Chennai, India: Professors from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, will soon interact via EDUSAT with students of the department of geography, University of Madras.With a new lease of funding coming in for the current academic year, a fully functional laboratory containing necessary equipment to make it possible is being developed at the department. The laboratory is expected to be ready in three months. The department has also tied up with Staffordshire University, UK, to offer joint master’s programmes in sustainable development that will be recognised by both universities. Funded by the UK-India Education and Research Initiative, the universities are offering MSc programmes in sustainability and natural resource management, sustainable development and urban environment and international environmental management.

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