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ns4=(document.layers)?true:false;
ie4=(document.all)?true:false;

"popLayer(a)";


//-------------nr601---------------------------->

if (b == 601) {
course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";
course +="<TR><TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/khire.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Dr.M.V.Khire</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="<TD><div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/inamdar.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:right\"><br>";
course +="<center><span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">  Dr.A.B.Inamdar</span></center>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

}

if (b == 601) course +="<H3>NR 601 Natural Resources Exploration and Management 3 0 0 6</H3><BR>";
if (b == 601) course +="<P>Introduction to natural resources of land , marine and ocean resources and ";
if (b == 601) course +="biologically diverse resources, availability and sustenance of natural"; 
if (b == 601) course +="resources. Eco friendly utilization and regeneration of natural resources."; 

if (b == 601) course +="Mineral and oil exploration in the earth's crust and its environmental effects,"; 
if (b == 601) course +="sustainable exploitation and regeneration practices. Water as vast natural ";
if (b == 601) course +="resource with limited availability. Management of surface and subsurface water ";
if (b == 601) course +="resources. Concepts of terrain evaluation and site selection for construction ";
if (b == 601) course +="materials Introduction to Natural hazards and disasters and their impact on ";

if (b == 601) course +="natural resources. Soil geography, soil data interpretation &amp; land resources ";
if (b == 601) course +="evaluation, land degradation; agriculture and forests resources inventory Remote"; 
if (b == 601) course +="Sensing and Geographic Information Systems as modern tools in natural resource ";
if (b == 601) course +="management</P><BR>";
if (b == 601) course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><B>";

if (b == 601) course +="<LI>Robert J. Reimold (Ed.), Watershed Management: Practice, Policies"; 
if (b == 601) course +="and<BR>Coordination, McGraw Hill, 1998.</B> <BR><BR><B>";
if (b == 601) course +="<LI>W.J. Mitsch and J.G. Gosselink, Wetlands, Van Nostrand Rienhold, 1986.</B>"; 
if (b == 601) course +="<BR><BR><B>";
if (b == 601) course +="<LI>Daniel D. Chiras, John P. Reganold, Oliver S. Owen, Natural"; 
if (b == 601) course +="Resource<BR>Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future, Prentice Hall, 8 ";
if (b == 601) course +="th edition,<BR>2002.</B> <BR><BR><B>";
if (b == 601) course +="<LI>J.M. Gilbert and C.F. Park, Geology of Ore Deposits, Freeman W.H., 1986.</B>"; 
if (b == 601) course +="<BR><BR><B>";
if (b == 601) course +="<LI>V. G. Agarwal,, Forests in India. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, 1985.</B> ";
if (b == 601) course +="<BR><BR><B>";
if (b == 601) course +="<LI>N. C. Brady, The Nature and Properties of Soils,. Tenth Edition,"; 
if (b == 601) course +="Prentice-Hall of<BR>India Private Limited, New Delhi, 2001.</B>"; 
if (b == 601) course +="</LI>";

//--------------------GNR 603------------------------------------------->

if (b == 603) {
course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";
course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/alok.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.Alok Porwal</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="<TD><div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/ysrao.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:right\"><br>";
course +="<center><span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">  Prof.Y.S.Rao</span></center>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";


course +="<H3> GNR 603 Principles of Remote Sensing</H3>";

course +="<h4>Credit Structure : 3 0 0 6 </h4>";

course +="<h4>Prerequisite,if any (for the students)Nil</h4>";

/*course +="<h4>Other interested departments :</h4>"; 

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE";*/

course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";





course +="History and development of remote sensing, electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter, atmospheric effects and corrections, characteristics of remote sensors and platforms: optical, infrared and microwave sensor systems, recent trends in active remote sensing techniques: lasers and radars, data formats, visual interpretation, digital processing and applications"



if (b == 603) course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><B>"; 
if (b == 603) course +="<LI>Rees, W.G., Physical Principles Of Remote Sensing, Cambridge University";  
if (b == 603) course +="Press, 2001.</B><BR><B>"; 
if (b == 603) course +="<LI>Sabins F., Remote Sensing : Principles And Interpretation, New York "; 
if (b == 603) course +="1997</B><BR><B>"; 

if (b == 603) course +="<LI>Lillesand T.M., And Kiefer R.M., Remote Sensing And Image Interpretation,";  
if (b == 603) course +="Fourth Edition, Wiley, 1999.</B><BR><B>"; 
if (b == 603) course +="<LI>Jensen J.R., Remote Sensing Of Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective,";  
if (b == 603) course +="Prentice Hall,2000.</B><BR><B>"; 
if (b == 603) course +="<LI>F.M. Henderson And A.J. Lewis (Ed.), Principles And Applications Of Imaging "; 
if (b == 603) course +="Radar, Manual Of Remote Sensing, 3 rd Edition, Vol. 2, ASPRS,";  
if (b == 603) course +="1998.</B><BR></LI>"; 

/*course +="<h3>Justification</h3>";
course +="Most of the key data pertaining to natural resources are acquired by remote sensors. This course exposes the student to principles of remote sensing, electromagnetic spectrum, reflectance properties of terrain, atmospheric effects, various types of remote sensors, data formats and interpretation of the data from remote sensors";*/
}
//-------GNR 605--------------------------------------------------------->




if (b == 605) {

course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";

course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/venkatachalam.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.(Mrs).P.Venkatachalam</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="<TD><div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/s_durbha.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:right\"><br>";
course +="<center><span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\"> Prof.S.S.Durbha</span></center>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

course +="<H3>GNR 605 Principles of Geographic Information Systems</H3>";
course +="<h3>Credit Structure :3 0 0 6</h3>";

course +="<h5>Prerequisite, if any (for the students):Nil</h5>";

