Indian army signs MoU with BISAG-N
- Indian Army has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG-N), Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- This MoU will facilitate exchange of knowledge and collaboration in the fields emerging technologies for development of GIS and IT.
- The MOU will leverage the relative advantage of BISAG-N to support training and evolving innovative solutions to boost operational capabilities of the Indian Armed Forces.
Fields of Cooperation under MoU
- GIS based Enterprise Resource Planning Software
- Training Content
- Telecasting of Audio-Visual Content
- Research and Knowledge Partnership
- Technical Support and Upgradation for Resources Developed under a holistic partnership for projects which have the prior approval of Army Management Studies Board (AMSB)
About BISAG-N
- Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics {BISAG} is an Autonomous Scientific Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the MeitY, Government of India.
- It was a State level agency of Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat, located at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- BISAG, formerly known as Remote Sensing and Communication Centre (RESECO), started its operations in April 1997.
- It was renamed after the great Indian Mathematician of the 12th century, ""Bhaskaracharya""as ""Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics"" in December 2003.
- It undertake technology development & management, research & development, facilitate National & International cooperation, capacity building and support technology transfer & entrepreneurship development in area of geo-spatial technology.
- BISAG has three main domain areas: Satellite Communication, Geo-informatics and Geo-spatial technology.
Works of BISAG-N
- BISAG has implemented GIS and geo-spatial technologies for major Ministries and almost all States.
- For this purpose, geo-spatial science (GIS Remote Sensing, Image Processing, Photogrammetry, GPS, Cell Phone etc.), Information Science System (MIS, Database, ERP, Project Management, Web, Artificial Intelligence etc.) and Mathematics Science System have been integrated in-house by BISAG.