m. tech & m. sc prospectus 2012 (1)

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1.0 Institute

Survey of India, the National Survey Organisation of Government of India was

established in 1767 and Survey Training Institute (STI) raised during 1967 as Human Resource

Development Institute within Survey of India under the technical assistance from United

Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Now it is recognized as the prestigious training

institute to impart training in the fields of Geodesy, Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing,

Cartography, Digital Mapping & GIS and Topographical Survey & Land Information System

& GPS, Digital Image processing. The M.Tech/M.Sc.Degree shall be conferred jointly by the

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University and Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping, tocandidates, who are admitted to the programme and fulfill all the requirements for the award of

the Degree.

2. 0. Eligibility / Selection

2.1 Internal Candidates from Survey of India :- Officers of Survey of India are eligible

for the courses with the following criteria;

M.Tech programme: who have completed the Surveying Engineers Course conducted

by Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping.

M.Sc. programme : who have completed the two year Surveying Supervisor course

conducted by Survey of India.

In both the cases,Candidates have to apply to the Surveyor General of India to

undergo the above course. Candidates sponsored by SOI shall be permitted to join the

course without entrance/admission test, provided the candidates fulfill the eligibility

criteria.

2.2 Sponsored Candidates :- Candidates sponsored by Central / State Governments / Public

Sector Undertakings / Private Institutions are eligible for the courses with the following

criteria;

M.Tech programme: B.E. / B.Tech / AMIE or equivalent in any branch of

Engineering or M.Sc Degree in Mathematics / Physics / Statistics / Computer Science /

Earth Science / Electronics and two years experience in surveying/ mapping / GIS / RS.


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M.Sc. Programme: Science graduates with Mathematics at least at plus

two/Intermediate/Higher Secondary level is essential and two years experience in

Surveying/ Mapping/GIS/RS is necessary.

Sponsored candidates have to apply through their organization and a certificate from the

sponsoring organization is to be attached. They will face a screening committee to be

held at Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping for admission in to the course. Such

candidate will join the course in 1st Semester.

2.3 Private Candidates :- Eligibility criteria for the course is as follows:

M.Tech programme: B.E. / B.Tech./ AMIE or equivalent in any branch of engineering

or M.Sc in Mathematics / Physics / Statistics / Computer Science / Earth Science /

Electronics or equivalent with Mathematics as a subject at graduation level.

M.Sc. Programme: Science graduates with Mathematics at least at plus

two/Intermediate/Higher Secondary level is essential.

Candidates for both the courses are required to appear for entrance examination

conducted by JNTU. Selected candidates will be admitted in 1st Semester.

Those candidates who have appeared/appearing for the qualifying examination in

current session can also apply subject to submitting the successful certificate during

admission.

3.0 Award of M. Tech /M.Sc.Degree :-

A student shall be declared eligible for award of M.Tech. or M.Sc degree, if he pursues

a course of study and completes it successfully for not less than two academic years and not

more than four academic years. Student who fails to fulfill all the academic requirements for

the award of degree within four academic years, from the year of his admission, shall forfeit his

seat in the M.Tech or M.Sc. degree.

4.0 COURSES OF STUDY :-

The following specializations are offered at present:i) M. Tech. (Geomatics)ii) M.Sc.(Geo-spatial Science & Technology)

5.0 Number of Seats :-

5.1 The total number of seats for M.Tech 25


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M.Sc. -- 25

5.2 The distribution of seats are as follows :

Internal candidates - 7

Sponsored candidates - 2

Private candidates - 16

Out of the 16 seats for private candidates 7 seats are earmarked for reserved categories

as per the following distribution: (i). SC - 2 seats, (ii). ST -1 seat (iii) OBC - 4 seats.

5.3 Reservation Criteria: - Applicants shall be considered for reservation category, if

applicable, only for the first admission in to 1st Semester for Private Candidates.

SC/ST/OBC candidates are required to submit integrated caste certificate from a

Mandal / Revenue Officer not below the rank of M.R.O/ Tahasildar.

If sufficient number of candidates are not available, the seats will be filled up from

internal candidates from Survey of India at the discretion of Surveyor General of

India.