/*course +="<h4>Other Interested Departments :</h4>";

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE";*/

course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";

course +="Introduction to GIS, spatial data concepts, map reference systems, spatial data - sources, models, structures, analysis and interpolation, terrain modeling, visualization, data quality, spatial decision support systems, global positioning systems, Open GIS standards, GIS applications and advances";

course +="<H5>Text /References</H5>";
course +="<B><LI>1.P.A. Burrough and R.A.McDonnell, Principles of Geographic Information"; 
course +="Systems, Oxford University Press, 1999.</B><BR>";


course +="<B><LI>3.R. Laurini and D. Thompson, Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems,"; 
course +="Academic press, 1994.</B><BR></LI>";

course +="<B><LI>4.DeMers M.N., Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2000.</B></LI>";

course +="<B><LI>5. Chang K., Introduction to Geographic Information Systems,   McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006.</B></LI>";


course +="<B><LI>6. Lo C.P. and Yeung A.K.W., Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, Prentice-Hall, Inc., NJ, 2002.</B></LI>";

course +="<B><LI>6. Longley P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J. and Rhind D.W.,  Geographical Information Systems Principles ,Techniques, Management and Applications, Second Edition, Abridged, John Wiley & Sons, NJ, 2005. </B></LI>";

/*course +="<H5>Justification</H5>";

course +="Concepts of spatial data, spatial data models and data structures, geospatial topology, vector and raster analysis, terrain modeling and watershed delineation, GPS and error in spatial data, emerging open standards are important for students engaged in study of natural resources.";*/

}
//---------------GNR 607-------------------------------------------------------->





if (b == 607) { 

course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

 course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";

course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/krishnamohan.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:left\"><br>";
course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.B.K.Mohan</span></div></TD>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

 
course +="<H3>GNR 607 Principles of Satellite Image Processing</H3>";

course +="<h4>Credit Structure: 2 1 0 6</h4>";


course +="<h5>Prerequisite, if any (for the students) Nil</h5>";

/*course +="<h5>Name of Other departments to whom the course is relevant :</h5>";

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE";*/

course +="<h5>Course Content</h5>";

course +="Introduction to digital images, airborne and satellite based image acquisition, resolution concept in remote sensing and mathematical preliminaries – elements of probability, statistics and linear algebra,geo-referencing, image enhancement, filters and transforms, indices and color models, mathematical morphology in image processing, feature evaluation, image classification,  accuracy assessment, change detection, recent advances in image processing";
 

course +="<H5>Text / References</H5>";
course +="<b><LI>1.Gonzalez, R.C., and Woods, R.E., Digital Image Processing, 3rd ed., Prentice-Hall, NJ, 2008.</B>";

course +="<b><LI>2.Richards, J.A. and X. Jia, Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis, Springer, Heidelberg, 2006.</B>";

course +="<b><LI>3.Schowengerdt, R., Remote Sensing: Models and Methods for Image Processing, Academic Press, Elsevier, NY, 2007.</B>";

course +="<b><LI>4.Lillesand, T. and Kiefer, R.W., Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons, NY, 2004.</B>";

/*course +="<h3>Justification</h3>";

course +="Concepts of satellite images, data formats, resolution, image corrections, enhancement, filtering, indices, transforms, classification and accuracy assessment are important for students who employ satellite remotely sensed images for natural resources studies."; */

}






//---------------nr609------------------------------------------->

if (b == 609) course ="<H3>NR 609 Mathematics and Physics for Remote Sensing 3 0 0 6</H3>";
if (b == 609) course +="<P>Set Theory, Linear algebra, Affine transformations, Solution of equations,"; 
if (b == 609) course +="Eigen value problem, Calculus and trigonometry, Probability theory, Statistical"; 
if (b == 609) course +="Analysis EMR spectrum, Spectral bands in remote sensing, Maxwell's equations,"; 
if (b == 609) course +="Characteristics of Optical, IR ,Thermal and Microwave imaging systems."; 
if (b == 609) course +="Principles of SAR interferometry. </P>";
if (b == 609) course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><B>";
if (b == 609) course +="<LI>E. Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Willey Eastern,"; 
if (b == 609) course +="1999.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 609) course +="<LI>S. S. Sastry, Engineering Mathematics, Prentice Hall of India,"; 
if (b == 609) course +="1994.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 609) course +="<LI>R. Resnick, D. Halliday, J. walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Willey Eastern,"; 
if (b == 609) course +="2001.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 609) course +="<LI>P.N. Slater, Remote Sensing / Optics and Optical Systems, Addison Wesley"; 
if (b == 609) course +="Publishing Co. USA, 1980.</B><BR></LI>";

