Haryana Space Applications Centre, Hisar (HARSAC), a collaborator of ISRO, is a nodal agency for Remote Sensing and GIS applications of the Government of Haryana. It is located next to Centre for Plant Biotechnology (PCB) within the CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in the Haryana state of India. It provides various remote sensing applications such as in monitoring agriculture, forestry, water resources, illegal constructionsHaryana govt to use drones to monitor illegal constructions , Livemint, 25 Sep 2017. and encroachments,Haryana to conduct aerial survey of encroachments with drones , Hindustan Times, 2 June 2017. stubble burningSpurt in stubble burning in Haryana since Diwali, The Hindu, 25 October 2017. and pollution monitoring,Haryana's air quality reaches dangerous level , Hindustan Times, 13 November 2017. and revival of Saraswati River.Revival of Saraswati river: Haryana govt forms technical committee , The Statesman, 4 July 2017.
It also offers MTech degree in association with GJU Hisar University.Geo Informatics Admission into Haryana Space Applications , India Study Channel.
Controversies In 2016, environmental activists accused a Senior Scientist of HARSAC for allegedly helping builders in encroaching upon a part of a 27 km long seasonal rivulet in Gurugram, subsequently a departmental inquiry was conducted by the Director of the HARSAC.Role of the Haryana Space Application Centre under scanner , The Tribune (India), 11 September 2016. Another complaint before the Haryana Lokayukta against the HARSAC for allegedly providing favourable reports to the financial interests of unauthorised was disposed off after it was taken back by the complainant.
See also
Lists List of universities and colleges in Hisar List of Indian satellites List of foreign satellites launched by India List of ISRO missions List of government space agencies Index of aerospace engineering articles
Topics Timeline of Solar System exploration
Organisations Department of Space Indian Institute of Remote Sensing Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology National Remote Sensing Centre Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization
External links Haryana Space Application Centre (HrDSI) Space Application Maps of Haryana, produced by Haryana Space Application Centre. Canal network of Haryana, based on water from Western Yamuna Canal. Multi-model transport network map of Haryana, created by HARSAC. Railway network of Haryana, created by HARSAC.
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