Updated on: Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Tamil Nadu: Gandhigram Rural University offers a two-year MSc Geo-informatics programme and a one-year competitive Post Graduate Diploma in Spatial Technologies. Both the programmes are multi-disciplinary in nature and cover digital cartography, remote sensing, digital image processing, GIS, GPS, visual computing, Java and Web Technology for GIS. Students will get hands on experience in various spatial technologies and learn to use them to improve the quality of rural life through village placement programme.
Students will also undergo internship in a company to acquire professional training. Any graduate in earth /life sciences, or any graduate who has studied mathematics, statistics, business mathematics or computer applications as one of the subjects at higher secondary or at graduate level is eligible for admission.
For details contact, Department of Rural Development, Head, ND Mani, Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram. Mobile number: 9443015375.
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