6.0 How to Apply

6.1 Form and Prospectus :- Application with prospectus for Private / Sponsor / Internal

Candidates of Survey of India is available in Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping, on

payment of Rs.50/- during office hours on all working days. However, application can be had

through post by sending a Demand Draft for Rs.100 (Rupees One hundred only) in favour of

Establishment and Accounts Officer, Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping payable at UBI,

IIS&M Campus (Branch Code No. 552356 ), Hyderabad. Prospectus and application form are

also available on website www.surveyofindia.gov.inand/orhttp://soisti.ap.nic.in and can be

down loaded free of cost.

6.2 Procedure for Filling up Forms :-

a. The form should be filled up by the candidate in his own hand writing in BLOCK

LETTERS with appropriate response for all columns. NA should be written against

column wherever applicable. No column should be left blank.

b. The applicant should give the postal address correctly with PIN Code number.

c. The applicant must give the postal address at the place specified for purpose in

acknowledgement card.
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d. The admission of the applicant shall be cancelled if the information provided in the

application is found false at any time.

e. The private candidates have to fill in the Hall Ticket Form also along with the

Application form.

6.3 Submission of Forms :-

a. Application form duly filled in should reach Additional Surveyor General, Indian

Institute of Surveying & Mapping, Survey of India, Uppal, Hyderabad 500 039

latest by 31-05-2012 either by hand or registered post/speed post.

b. The Institute shall not be held responsible for any kind of postal delay. The candidates

are therefore advised to send their application forms sufficiently ahead of time.

c. Application incomplete in any manner or received after due date will be rejected.

6.4 Documents to be submitted along with application form (Attested Xerox copies

of certificates) :

a. Certificate of Educational qualifications.

b. Integrated Caste certificate from M.R.O./ Tahsildar or equivalent to Revenue

officer in case of SC/ST/OBC candidates.

c. Three self addressed envelops of 30 cm X 10 cm size each with

Rs. 5/- stamps affixed.

d. Proof of Date of Birth (SSC or equivalent)

e. Transfer certificate (for private candidate).

f. In case of sponsored candidates : Certificate from sponsoring authority.

g. Registration Fee Rs.500/-(Rs.125/- in the case of SC/ST candidates) DD drawn in

favour of "Establishment & Accounts Officer, Indian Institute of Surveying &

Mapping, Survey of India" payable at Hyderabad.

6.5 Choice of Centres :-

Private candidates have to mention three choice of centres priority wise where they

want to appear for the entrance test. However, the allotment of centre for entrance test is at the

discretion to JNTU / Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping. Centre once allotted can not be

changed afterwards. Enter the code number in the application form from the list given below :

Code No. Centre of entrance test

1 Bangalore


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2 Bhubaneshwar

3 Chandigarh

4 Chennai

5 Dehra Dun

6 Guwahati

7 Hyderabad

8 Jabalpur

09 Kolkata

10 New Delhi

11 Pune

It is to be noted that the allotment of centre among the choices depends on the

availability of sufficient numbers of candidates in those centres. In case of non availability of

sufficient number of candidates any of the 11 centres may be allotted.

7.0 Selection and Admission ( For private candidates only) :-

7.1 The selection will be made on the basis of fulfilling eligibility criteria as mentioned in

Para 2.3 . A merit list will be prepared on the basis of entrance test held by JNTU.

a. The syllabus for entrance is available along with the prospectus in website

www.surveyofindia.gov.in and/or http://soisti.ap.nic.in.

b. In case the candidates securing equal marks, preference will be given to the candidate

securing higher mark in the qualifying examination, in case this leads to tie then

preference will be given to higher age candidate.

c. After drawing the final merit list, the selected candidates will be intimated through

speed post / registered post indicating date and time of admission and documents to be

submitted.

The list will be displayed on the Notice Board of Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping,

Survey of India and on the Notice Board of admission section in JNTU and also will be

available in the website of both JNTU (jntu.ac.in) and www.surveyofindia.gov.in and/or

http://soisti.ap.nic.in.

7.2 Documents to be submitted at the time of Admission :-

a. Intimation Letter
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b. Original and one attested photo copy of mark sheet of Degree / Equivalent.

c. College leaving certificate if applicable in original and attested photo copy.

d. Original and attested photo copy in support of reservation.

e. Two pass port size photographs

f . Sponsoring certificates in original from the organization with one attested

copy.

8.0 Attendance :-

The programmes are offered on a unit basis with each subject being considered a unit.

