Eligibility : Graduates of any discipline (Arts / Commerce / Science / Engg. / Medicine / Agriculture / Law etc).

Duration : Two years

Examination : To be conducted every year in July and February at Andhra Pradesh : Hyderabad, Sikanderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam; Andaman and Nicobar : Port Blair; Assam : Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Siliguri; Bihar : Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna; Chandigarh : Chandigarh; Chhattisgarh : Bhilai Nagar, Raipur; China : Chongoing; Goa : Salcete; Gujarat : Ahmedabad, Kutch, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara; Haryana : Faridabad, Gurgaon, Karnal, Rohtak; Himachal Pradesh : Shimla; Jammu & Kashmir : Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur; Jharkhand : Bokaro, Jamshedpur, Ranchi; Karnataka : Bangalore, Belgaum, Davanagere, Hubli, Manipal, Mysore, Shimoga; Kerala : Alappuzha Dist., Cochin, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruvananthapuram; Maharashtra: Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune; Manipur : Imphal; Meghalaya : Shillong; Madhya Pradesh : Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain; Nagaland : Dimapur; Nepal : Janakpur Dham, Kathmandu; New Delhi : New Delhi; Orissa : Bhubaneshwar, Punjab : Barnala, Bhatinda, Jalandhar Cantt., Ludhiana, Patiala, Pathankot; Rajasthan : Bhilwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sriganganagar; Udaipur; Sikkim : Gangtok, Rangpo; Sri Lanka : Battaramulla; Tamilnadu : Chennai, Coimbatore; Tripura : Agartala; Uttar Pradesh : Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Noida, Varanasi; Uttarakhand : Dehradun; West Bengal : Asansol, Darjeeling, Howrah, Kolkata.

Award : Two Years Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree with specialisation in Geo-Informatics shall be awarded to all the successful candidates by Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, Gangtok.

Teaching Methodology : The Learning Centre of the University at New Delhi will receive the completed applications and the fee from the students and provide all facilities including counselling, lessons, guidance, assignment sheets etc.

1. Fundamentals of Computers

2. Elements of Physical Geography

3. Geographical Information System

4. Principles of Remote Sesning

5. Spatial Database Design and Management

6. Modern Cartography and Map Digitization

1. Modelling and Visualisation of Spatial Data

2. Internet Based GIS

3. Tools for Map Analysis

4. Land Use Planning using GIS

5. Resource Management using GIS

6. Information Extraction from Images

7. Master's Thesis

Study Materials : Printed lessons will be despatched from the New Delhi based Learning Centre of the University. The assignments will also be sent to the admitted participants from time to time. These assignments will be completed by the participants as an integral part of the Master's Degree Programme.

Medium of Instruction : Lessons are in English and so the students are required to appear in the examination in English.

Tuition and Other Fee : The total fee for the two years distance learning Master's Degree Programme is Rs. 25,700 payable in four instalments. The first instalment of Rs. 7,000 is payable at the time of admission. The second instalment of Rs. 6,000, third instalment of Rs. 6,700 and fourth instalment of Rs. 6,000 is payable in the sixth, twelfth and eighteenth month.

The details of fee to be paid by the participants of the two years Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree are as follows :

The first instalment of Rs. 7000 is payable at the time of admission. Accordingly, the completed Application Form alongwith four passport size photographs, copies of certificates and mark sheets and a Bank Draft for the first instalment of fee (Rs.7000) in the name of "Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment" payable at New Delhi must reach Dr. Aaradhana Salpekar, Director, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, A 15, Paryavaran Complex, South of Saket, Maidangarhi Marg, New Delhi - 110030 by registered post only. The completed application forms may also be submitted personally at the Admissions Counter of the Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi between 9 am and 5 pm.

Examination Scheme : Each paper is of 100 marks out of which 30 marks are for practicals and internal assessment where as 70 marks are for written examination to be held at different examination centres in and outside the country.

Master's Thesis : All admitted students will be working on a particular topic for preparing the Master's Thesis to be submitted before appearing in the second year examination. The topic may be related to Geographical Information System, Remote Sensing, Physical Geography, Spatial Database Design and Management, Map Digitization, Cartography, Map Analysis, Land Use Planning, Resource Management, Disaster Management Plans, Earthquake Engineering, Transport Planning, Forest Conservation, Urban Development, Desert Area Development, Wildlife Protection, Wilderness, Wasteland Development, Small Island Development, National Parks Planning and Management, Internet Based GIS etc.

Practicals at New Delhi based Geo-Info-Lab : Computer and Software based training of five days is provided at New Delhi to the interested candidates for acquiring expert knowledge.