A two-day specialised coaching program on geospatial and drone know-how kicked off at Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU) to advertise using trendy know-how in environmental and catastrophe administration.
The program, titled “Advanced Training on Geospatial and UAV (Drone) Technologies for Environmental and Disaster Applications,” started on Saturday (April 25) morning. The occasion was organized by the Faculty of Environmental Science and Disaster Management (ESDM) with funding from the college’s Research and Training Center (RTC).
Professor Dr. Md. Mohsin Hossain Khan, Dean of the ESDM Faculty and the undertaking’s principal investigator, led the inaugural session. In his opening remarks, he burdened the essential want for college students to develop hands-on technological expertise to enhance environmental safety and catastrophe response efforts.
Premananda Debnath, an knowledgeable in unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs) from the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), served because the lead coach for the primary day.
Participants have been launched to the basics of drone know-how, flight operations, and real-world purposes. The college students confirmed important curiosity within the hands-on classes, which lined utilizing drone knowledge in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), survey planning, and photogrammetric knowledge processing.
The day-long classes noticed enthusiastic participation from undergraduate and postgraduate college students, alongside quite a few school members.
Key school contributors included Prof. Dr. Ahmed Parvez, Assoc. Prof. Md. Tarikul Islam, Assoc. Prof. Papri Hazra, and Asst. Prof. Arifur Rahman from the Department of Environmental Science. They have been joined by educators from varied allied departments, together with Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahim, Prof. Raman Kumar Biswas, and Assoc. Prof. Md. Faisal (Disaster Resilience and Engineering); Assoc. Prof. Md. Saifur Rahman and Assoc. Prof. Mawa Siddika (Geo-Information Science); and Prof. Dr. Ayesha Akter and Asst. Prof. Md. Rasheduzzaman (Emergency Management).