Geological Survey of India Training Institute(GSITI)

About the Institute

The Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI) is the premier institution in the country imparting state-of-the-art training in different disciplines of Earth Science. GSITI has its headquarters at Hyderabad and conducts various training programmes through its six centres located at Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Lucknow (UttarPradesh), Zawar (Rajasthan), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chattisgarh), and Chitradurga (Karnataka). The Institute has specialised divisions such as Photo Geology and Remote Sensing (PGRS), Geophysics and the Centre for Geoinformation Management Training (CGMT), all located at Hyderabad.

GSITI since its inception in 1976 has conducted 654 training programmes (up to 2006-2007) and trained 13,114 geoscientists of GSI, other earth science organisations and universities of the country and also from foreign countries. The training modules are designed with focus on fundamentals and applied aspects of geoscience viz., Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Natural Hazards, Remote Sensing, Drilling and Surveying. The Institute regularly conducts ISRO (Department of Space) sponsored training courses on Remote Sensing (NNRMS) and Geoinformatics for Disaster Management and DST sponsored training courses to cater to the needs of the universities (faculty members and research scholars), sister organizations and other outside agencies.

GSITI’s Centre for Geoinformation Management Training (CGMT - erstwhile Proj: INDIGEO) is equipped with state-of-the-art computer facilities and imparts training using ArcGIS, AutoCAD Map, ERDAS Imagine etc., for capturing, manipulating, processing and visualization of geoscientific data. Courses designed for strengthening the application of digital techniques in geoscientific data processing on GIS platforms have been in great demand and CGMT is fully equipped to meet such demands from time to time. The centre has been carrying out a course using high resolution satellite data for landslide zonation and hazard risk management for the last two years with technical collaboration with ITC under a joint agreement between GSI, ITC & NRSA. Training courses have also been designed for our technical and administrative officials.

GSITI has the capability to conduct customized courses for other organisations by sponsorship and / or through collaboration. The Institute had earlier conducted DST sponsored five year cycles of SERC summer / winter school programmes through which training was imparted to faculty members and research scholars of various universities and personnel from sister organizations. Programmes meant exclusively for personnel from the Govt. of Bhutan and training in Marine Geophysical Survey for the officers of the Indian Navy are among a few of the prestigious courses conducted by GSITI. Special training programmes on GIS and engineering geology for AP State Ground Water Dept., NTPC and Northern Railway and a training programme on Geochemical Mapping for the officers of GMRDS, Gujarat Government were conducted in F.S. 2006-07.

The Training Institute encourages outside sister organizations both from government / public sectors and other agencies to participate in the departmental training programmes as well as for conducting separate programmes as per their need with a nominal fee. Geological organizations from NER can avail the same facility for which fee can be exempted on case to case basis. Any organization interested to join the training courses as per this calendar, or desirous of getting customized courses organized exclusively for their personnel, may send due request to the TI Headquarters, detailing specific requirements.