//--------------nr611-------------------------------------------------->

if (b == 611) { 
course ="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/gedam.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Dr.S.S.Gedam</span>";
course +="</div>";
}

if (b == 611) course +="<H3>NR 611 Digital Photogrammetry 3 0 0 6</H3>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<P>Photogrammetry Principles: Introduction to Aerial stereo photo"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="analysis, parallax measurement and height computations Satellite Imaging"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="System: Characteristics of High spatial resolution Images, Modelling the"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="geometry of imaging system, Epipolar registration, Orbit attitude"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="modelling and its corrections using ground control points. Along track and"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="cross track stereo imaging systems on Indian and foreign satellites."; 
      if (b == 611) course +="Digital Image Processing Techniques for stereo image analysis: Radiometric"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="normalisation, geometric corrections, Interest point operators and their"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="characteristics, Image matching techniques, Disparity computations from a"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="stereo pair, Space intersection using Co-linearity and co-planarity"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="conditions. Digital Elevation Modelling: Definitions, Principles, TIN"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="system, secondary information from a DEM, 3D visualisation principles and"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="techniques. Applications of DEM. Othophoto: Definition,"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="Ortho-rectification using stereo pair. Utility of orthophoto. </P>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><B>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<LI>Cliff Greve (Ed.), 'Digital Photogrammetry ? An addendum to the Manual"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="of Photogrammerty', ASPRS,1996.<B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<LI>Moffit, Francis, Photogrammetry, 2nd Edn., International Textbook Co."; 
      if (b == 611) course +="Scranton, 1967.<B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<LI>Paul, R. Wolf, Elements of Photogrammetry, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="York, 1974.<B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<LI>R.N. Colwel (Ed.), Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. I &amp; II, American"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Falls Church, Va."; 
      if (b == 611) course +="1983.<B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 611) course +="<LI>Franz T. Geyling, H. Robert Westerman, Introduction to Orbital"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="Mechanics, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, London,"; 
      if (b == 611) course +="1971<B><BR></B></B></B></B></B></B></B></B></B></B></LI>";
//--------------------nr613----------------------------------------------
if (b == 613) { 


course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

 course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";

course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/murti.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:left\"><br>";
course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.M.V.R. Murti</span></div></TD>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";


course +="<h3>NR 613 Atmospheric Remote Sensing </h3>";

course +="<h3>Credit Structure : 3 0 0 6</h3>";
course +="<h3>Course Content :</h3>";


course +="<P>Characteristics of the atmosphere, Satellite platforms and orbits, Nature of"; 
course +="inverse problems, Spectroscopy of atmospheric molecules, Absorption and emission"; 
course +="of radiation, Blackbody emission, Radiative transfer, Polarization, refractive"; 
course +="index, Reflection and transmission at a plane boundary, Particle scattering and"; 
course +="extinction, Earth radiation budget, Extinction and scattering based passive"; 
course +="remote sensing of Aerosol, Ozone, Cloud properties by reflected sunlight and"; 
course +="ocean color, Emission based passive remote sensing of sea surface temperature,"; 
course +="Vertically integrated water vapor and liquid water amounts, Vertical profiles of"; 
course +="temperature and humidity, Limb sounding Remote sensing of atmospheric pollution,"; 
course +="</P>";


course +="<H5>Text / References</H5>";
course +="<B><LI>H.T. Houghton, F.W. Taylor and C.D. Rodgers, Remote sounding of the"; course +="atmosphere, Cambridge University Press, 1984.</B>";

course +="<B><LI>R. Harris, Satellite Remote Sensing: An Introduction, R.K.Press,"; 
course +="1987.</B>";

course +="<B><LI>G.L. Stephens, Remote Sesning of the Lower Atmosphere: An Introduction,"; 
course +="Oxford University Press, 1994.</B>";
course +="<B><LI>V.E. Derr, (Ed.), Remote Sensing of the Troposphere, NOAA"; 
course +="Publication,1972.</B>";

course +="<B><LI>C.F Bohren, and D.R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small"; 
course +="Particles, John Wiley, 1983.</B>";

course +="<B><LI>A. Deepak, (Ed.), Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Oceans, Academic Press,"; 
course +="1980.</B></LI>";

}

//-------------------ee610-------------------------------------------------->

if (b == 610) course ="<H3>EE 610 Image Processing 3006</H3><B>Description :</B> Image representation,"; 
if (b == 610) course +="basics of colorimetry, KL transforms, two dimensional transforms, image"; 
if (b == 610) course +="enhancement, edge detection, histograms. Image restoration : sources and models"; 
if (b == 610) course +="of image degradation, point spread functions (psf), stochastic psf, noise in"; 
if (b == 610) course +="images. Formulation of image restoration problem least square, minimum mean"; 
if (b == 610) course +="square error (MMSE) and homomorphic filter restoration, linear and non-linear"; 
if (b == 610) course +="restoration techniques. Mathematical morphology, computer tomography."; 
if (b == 610) course +="<BR><B>Pre-requisites :</B> - ";
if (b == 610) course +="<H5>Text/References : </H5><B>";

if (b == 610) course +="<LI>W.K. Pratt: \`Digital image processing\", Prentice Hall, 1978.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 610) course +="<LI>A. Rosenfold and A.C. Kak: \`Digital image processing\", Academic Press, 1976."; 
if (b == 610) course +="</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 610) course +="<LI>A. Rosenfold and A.C. Kak: \`Digital image processing\", Vols 1 and 2,"; 
if (b == 610) course +="Prentice Hall, 1986.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 610) course +="<LI>H.C. Andrew and B.R. Hunt, Digital image restoration, Prentice Hall, 1977."; 
if (b == 610) course +="</B><BR><B>";

if (b == 610) course +="<LI>K.R. Castleman: \`Digital image processing\", Prentice Hall, 1979. </B><BR><B>";
if (b == 610) course +="<LI>A.K. Jain: \`Fundamentals of digital image processing\", Prentice Hall,";
if (b == 610) course +="1989.</B><BR></LI>";


