Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar

Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar
HARSAC
TypePublic
Established1986
AffiliationHaryana Government
Officer in charge
Dr. R.S. Hooda
ChairmanSh. Vikas Gupta, IAS
Academic staff
27
Administrative staff
8
Postgraduates8
Location
Hisar
,
Haryana
,
India

29°08′N 75°42′E / 29.14°N 75.70°E / 29.14; 75.70
CampusUrban
Arealocated within the CCS HAU, Hisar
NicknameHARSAC
AffiliationsISRO
Websitewww.harsac.org

Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar (HARSAC), a collaborator of ISRO, is a nodal agency for Remote Sensing and GIS applications of the Government of Haryana.[1] It is located next to Centre for Plant Biotechnology (PCB) within the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in the Haryana state of India. It provides various remote sensing applications such as in monitoring agriculture, forestry, water resources, illegal constructions[2] and encroachments,[3] stubble burning[4] and pollution monitoring,[5] and revival of Saraswati river.[6]

It also offers MTech degree in association with GJU Hisar University.[7]

Controversies

In 2016, environmental activists accused a Senior Scientist of HARSAC for allegedly helping builders in encroaching upon a part of a 27 km long seasonal rivulet in Gurugram, subsequently a departmental inquiry was conducted by the Director of the HARSAC.[8] Another complaint before the Haryana Lokayukta against the HARSAC for allegedly providing favourable reports to the financial interests of unauthorised was disposed off after it was taken back by the complainant.[8]

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References

  1. ^ "Haryana Space Applications Centre info". Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  2. ^ Haryana govt to use drones to monitor illegal constructions Archived 8 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Livemint, 25 Sep 2017.
  3. ^ Haryana to conduct aerial survey of encroachments with drones Archived 16 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, 2 June 2017.
  4. ^ Spurt in stubble burning in Haryana since Diwali, The Hindu, 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ Haryana's air quality reaches dangerous level Archived 17 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan Times, 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ Revival of Saraswati river: Haryana govt forms technical committee Archived 16 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Statesman, 4 July 2017.
  7. ^ Geo Informatics Admission into Haryana Space Applications Archived 24 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine, India Study Channel.
  8. ^ a b Role of the Haryana Space Application Centre under scanner Archived 11 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Tribune (India), 11 September 2016.