8.1 A candidate shall be deemed to have eligibility to write any semester examinations in a

subject if he has put in at least 80% of attendance in that subject.

8.2 Shortage of attendance up to 10% in any subject (i.e. 70% and above and below 80%)

may be condoned by the Academic Committee on genuine and valid reasons on

representation by the candidate with supporting evidence.

8.3 A candidate shall get minimum required attendance at least in three (3) theory subjects

to get promoted to the next semester. In order to qualify for the award of the Post

Graduate Degree, the candidate shall complete all the academic requirements of the

subjects, as per the course structure.

8.4 Shortage of attendance below 70% shall in no case be condoned.

8.5 In case the candidate secures less than the required attendance in any subject(s), he

shall not be permitted to appear for the End Examination in those subject(s). He shall

re-register for the subject(s) when next offered.

9.0 EVALUATION :-

The performance of the candidate in each semester shall be evaluated subject-wise, witha maximum of 100 marks for theory and 100 marks for practicals, on the basis of InternalEvaluation and End Semester Examination.


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9.1 For the theory subjects 60 marks shall be awarded based on the performance inthe End Semester Examination, 40 marks shall be awarded based on theInternal Evaluation. The internal evaluation shall be made based on theaverage of the marks secured in the two Mid Term-Examinations conductedone in the middle of the Semester and the other immediately after the

completion of subject lecture. Each mid term examination shall be conductedfor a duration of 120 minutes with 4 questions out of 6 questions to beanswered.

9.2 For practical subjects, 60 marks shall be awarded based on the performance inthe End Semester Examinations, 40 marks shall be awarded based on the day-to-day performance as Internal Marks.

9.3 There shall be a seminar presentation during 3rd semester. For seminar, astudent under the supervision of a faculty member, shall collect the literature ona topic and critically review the literature and submit it to the Head of Faculty in

a report form and shall make an oral presentation before the DepartmentalCommittee. The Departmental Committee consists of Head of the Faculty,supervisor, one senior faculty member of the Faculty and a university nominee.The Departmental Committee will evaluate the seminar for 50 marks. Acandidate has to secure a minimum of 50% to be declared successful.

9.4 A candidate shall be deemed to have secured the minimum academicrequirement in a subject if he secures a minimum of 40% of marks in the EndExamination and a minimum aggregate of 50% of the total marks in the EndSemester Examination and Internal Evaluation taken together.

9.5 In case the candidate does not secure the minimum academic requirement in anysubject (as specified in 9.4) he has to reappear for the End Examination in thatsubject. A candidate shall be given one chance to re-register for each subject

provided the internal marks secured by a candidate are less than 50% and he hasfailed in the end examination. In such case candidate must re-register for thesubject(s) and secure required minimum attendance. The attendance in the re-registered subject(s) has to be calculated separately to become eligible to writethe end examination in the re-registered subject(s). In the event of takinganother chance, the internal marks and end examination marks obtained in the

previous attempt are nullified.

9.6 Laboratory examination for the courses must be conducted with two Examiners,one internal and one external one of them being Laboratory Teacher. Theexternal examiner will be appointed by Additional Surveyor General, IndianInstitute of Surveying & Mapping/JNTUH.

10.0 EVALUATION OF PROJECT / DISSERTATION WORK :-

Every candidate shall be required to submit thesis or dissertation after taking up atopic approved by the Project Review Committee.

10.1 A Project Review Committee (PRC) shall be constituted with Additional SurveyorGeneral, IIS&M as Chair person, Heads of all the Faculties of IIS&M, one senior


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faculty member who is expert in the field / area chosen by the candidate and oneJNTU nominee who is expert in the relevant field.

10.2 Registration of Project Work: A candidate is permitted to register for the projectwork after satisfying the attendance requirement of all the subjects (theory and

practical subjects).

10.3 After satisfying 10.2, a candidate has to submit, in consultation with his projectsupervisor, the title, objective and plan of action of his project work to the Facultyfor its approval. Only after obtaining the approval of the Project Review Committeethe student can initiate the Project work.

10.4 If a candidate wishes to change his supervisor or topic of the project he can do sowith approval of the PRC. However, the PRC shall examine whether the change oftopic / supervisor leads to a major change of his initial plans of project proposal. Ifso, his date of registration for the project work starts from the date of change of

Supervisor or topic as the case may be.