//-------------------------it603------------------------------------------------->

if (b == 6030) course ="<H3>IT 603 Data base management System 3006</H3><B>Description :</B> Basic"; 

if (b == 6030) course +="Concepts, Introduction to Relational Model, relational algebra, SQL, Physical"; 
if (b == 6030) course +="storage and indexing structures, Query Processing algorithms, Transaction"; 
if (b == 6030) course +="Processing and serializability, Crash Recovery, Concurrency Control. Emerging"; 
if (b == 6030) course +="Database Trends.<BR><BR><B>Pre-requisites :</B> - ";
if (b == 6030) course +="<H5>Text/References : </H5><B>";
if (b == 6030) course +="<LI>Data Base Systems Concepts(Third Edition)</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6030) course +="<LI>Understanding the New SQL, A Complete Guide </B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6030) course +="<LI>Fundamentals of Database Systems (Second Edition)"; 
if (b == 6030) course +="</B><BR></LI>";

//------------gs667------------------------------------>

if (b == 667) course ="<H3>GS 667 Basin Analysis 3006</H3><B>Description :</B>Surface and subsurface"; 
if (b == 667) course +="data collection and description. Correlation of stratigraphic units and"; 
if (b == 667) course +="biostratigraphy. Criteria for recognition of various depositional environments,"; 
if (b == 667) course +="palaeobathymetry and palaeotemperature estimation. Facies concept, carbonate and"; 
if (b == 667) course +="clasticfacies models. Basin mapping - structure and isopach contouring,"; 
if (b == 667) course +="lithofacies and biofacies maps, preparation of strategic cross sections and"; 
if (b == 667) course +="palaeogrographic synthesis. Regional and global stratigraphic cycles. MEchanisms"; 
if (b == 667) course +="of sedimantary basin formation. Basin classification and their characteristics."; 
if (b == 667) course +="Economic significance of basin analysis. Case studies of Indian sedimentary"; 
if (b == 667) course +="basins.<BR><B>Pre-requisites :</B> -<BR>";
if (b == 667) course +="<H5>Text/References :</H5><B>";
if (b == 667) course +="<LI>Miall,A.D. Principles of sedimentary basin analysis, (2nd ed.), Springer"; 
if (b == 667) course +="Verlag, Berlin, 1990.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 667) course +="<LI>Allen,P.A. and Allen, J.R.Basin Analysis - principles and applications,"; 
if (b == 667) course +="Blackwell Scientific Pub. London, 1990. </B></LI>";

//-------------gs655-------------------------------->
if (b == 655) course ="<H3>GS 655 Applied Hydrogeology 3006</H3><B>Description :</B> Hydrologic"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="cycle components and the data presentation - precipitation,"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="evapo-transpiration, run-off, stream flow, lakes, infiltration, and"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="ground-water reservoirs. <BR>Groundwater flow and determination of"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="formation parameters - pumping and injection tests. Quality of groundwater"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="and surface water, saline water intrusion. Construction, design and"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="performance of wells. Groundwater modelling, watershed management and"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="related environmental aspects. <BR><B>Pre-requisites :<B>- <BR>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<H5>Text/References : </H5><BR><B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>Karanth, K.R. Hydrogeology, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1989. <B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>Karanth,K.R. Groundwater assessment, development and management, Tata"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1987. <B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>Mutreja,K.N. Applied hydrology, Tata McGraw Hill,New Delhi, 1986. <B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>Cherry J.A. and Freeze R.A. Groundwater. Prentice Hall, New Jersey,"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="1986. <B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>Todd D.K. Groundwater hydrology, John Wiley &amp; Sons, New York,"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="1980. <B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>Chow,V.T. Handbook of applied hydrogeology, McGraw Hill Book Co.,"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="1964. <B>";
      if (b == 655) course +="<LI>FEtter,C.W. Applied hydrogeology, CBS Publishers &amp; Distributers,"; 
      if (b == 655) course +="New Delhi, 1990."; 
      if (b == 655) course +="</LI></B>";

//-------------gs663------------------------------------->
      if (b == 663) course ="<H3>GS 663 Exploration Geophysics 3006</H3><B>Description :</B> Seismic ";
      if (b == 663) course +="Exploration: Theory and geometry of seismic waves, seismic velocity,"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="characteristics of seismic events, seismic sources and equipment."; 
      if (b == 663) course +="Reflection and refraction field method. Data processing - fourier"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="analysis, convolution, correlation, filtering, velocity analysis, stacking"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="and migration, seismic stratigraphy - seismic sequences, facies and"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="reflection character analysis, hydrocarbon indicators, seismic"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="interpretation.<BR>Gravity and Magnetic methods: Principles and methods of"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="gravity and magnetic prospecting,instrumentation, data processing,"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="interpretation with case studies. <B>Pre-requisites :</B> -<BR>";
      if (b == 663) course +="<H5>Text/References : </H5><BR><B>";
      if (b == 663) course +="<LI>Sheritt,R.E. and Geldart,L.P. Exploration seismology, Cambridge Univ."; 
      if (b == 663) course +="Press 1995.</B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 663) course +="<LI>Telford,W.M., Geldart,L.P. and Sheriff,R.E. Applied geophysics,"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="Cambridge Univ. Press 1990.</B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 663) course +="<LI>Dobrin,M.B. and Savit,C.H. Introduction to geophysical prospecting,"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="McGraqhill, 1988.</B><BR><B>";
      if (b == 663) course +="<LI>Robinson,E.S. and Coruh,C. Basic exploration geophysics, John Wiley"; 
      if (b == 663) course +="&amp; Sons, New York, 1988.</B> </LI>";


