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Department of Earth and Space Sciences

The department is interdisciplinary in nature, bridging gaps between technology and its application to fundamental research areas in space sciences. At IIST, Earth & Space Sciences department offers dual degrees and a stand-alone Masters program in Earth System Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics and a stand-alone post-graduate program in Geoinformatics. These post-graduate specialisations uniquely combine practical, theoretical and computational work with prominence to research. The students who have successfully completed their dual degrees program have been placed in several Department of Space centres like ISAC, SAC, NRSC, PRL and IIRS. The stand-alone post-graduated students have also been selected for PhD positions in various national and international Institutions and placed in MNCs.

The faculty of Earth & Space Sciences is engaged in research in the broad subject areas of

  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Geology
  • Remote Sensing