Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

Indian Space Research Organisation

Department of Space

AICTE Mandatory Disclosures (2022-23)

1. Name of the Institution

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing

2. Name and Address of the Institute

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation, Department of
Space, 4 Kalidas Road, Dehradun – 248001. Uttarakhand, India

3. Name and Address of the Director

Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research
Organisation, Department of Space, 4 Kalidas Road, Dehradun – 248001. Uttarakhand, India

4. Name of the Affiliating University

Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

5. Governance

I. Members of the IIRS Management Council

 Director, NRSC – Chairman
 Director, SAC
 Joint/Additional Secretary, DoS
 Director, IIST
 Scientific Secretary, ISRO
 Director, CBPO, ISRO HQ
 Director, EDPO, ISRO HQ
 Director, IIRS – Member Secretary

II. Members of the IIRS Academic Council

 Director, IIRS – Chairman
 VC, Andhra University
 Member from SAC, Ahmedabad
 Member from NRSC, Hyderabad
  Member from ISRO HQ, Bengaluru
 Director, NESAC, Shillong
 Dean (Academics), IIRS – Member Secretary
 Prof. P. K. Garg, IITR – Special Invitee
 Prof. Bharat Lohani, IITK – Special Invitee
 Prof. Shakeel Romshu, VC, IUST, Kashmir – Special Invitee

III. Members of the IIRS Academic Council

 Dean (Academics), IIRS – Chairman
 Prof. A. K. Saraf, IITR
 Dr. R. P. Singh, SAC
 Shri Vijay Kumar, ESRI India
 Chairman, BoS, AU
 Dr. V. J. Rajesh, IIST
 Dr. P. V. Radha Devi, ADRIN
 Dr. D. Vijayan, NRSC
 Prof. S. Dutta, IITG
 Shri Hari Shanker, IIRS
 Course Director, M.Tech./PGD, IIRS – Member Secretary

IV. Organisational Chart

V. Nature and Extent of Involvement of Faculty and Students in Academic

Affairs/Improvements
  Faculty of IIRS is actively involved in Research and Education activities alongwith
various committees for betterment of the quality of education and research.
IIRS also has various students committees for active involvement.

VI. Student Feedback on Faculty Performance

 Feedback is taken from the students/course participants regularly in each
course.

VII. Anti-Ragging Committee

 Not Applicable as the IIRS offers only Post Graduate Courses.

VIII. Grievance Redressal Mechanism Committee (IIRS)

 Dr. Pramod Kumar, GH, URSD, IIRS
 Dr. Hari Shanker, GH, PPEG, IIRS
 Shri P. K. Gupta, IIRS
 Dr. P. K. Thakur, Head, WRD, IIRS
 Dr. Shuchita Srivastava, IIRS
 P&SO, IIRS
 Shri Anshuman Misra, ADO(GA) , IIRS

IX. Internal Complaint Committee (ICC)

 Smt. Minakshi Kumar, IIRS
 Dr. Arijit Roy, IIRS
 Dr. Kshama Gupta, IIRS
 Dr. Shuchita Srivastava, IIRS
 Smt. Kavita Chaturvedi, NGO Representative
 Smt. Meena Jethi, IIRS

X. Committee for SC/ST

 Dr. Anil Kumar, Head, PRSD, IIRS
 Dr. Hitendra Padalia, Head, FED, IIRS
 Shri Arun Kumar Sardar, Library In-charge, IIRS

6. Programme
 Name of Programmes approved by AICTE: M.Tech. in Remote Sensing and GIS
 Name of Programmes approved by NBA & NAAC: All the courses of Andhra
University are accredited by NBA as well as NAAC with A grade (3.65 score on
4.0 scale) as informed by Dean (Academic Affairs), AU.
 Number of Seats: 60
 Duration: 2 years
  Course Fee: Govt. Sponsored (Indian) candidate = University Registration fee
only (currently, Rs. 20,000); Self-financed (Indian) candidate = Rs.1,44,000 (IIRS
fee) + University Registration fee (currently, Rs. 20,000).
 Placement Facilities: Placement Brochures are printed every year with profile of
each students and sent to the interest geospatial industries on request basis.

7. Faculty
Faculty details are available at www.iirs.gov.in

8. Profile of Director
Director’s detail may be obtained at https://iirs.gov.in/director-iirs

9. Fees, Admission Procedure, Criteria and Weightage for Admission

Details may be obtained at https://admission.iirs.gov.in/coursecalender

10. Information if Infrastructure and Other Resources Available

Details may be obtained at www.iirs.gov.in

11. LoA and Subsequent EoA till 2022-23