//----------------ce605------------------------------------->
if (b == 6050) course ="<H3>CE 605 Applied statistics 3006</H3><B>Description :</B> Fundamental concepts"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="&amp; role of probability &amp; statistics in civil engineering, Collection"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="&amp; presentation of data-Design of experiment, Elementary Probability Theory:"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Random variables, Conditional probability, Theorem of total probability and ";
if (b == 6050) course +="Baye?s theorem; Probability Distributions: Gussian, Log-normal, Binomial"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Geometric, Poisson, Exponential, Gamma, Uniform, Triangular, Hyper-geometric,"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Beta, Students `t?, Chi-square, fisher?s `F?, Extreme-value: Gamble"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Distributions; Central limit theorem. Moments and expectations, Covariance ";
if (b == 6050) course +="matrix and Covariance propagation, Weights, Estimation of parameters: Method of ";
if (b == 6050) course +="least squares- Observation equations, Normal equations, Linear &amp; Non-linear"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="models. Confidence Interval Estimation and Statistical Testing: Tests of"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="hypothesis &amp; significance for mean, variance and ratio of variances,"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Statistical inference, Multivariate analysis, Error ellipses, Derived ";
if (b == 6050) course +="probability distributions, Goodness-of-fit tests, Regrsssion: Linear, Non-linear"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="and Multiple-linear Correlation analysis, Applications in civil engineering ";
if (b == 6050) course +=".<BR><BR><B>Pre-requisites :</B> - <BR><BR>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<H5>Text/References : </H5><BR><B>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<LI>Ang, H.S. and Tang, W.H., Probability Concepts in Engineering Planning and"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Design, Wiley, New York, 1975.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<LI>Benjamin, J.R. and Cornell, C.A., Probability Statistics and Decision for"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Civil Engineers, McGraw Hill, New York, 1975.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<LI>Little, R.E., Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Matrix Pub. Inc.,"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="New York, 1978.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<LI>Mikhail, E.M. and Gracie, G., Analysis and Adjustment of Survey"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Measurements, Van Norstrand Reinhold, Princeton, 1981.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<LI>Ranganathan, R., Reliability Analysis and Design of Structures, Tata McGraw ";
if (b == 6050) course +="Hill, New Delhi, 1990.</B><BR><B>";
if (b == 6050) course +="<LI>Uotila, U.A., Notes on Adjustment Computations, Department of Geodetic"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="Science and Surveying, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA,"; 
if (b == 6050) course +="1987.</B><BR></LI>";

//-----------------------nr615------------------------------------>





if (b == 615) { 

course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

 course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";

course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/s_durbha.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:left\"><br>";
course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.S.S.Durbha</span></div></TD>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

course +="<H3>GNR 615 GIS Laboratory  </H3>";


course +="<h4>Credit Structure :0 0 4 4 </h4>";

course +="<h5>Prerequisite, if any (for the students): Nil</h5>";

/*course +="<h4>Other interested departments</h4>";

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE"; */



course +="<h5>Course Content</h5>";



course +="GIS Project Specification, spatial data collection, scale, projection and georeferencing, map digitization and editing, attribute data attachment, spatial and attribute query for thematic mapping, rasterization and spatial modelling, cartographic map generation, field verification using GPS, integration of GPS and GIS data";

course +="<H5>Text / References</H5>";

course +="<B><LI>1. ESRI, Learning GIS: The ARC/INFO Way,  ESRI Press, 1998.</B>";
course +="<B><LI>2. Hutchinson, S. and Daniel, L., Inside ArcView GIS, OnwordPress, 2000</B>";
course +="<B><LI>3. ESRI, Learning GIS Through Arcview, ESRI Press, 1998.</LI></B>";

/*course +="<h4>Justification</h4>";

course +="Hands-on experience in creating GIS databases, query and information retrieval, spatial modeling, cartographic quality map generation and working with state-of-the-art GIS software is essential for a student to gain practical knowledge of analyzing natural resources related datasets."; */

}

//-----------------------GNR 617------------------------------------------>

if (b == 617) { 


course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";
course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/khire.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.M.V.Khire</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="<TD><div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/adinarayana.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:right\"><br>";
course +="<center><span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">  Prof.J.Adinarayana</span></center>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

course +="<H3>GNR 617 Image Interpretation Laboratory</H3>";

course +="<h4>Credit Structure : 0 0 4 4</h4>";
course  +="<h5>Prerequisite, if any (for the students) Nil</h5>";

/*course +="<h4>Other interested departments </h4>";

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE"; */

course +="<h4>Course Content</h4>";

course +="<P>Identification of data sets for the task, Preparation of the Base Map,"; 
course +="Identification of Landuse/Landcover based on Tone, Texture, Pattern,"; 
course +="Association, Color etc. Mapping Geology, Geomorphology, Lithology and Soil,"; 
course +="Study of Spectral Behavior of Terrain ? Water, Vegetation, Rocks, Soil, Effect ";
course +="of Topography on Spectral Behavior of Terrain </P>";
course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><B>";
course +="<LI>T.E. Avery and L.B. Graydon , Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and"; 
course +="Airphoto</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>Interpretation , Prentice Hall , 1992 .</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>Earth Manual, U.S.Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, 1965.</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>R.N.Colwel (Ed.), Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. I, 3 rd Edition., American ";
course +="Society of Photogrammetry, 1985.</B><BR></LI>";

