Formerly known as the Indian Photo-Interpretation Institute (IPI), the IIRS was set up in 1966 under the patronage of the Survey of India to provide training on remote sensing technology. The success of satellite remote sensing in the early 1970s created a need for personnel trained in the use of remote sensing technology. The IIRS was merged with the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) in July 1976. In 1980 the NRSA was put under the umbrella of the Indian Government's Department of Space.
The focus of the IIRS is training and education in the field of geoinformatics. Technology and applications of Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS are taught in the form of training and education.
M. Tech in Remote Sensing and GIS (Mapping and Monitoring), affiliated toAndhra University, in one of the following optional streams
Agriculture and Soils
Forestry and Ecology
Human Settlement Analysis
Master's in Science, awarded by ITC, Netherlands in