The Full Form of IIRS

 The Full Form of IIRS is the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing which is an educational institution in Dehradun, Uttrakhand. It is a premier research institute for fields relating to remote sensing, GPS Technology for Natural Resources, and Geoinformatics. It is managed and funded by the Indian Department of Space which was established back in 1966 on the 21st of April. It was founded under the name of Survey of India (SOI) by collaboration between the Government of Netherlands, University of Twente, and the Indian Department of Space. It was later built on the Kalidas Road, Dehradun on the 27th of May, 1972 and inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India.

The institute has been closely associated with the DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization), the DOS (Department of Space), and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization. The government converted it into a government entity to allow its free functioning in carrying out better research and other space-related activities without restrictions holding it back. It is guided by a Management Council which provides its direction to the development of the institute. Dr. P.S. Roy is the first director of the institute, and was appointed on the 30th of April, 2011.

The institute also offers several courses in various fields relating to Geoinformatics. Various technology applications of Remote Sensing, GIS, as well as GPS, are taught in the training courses here which also encourages more research and innovation in the fields to help improve upon them even further.

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