/*course +="<H3>Justification</H3>";

course +="Associating the information content present in remotely sensed images with the tone, texture, patterns, associations, and other visual attributes is important so that an aerial or satellite remotely sensed image can be interpreted for assessing the status of various natural resources as well as preparing maps. This laboratory course provides exposure to students in visual interpretation of topographic maps, aerial photos and false color composites of remotely sensed images."; */

}

//--------------GNR 619---------------------------------------------------->

if (b == 619) {

course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

 course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";

course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/khire.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:left\"><br>";
course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\"> Prof.M.V.Khire</span></div></TD>";


course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/inamdar.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.A.B.Inamdar</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";




course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/venkataraman.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.G.Venkataraman</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";




course +="<H3>GNR 619  Lithosphere and Biosphere</H3>";

course +="<h4>Credit Structure : 3 0 0 6 </h4>";

course +="<h4>Prerequisite,if any (for the students):Nil</h4>";

/*course +="<h4>Other interested departments :</h4>"; 

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE"; */

course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";

}

  

if (b == 619){ course +="<P>Introduction to natural resources,";

 course +="renewable and non-renewable natural resources, dynamic Earth processes, landforms and geomorphic evolution, economic minerals, hydrocarbons, land – soils, arable lands, wastelands and wetlands, natural vegetation, biodiversity, crops and forests, applications of  remote sensing  in natural resources exploration and management, spectral behaviour of terrain, landuse/landcover and soil mapping, stressed Earth, natural hazards, sustainable development and ecological balance";
}

if (b == 619){

     course +="<H5>Text / References</H5>";


 
if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>1. Barrett, E. C. and Curtis, L.F., Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing, Chapmand and HallPublication, 1992.</B><BR>"; 

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>2. Colwell, R.N., Ed. Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. I & II, 3rd Edn., American Society of   Photogrammetry, 1985. </B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>3. Johnson, C.J and Sanders, J. L. Ed.  Remote Sensing for Resource Management, Soil  Conservation Society of America, Iowa, 1982.</B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>4. Lillesand, T.M. and Kiefer, R.W., Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, 4th Edn., John Wiley and Sons, 1999.</B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>5. Lintz, J. and Simonett, D.S. Ed. Remote Sensing of Environment, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1978.</B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>6. Panda, B. C, Remote Sensing Principles and Applications, Viva Books, New Delhi, 2005</B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>7. Swaminathan M.S.  Sustainable Agriculture, Konark Publishers,1996.</B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>8. Ustin, S. L. Ed. Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Manage-ment and Environmental Monitoring,.  John Wiley and Sons, 2004</B><BR>";

if (b == 619) course +="<B><LI>9. Verbyla, D.L. Satellite Remote Sensing for Natural Resources, Lewis Publishers,1995</B><BR></LI>";

/*course +="<H5>Justification</H5>";
course +="Knowledge of different types of land based natural resources, their formation, effects of over-exploitation of resources, natural hazards, ecological balance and techniques for studying the natural resources is essential for effective natural resources management"; */

}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------>

//------------------GNR 621---------------------------------------------->


if (b == 621) {


course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";

 course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";

course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/nagarajan.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:left\"><br>";
course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\"> Prof.R.Nagarajan</span></div></TD>";


course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/venkataraman.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.G.Venkataraman</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";




course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/murti.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.M.V.R.Murti</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";



course +="<H3>GNR 621 Hydrosphere , Cryosphere And Atmosphere</H3>";

course +="<h4>Credit Structure : 3 0 0 6 </h4>";

course +="<h4>Prerequisite,if any (for the students):Nil</h4>";

/*course +="<h4>Other interested departments :</h4>"; 

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE"; */

course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";

course +="Physical and chemical properties of atmosphere, particulates, clouds, remote sounding of temperature and composition of atmosphere, weather systems, meteorological studies and green house effect, hydrological cycle, fresh water reserves, precipitation (rain / snow) measurement and spatial/temporal variation, evaporation, infiltration and surface rainfall runoff, surface storage and utilization, aquifers – shallow and deep aquifer, ground water potential mapping, abstraction and recharge estimation and conservation, impacts due to extreme events, snow cover, snow properties, snow melt runoff,  land ice, polar ice sheets, remote sensing applications in integrated water management, impacts of climate change on urban & rural water supply, wetlands (coastal and fresh water), coast and coastal resources, marine resources and environment, beach-sand minerals and estuarine health";

course +="<H5>Text / References</H5>";

course +="<B><LI>1. Cracknell, A.P. Ed., Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology Halsted Press, John Wiley & Sons, 1983.</B><BR>"; 

course +="<LI></B><BR>"; 

course +="<B><LI>2. Singh, V.P. Elementary hydrology, Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 1994.</B><BR>";

course +="<B><LI>3. Vaidyanathan A. India’s water resources: contemporary issues on irrigation, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2006</B><BR>";

course +="<B><LI>4. Engman, E.T. and Gurney, R.J. Remote sensing in Hydrology, Chapman & hall, London, 1991.</B><BR>";

course +="<B><LI>5. Todd, D.K. Groundwater Hydrology, John Wiley., 1980.</B><BR>";

course +="<B><LI>6. Nagarajan, R. Water Conservation, Use and Management for Semiarid Regions,  Ms. Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2006. </B><BR>";

