Guwahati IIT to teach Assam govt officials drone tech

Guwahati: IIT-Guwahati is going to train Assam Survey and Settlement Training Centre's officials on drone tech. On Wednesday, it joined ASSTC, offering courses related to drone operation, training, maintenance, data collection and application in various sectors, among top technical institutes informed through its statement, PTI reported.

IIT Guwahati and ASSTC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Assam Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan, IIT-Guwahati Director TG Sitharam and other officials.

Further, the ASSTC officers will have theory classes on modern land management and research and projects by leveraging their respective expertise in this area, the statement said.

"It is the first instance across the country where training on drone technology will be imparted to all levels of officers, and it is a unique step to integrate knowledge-based technological advancement as part of the training curriculum for state officials," the statement said.

Revenue minister Mohan commended, "In this new era of technology and education, this MoU is a great step towards helping the region. This will help the region and encourage people to work for the development of the region."

IIT-Guwahati Director Sitharam said that his institution recognises the futuristic step and looks forward to technology-based networking and academic training programmes both on campus as well as on-site. "I am very glad that today we will be able to initiate the academic courses related to this drone technology to ASSTC, and in the near future, we hope to make a more positive contribution to the state and extend this technology to various other sectors," he added.

According to the MoU, the IIT will teach administrative and technical staff as well as private candidates. The course work is to span one week for Recorder's Certificate Class Course (RCCC) students and four days for officer's class. This will include an examination, project report and a presentation.