INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Nov 24, 2019 06:55 ISTHyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): As many as 20 participants from 14 partner countries of
the Central government's ITEC programme are undergoing training in the field of Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing under a
programme being conducted by the Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI) in Hyderabad.The 9th international course on Remote
Sensing and Digital Image Processing for Geoscientists, which was inaugurated on November 22, is a programme conducted annually under the
Ministry of External Affairs's (MEA) Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme.The course is aimed at transfer of
technology for generating skilled expertise to promote social and economic advancement amongst the developing nations.As a part of this
course, the participants will be imparted technical know-how in the field of Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing so as to
efficiently apply these techniques in their respective domains
By way of this, India intends to share the fruits of its socio-economic development and technological achievement with other developing
countries.The programme, which will conclude on December 20, is being attended by participants from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Botswana, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Eswatini, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.Speaking at the inauguration
of the course, Venkateswara Rao, Deputy Director General and Head Mission-V of GSITI and Biswajit Gangopadhyay, Deputy Director General at
RTD and FTC, GSITI, welcomed the participants and informed that their knowledge sharing experience would be clubbed with the sharing of
The participants were felicitated with welcome kit during the inauguration
