Presently, precious little has been attempted in the direction of introducing EF 
new courses in satellite remote sensing both at undergraduate and postgraduate 
levels in developing countries such as India. Of course, some universities and instit- 
utes in India have made bold attempts in introducing full fledged postgraduate degree 
programmes in Remote Sensing. Well; such an attempt has been criticised with 
regard to employment and career opportunities and overall standard of candidates 
for the courses. One school of thought propogates that only brilliant physicists F 
and mathematicians should enter into the field of space technology and other spinoffs 
such as satellite remote sensing and its applications. This concept is partially allright 
for activities connected with basic and fundamental research but when the question 
of operationalisation of new technology comes up for consideration, the subject 
encompasses entire society and all user agencies. In the national interest, the system 
has to be looked into by educationists and technocrats. In view of space technology F 
and remote sensing, taking into consideration of interests of all nations, the problem 
of education has assumed a worldwide importance regarding satellite remote sensing 
and its operationa lisation. It should be clearly understood that remote sensing 
is an inherently multidisciplinary technology, a fact which must be recognised, 
accepted and dealt with in teaching as well as in developing and applying the techn- 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Education in the emerging area of satellite remote sensing has to be attacked 
by the three pronged method. It consists of imparting and introducing special courses ii 
at i) undergraduate level 
ii) postgraduate level and by 
iii)nonformal education methods for inservice engineers and scientists 
i) Undergraduate level : Chart 2 gives general aspect of course work at the 
undergraduate level. 
Undergraduate level 
| Sc 
Science streams Engineering Other specia- Se 
| Y lised branches 
Physics Mathematics Botany & 
& Statistics Chemistry 
; | Sc 
Course dealing with Fundamentals of In 
Light measurement Physics Elements 
Electro Magnetic of Earth Sciences 
Spectrum,Image Processing Computer Programming 
Computer Science & Image Processing 
Programming Map making Map making 
& Cartography Cartography 
Surveying Surveying 
Engineering 
iii) 
in 
Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering & WO 
Computer Engineering 
Chart 2 
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