DEPARTMENT OF SPACE/ ISRO’S INITIATIVES

To develop a software application which allows users to explore a 2D/3D representation of the surface of the Earth
It provides 1m resolution satellite data for more than 350 cities and services several users for their remote sensing application needs.
Various programs using its services:

o ENVIS program of Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change.
o Bhuvan Panchayats Web Portal which facilitates decentralised planning at grassroot level
o Bhuvan Ganga mobile app and web portal which ensures people participation in providing vital information for Clean Ganga project

The portal also, provides the detailed information regarding household amenities data and Census Population data at district and village level respectively.
It supports disaster management and also provides active support for flagship programmes of the government including Integrated Watershed Development Program, National Mission for Clean Ganga, AMRUT etc.

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It has been developed by National Remote Sensing Centre of ISRO.
It is a user-friendly web Geo portal under ISRO’s SISDP project (Space Based Information Support for Decentralised Planning) for better planning and monitoring of government projects.
SISDP project aims to assist Gram Panchayats at grassroot level with basic planning inputs derived from satellite data for preparing developmental plans, its implementation and monitoring the activities.
It will provide geo-spatial services to aid gram panchayat development planning process of Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
It aids database visualization, data analytics, generation of automatic reports, model based products and services for the benefit of Gram Panchayat members and other stake holders such as PRIs and the public.
For the first time, thematic database on high scale for the entire country is available with high integrated High Resolution satellite data for planning

• Aimed at imparting basic knowledge on Space Technology, Space Science and Space Applications to the young students with the intent of arousing their interest in the emerging areas of Space activities.
• Help students to appreciate what they are being taught in the school and its real application in Space Science & Technology.
• 3 students from each State/ Union Territory to be selected to participate in this programme every year covering CBSE, ICSE and State syllabus. Those who have finished 8th standard and currently studying in 9th standard will be eligible for the programme.
• Chief Secretaries of the respective States/ Administrators of Union Territories in India to arrange for the selection of three students from each of their State/UT and communicate the list to ISRO.
• Students belong to the rural area have been given special weightage in the selection criteria.

• It is an initiative of ISRO to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first United Nations conference on the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space (UNISPACE+50).
• It would provide opportunities to the participating developing countries to strengthen in assembling, integrating and testing of Nanosatellite.

• ISRO recently launched a student outreach programme called Samvad with Students where ISRO chairman meets the students during his outstation visits and address their queries and quench the scientific thrust.

• Sakaar is Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Augmented Reality (AR) application designed for Andriod devices.
• The application consists of 3 Dimensional (3D) models of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), RISAT, indigenous rockets such as PSLV, GSLV Mk-III etc.

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