Saraf has published more than 100 research papers in journals of repute (ISI) and supervised 11 Ph.Ds. He was also Associate Editor of International Journal of Remote Sensing during 2003-2015.


Teaching Assistant(s)

SUSANTA BORGOHAIN

M.Sc.

Gaurav Singh

Research Scholar, Department of Earth Sciences

 Course Duration : Feb-Mar 2018

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 Enrollment : 20-Nov-2017 to 05-Feb-2018

 Exam registration : 08-Jan-2018 to 07-Mar-2018

 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2018

Enrolled

3579

Registered

373

Certificate Eligible

314

Certified Category Count

Gold

3

Silver

0

Elite

230

Successfully completed

81

Participation

3

Success

Elite

Gold





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>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

DEEPALI GOYAL 92%

TERI SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDIES

LAKSHMI PRADEEP 91%

VASAVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ASLAM HOSSAIN MOLLA 90%

JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

DR VIJAYKUMAR JAINATH SHARMA 88%

MATOSHRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH CENTRE NASHIK

SIKINAM VENKATESWARLU 88%

TSGENCO

ASHA DEVI SINGH 87%

G.B PANT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DR NITIN NATHURAM MUNDHE 87%

SIR PARASHURAMBHAU COLLEGE, PUNE

KAKANI VEERARAGHAVAIAH 87%

VSSC

DR. RAMKUMAR N 87%

KSEBL


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

KUCHU JAYASREE 86%

VASAVI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

NIKHIL SANTOOSH SINGH SAIRAM 86%

GITAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

GRACE DORATHY LALOO 86%

NEHU

GANESHKUMAR 86%

PSNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBHANKAR DAS 86%

MUMBAI UNIVERSITY

BRIJESH V K 85%

MES PONNANI COLLEGE

SHAURYA SURYA KUMAR 85%

RAMAIAH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 3579

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