10.5 A candidate shall submit status report (in a spiral bound-form), in duplicate, in twostages at least with a gap of 3 months between them.

10.6 The work on the project shall be initiated in the beginning of the second year andthe duration of the project is for two semesters for M. Tech students.. A candidate is

permitted to submit Project Thesis only after successful completion of theory andpractical course with the approval of PRC not earlier than 40 weeks from the date ofregistration of the project work. For the approval of PRC the candidate shall submitthe draft copy of thesis to the Additional Surveyor General, Indian Institute ofSurveying & Mapping (through Head of the Faculty) and shall make an oral

presentation before the PRC.

10.7 On approval of PRC, three copies of the hard bound Project Thesis certified by thesupervisor shall be submitted to the Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping.

10.8 The thesis shall be adjudicated by one examiner appointed by the University. Forthis, Additional Surveyor General, Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping shallsubmit a panel of 5 examiners, who are eminent in that field with the help of theconcerned guide and head of the Faculty.

10.9 If the report of the examiner is not favourable, the candidate shall revise andresubmit the Thesis, in the time frame as prescribed by the Examiner. If the reportof the examiner is unfavourable again, the thesis shall be summarily rejected.

10.10 If the report of the examiner is favourable, viva-voce examination shall beconducted by a board consisting of the supervisor, Head of the Faculty and theexaminer who adjudicated the Thesis. The Board shall jointly grade candidates workas:

A. Excellent ( above 75%)B. Good ( 60% to 75%)


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C. Satisfactory ( 50% to 60%)D. Unsatisfactory ( below 50%)

Head of the Faculty shall coordinate and make arrangements for the conduct ofviva-voce examination.

10.11 If the report of the viva-voce is unsatisfactory, the candidate will retake theviva-voce examination after three months. If he fails to get a satisfactory report atthe second viva-voce examination, he will not be eligible for the award of thedegree.

11.0 AWARD OF DEGREE AND CLASS :

A candidate shall be eligible for the respective degree if he satisfies the minimumacademic requirements in every subject and secures satisfactory report on his thesis /

dissertation and viva-voce.

First Class with Distinction : 70% or moreFirst Class : below 70% but not less than 60%Second Class : below 60% but not less than 50%

12.0 WITH-HOLDING OF RESULTS :

If the candidate has not paid any dues to the Institute or if any case of in-discipline is

pending against him, the result of the candidate will be withheld and he will not be allowed into

the next higher semester. The issue of the degree is liable to be withheld in such cases. If the

candidate resorts to ragging in the campus then his admission will be cancelled without

assigning any reasons whatsoever.

13.0 TRANSITORY REGULATIONS :

Candidate who have discontinued or have been detained for want of attendance or who

have failed after having undergone the course are eligible for admission to the same or

equivalent subjects as and when subjects are offered, subject to 9.5 and 3.0.

14.0 GENERAL :

14.1 The academic regulations should be read as a whole for purpose of anyinterpretation.

14.2 In case of any doubt or ambiguity in the interpretation of the above rules, thedecision of the Vice-Chancellor of JNTU is final.


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14.3 The University may change or amend the academic regulations and syllabus atany time and the changes and amendments made shall be applicable to all thestudents with effect from the date notified by the University.

14.4 Wherever the word he, him or his occur, it will also include she, her and hers.

14.5 The course will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping,Survey of India, Hyderabad.

14.6 The maximum intake to the course will be 25, out of which 7 can be in servicecandidates from Survey Of India, as per the decision of the Surveyor Generalof India.

14.7 The Selection / Admission of a candidate shall be invalidated in the event ofsuppression of facts, submission of incorrect information or forging of

documents during the process of admission or thereafter, and such cases shall bereported to the crime branch who may draw criminal proceedings against thecandidate concerned.

15. Hostel :

The Institute provides hostel for boys and girls. There is no separate hostel forgirls. Cooking is not allowed in the hostel. The residents are required to takemeals in the mess provided in the hostel. Candidates should follow the rules ofHostel and Hostel mess strictly.

Family accommodation is not available for the students. As Hostelaccommodation is limited, it will be provided on first come first serve basis.

