Sachin Pilot inaugurates special lab at varsity

JAIPUR: Information Technology and communication has become part of daily life and with academic courses being introduced in these fields, brightening the career prospects of students. These views were expressed by minister of state for IT and communication, Sachin Pilot at Rajasthan University as he inaugurated Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Laboratory on Thursday.

Addressing faculty and students, he said there is no dearth of talent in the state and many Rajasthanis have performed well at national and international level in various fields. Regarding the lab being named after his father Rajesh Pilot, he said that his father had come to Rajasthan University during a programme in 1980 and it was a proud moment for him.

The geography department of Rajasthan University has introduced a one-year PG diploma course in remote sensing and geographical information system (GIS). The state- of-the- art lab has been set up with help from Fund for Infrastructure Facility from Union Department of Science and Technology ( DST).

Vice-chancellor A D Sawant said the diploma course, first of its kind in the state, is expected to brighten the chances of students getting better job opportunities in the field of resource planning and management. The new academic course would develop a pool of trained manpower readily available for recruitment in various utilities working on GIS and remote sensing fields.

Source:- The Times of India