National Remote Sensing Centre
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National Remote Sensing Centre (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय सुदूर संवेदन केन्द्र), or NRSC, located in Hyderabad, Telangana is one of the centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). NRSC manages data from aerial and satellite sources.[1]
NRSC operates through multiple campuses to meet national and regional remote sensing data and applications needs of the country.
- Main Campus at Balanagar,Hyderabad for Administration, Remote Sensing Applications and Aerial Services
- The Campus at Shadnagar for Satellite Data Reception, Data Processing and Dissemination, Earth and Climate Studies and Disaster Management Support
- Five Regional Centres at Sector 9,KBHB in Jodhpur (Regional Centre-West), Sadhiknagar at New Delhi (Regional Centre-North), New Salt Lake City in Kolkata (Regional Centre-East), Amaravathy Road in Nagpur (Regional Centre-Central), Karthik Nagar in Bangalore (Regional Centre-South) for promoting remote sensing applications for various states.
- Outreach facility at Jeedimetla in Hyderabad for providing training for professionals, faculty and students and for general outreach.
- Aircraft operations facility at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad
Finances[edit]
NRSC is mostly financed by State and Central Government funds but also do commercial business by selling satellite images and provide Consultancy to various government, private organisations. According to RTI number: NRESC/R/E/20/00021, revenues and grants values are published for 2014 to 2019 year.
S.No | Financial Year | Revenue from
Sale of Satellite data (in INR Lakhs) |
Revenue from
Consultancy Services (in INR Lakhs) |
Funds given by
State and Central Governments (in INR Lakhs) |
Revenue
from Patents (in INR Lakhs) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2014 - 2015 | 2085.21 | 670.83 | 29069.43 | - |
2 | 2015 - 2016 | 3069.84 | 191.99 | 37366.81 | - |
3 | 2016 - 2017 | 1007.49 | 838.77 | 38109.31 | - |
4 | 2017 - 2018 | 1417.69 | 1571.75 | 47271.95 | - |
5 | 2018 - 2019 | 1643.91 | 4872.03 | 49437.40 | - |
References[edit]
- ^ "National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. ISRO. Retrieved 2 March 2019.