Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: Brahmaputra Board and the North Eastern Hydraulic and Allied Research Institute (NEHARI), in collaboration with the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), conducted a five-day training workshop on ‘GIS and Remote Sensing for Water Resource Sector’ from April 22 to 26, 2025.
The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Ranjit Deka, Director, NEHARI, who emphasized the significance of effective water resources practices and highlighted the need for GIS and remote sensing for the water resource sector to be efficient. The programme comprised comprehensive lectures on an introduction to the basics of remote sensing, geographical information systems, open data sources for the water resources sector, and an introduction to Google Earth Engine and its applications in the water resources sector. The participants were also trained in hands-on sessions – an overview of GIS interface and adding data layers and base maps, downloading data sets from USGS Earth Explorer and Google Earth Engine on the water resources sector, creating vector data using digitisation tools, SAR data processing, riverbank migration analysis, watershed delineation and determination of watershed characteristics using DEM, and downloading data sets from BHOONIDHI and other open sources. The faculty members were from the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) and National Water Academy (NWA), Pune.
The training programme concluded with a valedictory session chaired by Dr. Ranbir Singh, Chairman, Brahmaputra Board.
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