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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

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Gulbarga University decides to set up new material sciences department

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Departments of physics, chemistry, geology and applied sciences to be merged Departments of physics, chemistry, geology and applied sciences to be merged with new department

GULBARGA: Gulbarga University has decided to set up a department of material sciences by merging the departments of physics, chemistry, geology and applied sciences with immediate effect.

Making the announcement here on Monday, the Vice-Chancellor, V.B. Coutinho, said the new department is being established keeping in mind the recent developments in the field and to provide an opportunity for students to acquire knowledge in emerging areas of super-specialities in education.

Courses

He was speaking at the inauguration of the Remote Sensing - Geo-informatics System (RS-GIS) facility at the university and the short-term course in geo-informatics for teachers.

He also said that the university is starting two new postgraduate courses — a postgraduate diploma in geo-informatics and an M.Sc. in material sciences — from the current academic year.

New building

Mr. Coutinho said a new building will be constructed to house the Department of Material Sciences, and permission to take up construction has already been issued.

Lauding the Indian Space Research Organisation for its assistance of Rs. 20.85 lakhs to set up the RS-GIS facility, Mr. Coutinho pointed out that Gulbarga University is the first university to get such a facility and this will go a long way in training students as well as teachers in the emerging field of space technology.

Backward

He said that one of the major reasons for the backwardness of the Hyderabad Karnataka region is the lack of information about land use, water augmentation and natural calamities such as droughts.

But with satellite imaging using the new facility, advance planning can be done to take up agriculture based on weather conditions.

He added that the information obtained from the satellite images will soon become an important tool in preparing plans for the development in core sectors.

R. Nijagunappa said that the PG diploma course in geo-informatics for general science and engineering graduates will serve as an add-on skill in remote sensing and geographic information system technology. The facility also will help develop human resources in this discipline.

Before starting the course, the university is organising a short-term course on the basics of geo-informatics for teachers from May 23 to June 22.

Y.V.N. Krishnamurthy, chief of the Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre, ISRO Nagpur, who inaugurated the short-term course for teachers, also inaugurated an exhibition on remote-sensing awareness at the university.

The exhibition consisted of satellite images of different cities and regions with cropping details, rivers, and irrigation projects and their command areas.

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