/*course +="<H5>Justification</H5>";

course +="Knowledge of water resources, snow and ice, and atmosphere, the processes influencing their characteristics and related problems are essential for sustainable utilization of the resources in an environment friendly manner"; */


}



//------------------GNR 623---------------------------------------------->

if (b == 623) {
course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";
course +="<TR><TD><h3>Course Instructor(s)</h3></TD>";
course +="<TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/gedam.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Prof.S.S.Gedam</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

course +="<H3>GNR 623 GPS :Principles And Applications </H3>";

course +="<h4>Credit Structure :3 0 0 6</h4>";

course +="<h4>Prerequisite, if any (for the students) Nil</h4>"; 

/*course +="<h4>Other departments to whom the course is relevant</h4>";

course +="Civil Engineering, CTARA, Earth Sciences, CESE"; */

course +="<h4>Course Content</h4>";

course +="Overview of space positioning and navigation systems; GPS Segments, concepts and principle of space intersection,  Characteristics of GNSS signal,  Characteristics of Single and Dual frequency Receivers; Dilution of precision in GPS measurements, sources  of error in GNSS and biases; atmospheric delays, signal reflection and countermeasures. Mathematical models for static and differential positioning. Kinematic and real time mode of GPS operations, GPS Data Post Processing, Land, marine, airborne and indoor applications, Case studies.";


course +="<H5>Text / References</H5>";

course +="<B><LI>1.Hofman-Wellenhof. B., Lichtenegger H. and Collinn, Global Positioning System: theory and practice,  5th edition, Springer-Verlag,  Wein NewYork,  2001</B>"; 

course +="<B><LI>2.Parkinson B.W., SpielkerJr. J. J. (eds.), Global Positioning System: Theory and Applications, Vol I and Vol. II, America Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., Washington D.C., 3rd edition 1996</B>"; 



/*course +="<H5>Justification</H5>";


course +="GPS  technology is being used extensively in many practical application of Surveying and Navigation and as such forms a critical input to many contemporary applications of Remote Sensing and GIS."; */
}


//------------------nr625---------------------------------------------->
if (b == 625) {
course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";
course +="<TR><TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/murti.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Dr.M.R.Murti</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="<TD><div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/venkataraman.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:right\"><br>";
course +="<center><span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">  Dr.G.Venkataraman</span></center>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

course +="<H3>NR 625 Geo chemical Analysis Of Planetary Materials 2 1 0 6</H3>";
course +="<h4>Prerequisite, if any (for the students) Nil</h4>";

course +="Sampling strategies and methods in soil, rock and water, mineral separations and physical characterization, theory and practice of modern analytical methods: XRF, XRD, EP, INAA, GC-MS, AAS and ICP, analytical quality, formulation and use of reference materials; laser remote chemical analysis; X-ray, gamma ray, neutron and luminescence spectroscopy in planetary remote sensing systems; space based X- ray and IR spectrometers, recent advances and case studies ";

course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><B>";

course +="<LI>1. Peters, C.M., Englert, P.A.J., Arvidson, R.V. Rycroft, M.J. (Ed.,) Remote Geochemical Analysis : Elemental and Mineralogical Composition (Topics in Remote Sensing), Cambridge University Press, 1993.</B><BR><B>"; 

course +="<LI>2. D. Van der Meer, F.D. and de. Jong, S.M., (Ed.), Imaging Spectrometry, Basic Principles and Prospective Applications, Springer, 2006.</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>3. Heard, D.E., Analytical Techniques for Atmospheric Measurement,  Blackwell Publishing, London, 2006.</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>4. Skoog, D.A. and Leary, J.J., Principles of Instrumental Methods of Analysis Saunders College Publishing 4th edition, NY., 1992.</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>5. Measures, R.M. (Ed), Laser Remote Chemical Analysis, Wiley Interscience, 1988.</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>6. Fujii, T. and Fukuchi, T. (Ed.), Laser Remote Sensing, Taylor & Francis Press, NY, 2005.</B><BR><B>";
course +="<LI>7.  Rouessac, F. and Rouessac, A., Chemical Analysis : Modern Instrumentation Methods and Techniques, John Wiley & Sons, 2000.</B><BR><B>";

/*course +="<H5>Justification</H5><B>";


course +="Laboratory analysis of rock, water and soil samples  helps understand better the reflectance and absorption properties of surface materials and their interaction with radiation." ;*/

}
//------------------nr801---------------------------------------------->

  if (b == 801) { 

course ="<table border=0 width=100%>";
course +="<TR><TD>";
course +="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/venkatachalam.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Dr.(Mrs).P.Venkatachalam</span>";
course +="</div></TD>";


course +="<TD><div>";

course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/krishnamohan.jpg\" width=90px height=100px style=\"float:right\"><br>";
course +="<center><span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\"> Dr.B.K.Mohan</span></center>";

course +="</div></td></TR></TABLE>";

course +="<H3>NR 801 Theory of Geo-spatial Information Science 3 0 0 6</H3>";

   course +="<h4>Prerequisite, if any (for the students) Nil</h4>"; 
   course +="<h4>Course Content :<br></h4>";
   course +="Spatial structure, spatial data indexing, Geo-relational Data Model, Object Relational Data Model, Advanced Data Models, Spatial query Languages, Spatial Data Mining Algorithms, Measures of Accuracy, Ontology, Interoperability, Multidimensional GIS, Spatial Data Visualization";

  course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><br>";

 course +="<b><LI>1.Philippe Rigaux, Michel Scholl and Agnes Voisard, Spatial Databases with Applications to GIS, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, 2002.</b><br><br>"; 

 

course +="<b><LI>2.Michael Worboys and Matt Duckham, GIS: A Computing Perspective -2nd edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2004.</b><br><br>";

 
course +="<b><LI>3.Jiawei Han and Micheline Kmber, Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, August 2000.</b><br><br>";

 

course +="<b><LI>4.P.A.Longley et al., Geographical Information Systems ? 2 Volume set, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.</b><br><br></LI>";

}

//-----------nr803--------------------------------------------------->
   if (b == 803) { 
course ="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/krishnamohan.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Dr.krishna Mohan</span>";
course +="</div>";

course +="<H3>NR 803 Satellite Image Analysis Theory 3 0 0 6</H3>";
    course +="<h4>Pre requisite, if any (for the students) :</h4>";
    course +="A course in digital image processing<br>";                                course +="(equivalent to EE610, NR607)<br>";
    course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";
    course +="<p>Image Modeling, Multisensor Data Fusion, Object Oriented Image Analysis, Content Based Image Retrieval, Soft Computing,        Active Contour Models, Image Compression, Feature Selection Algorithms, Support Vector Machines, Multiresolution Image Analysis, Mathematical Morphology</p>";

course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><br>";

course +="<b><LI>1. L. Shapiro and G. Stockman, Computer Vision, Prentice-Hall,    Englewood Cliffs, 2001</b><br><br>";

course +="<b><LI>2. B. Tso and P.M. Mather, Techniques for Classification of Remotely Sensed Images, John Wiley, New York, 2001.</b><br><br>";

course +="<b><LI>3. S.Z. Li, Markov Random Field Modeling in Computer Vision,Springer, Berlin, 1996.</b><br><br>";

course +="<b><LI>4. P. Soille, Morphological Image Analysis, Springer, Berlin, 1999</b><br><br></LI>";

}

//-------------------nr805------------------------->
if (b == 805) { 
course ="<div>";
course +="<img src=\"../CSRE/faces/ysrao.jpg\" width=90px height=100px><br>";

course +="<span  style=\"width:10;height:20;font-size:10pt;";
course +="font-family:Arial Black;color:\#003300;";
course +="Filter:Blur(Add=4,Direction=0 ,strength:0)\">Dr.Y.S.Rao </span>";
course +="</div>";


course +="<H3>NR 805 Advanced Concepts in Polarimetric SAR Image Analysis  3 0 0 6</H3>";

         course +="<h4>Pre requisite, if any (for the students) : Nil</h4>";

         course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";
         course +="<p>Polarization basis, polarized waves, stokes vector, polarization representation,";
         course +="transformation, synthesis, measurement of the backscattering matrix, polarimetric scattering vectors, covariance matrix, polarimetric speckle";        
         course +="statistics, filtering, scattering mechanism interpretation, review of decomposition theorems, polarimetric SAR image segmentation, supervised";

         course +="and unsupervised polarimetric data classification, polarimetric interferometry, Polarimetric SAR applications for agriculture, forest, snow, soil moisture, geology, hydrology, sea-ice and ocean</p>"; 

        course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><br>";

        course +="<b><LI>1. C. Elachi, and F.T. Ulaby, Radar Polarimetry for Geoscience Applications, Artech House, Norwood, MA, 1990.</b><br><br>";

course +="<b><LI>2. (Ed.) Floyd M. Henderson, Anthony J. Lewis, Manual of Remote Sensing, Principles and Applications of Imaging Radar, ASPRS, 1998.</b><br><br>";

course +="<b><LI>3. Giorgio Fraceschetti, Riccardo Lanari,  Synthetic Aperture Radar processing,  CRC Press, 1999.</b><br><br></LI>";


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course +="<H3>NR 807 Digital Elevation Modelling : Tools and Techniques   3 0 0 6</H3>";
       course +="<h4>Pre requisite, if any (for the students) : Nil</h4>";

    course +="<h4>Course Content :</h4>";

    course +="<p>DEM definitions and historical perspective";

course +="Data sources and their suitability-field survey data, topographic sheets at various";course +="scales, stereo aerial photographs, stereo images from satellites, synthetic";course +="aperture radar (SAR) interferometry, GPS and LIDAR.";

course +="Interpolation techniques and their evolution ? contemporary techniques, sources of ";course +="error, their propagation and minimization strategies.";

course +="Computer graphics and DEM visualization techniques";

course +="Applications of DEM in Geomorphology, Water Resources, Terrain evaluation,"; course +="Landscape architecture, Role of DEM in remote sensing and GIS based studies.</p>";

course +="<H5>Text / References</H5><br>";

course +="<b><LI>1. Kennedy, Michael, Global position system and GIS: an introduction London: Taylor and Francis, 2002.</b><br><br>";


course +="<b><LI>2. Hofmann-Wellenhof, B., Lichtenegger, H., Collins, J., Global Positioning System: theory and practice;  Wien, Springer, 2001.</b><br><br>";

course +="<b><LI>3. P.A. Burrough and R.C. McDonnell, Principles of Geographic Information Systems, Oxford University Press, 1999.</b><br><br>";


course +="<b><LI>4. David H.Bell (Ed.), Landslides: proceedings of sixth international symposium, Glissements de terrain: concepts rendus du sixieme symposium international, Christchurch, 10-14 Feb, 1992.</b><br><br>";

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