16.0 COURSE FEES :

Course fee of Rs.1500/- per candidate per semester for Internal candidates of Survey of

India. In case of sponsored and private candidates course fee is Rs. 2,500/- for Ist year and

Rs.1,500/- for the IInd year per candidate. All the candidates have to pay Examination fee as

per the rules of the University as mentioned in the examination notification. These fees will be

paid to JNTU, to cover the Registration fees and examination fees. Tuition fees will be paid to

the Survey of India as mentioned below :

Private Candidates :

Tuition Fee per semester - Rs. 12,000/-

Library Fee - Rs. 1,000/- (to be paid once only at the time

of admission)

Caution Money / Lab fee - Rs. 2,000/- (Refundable )

Service Tax (12.30 ) - Rs. 1,483/-


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Sponsored Candidates :

Tuition Fee per semester - Rs. 15,000/-

Library Fee - Rs. 1,000/- (to be paid once only at the

time of admission)

Caution Money / Lab fee - Rs. 2,000/- ( Refundable )

Service Tax (12.30%) - Rs. 1,545/-

Foreign Students :

Course Fee to be paid by the foreign students is 4000 US$ in total for four

semesters inclusive of local trip involved in the programme.

17.0 Field Visits :

During the course the students may have to go for field visit to different places. The

traveling expenses for out of station visits will be borne by the students or respective

sponsoring organizations / agencies.

M Tech. (Geomatics) Course Structure andSyllabus*

SL.No.

Code

No. Subject Theory Practical


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Semester I

Theory

1 GM 1.1 Topographical Surveying and Mapping 4

2 GM 1.2 Introduction to Geodesy 4

3 GM 1.3 Elements of Photogrammetry 4

4 GM 1.4 Remote Sensing 4

5 GM 1.5 Object Oriented Programming System & DBMS for GIS 4

6 GM 3.1 Elective I 4

Lab

7 GM 1.7 OOPS & DBMS Lab 4

8 GM 1.8 Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lab 4

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Semester II

Theory8 GM 2.1 Digital Photogrammetry 4

9 GM 2.2 Advanced Geodesy 4

10 GM 2.3 Geographical Information System (GIS), Spatial Analysis and Modeling 4

11 GM 2.4 Digital Cartography, Visualization and Web GIS 4

12 GM 2.5 Project Management and Organizational Development 4

13 GM 3.2 Elective II 4

Lab

13 GM 2.6 Surveying and Geodesy Lab 4

14 GM 2.7 Geomatics Lab 4

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Semester III & IV

GM 3.3 Project Work - Final Project and Dissertation

Electives 1

1 Spatial Data Infrastructures

2 Cadastre & Land Administration

3 Natural Resource and Disaster Management

4 Water Resource Management

Electives 2

1 Word Wide Web Creation for Spatial Data Dissemination

2 Urban Planning & Land Administration

3 Environment Management

4 Space & Marine Geodesy

M Sc. (Geo-spatial Science & Technology) Course

Structure and Syllabus*

SL.No.

Code

No. Subject Theory Practical


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Semester I

Theory

1 GST 1.1 Topographical Surveying and Mapping 4

2 GST 1.2 Introduction to Geodesy 4

3 GST 1.3 Object Oriented Programming System & DBMS for GIS 4

4 GST 1.4 Principles of Remote Sensing 4

Lab

5 GST 1.5 Surveying and Geodesy Lab 4

6 GST 1.6 OOPS & DBMS Lab 4

7 GST.1.7 Remote Sensing Lab 4

Semester II

Theory

1 GST 2.1 Elements of Photogrammetry 42 GST 2.2 Principles of Geographical Information Systems(GIS) 4

3 GST 2.3 Spatial Analysis and Modelling 4

4 GST 2.4 Elective I 4

Lab

5 GST 2.5 Photogrammetry Lab. 4

6 GST 2.6 GIS Lab. 4

7 GST 2.7 Spatial Analysis and Modelling Lab. 4

Semester III

Theory

1 GST 3.1 Digital Photogrammetry 4

2 GST 3.2 Digital Cartography, Visualization and Web GIS 4

3 GST 3.3 Advanced Geodesy 4

4 GST 3.4 Elective 2 4

Lab.

5 GST 3.5 Digital Photogrammetry lab 4

6 GST 3.6 Digital Catography lab 4

7 GST 3.7 Advanced Geodesy Lab. 4

Semester IV

1 GST 4.1 Project Work and Seminar

Elective I

1 Spatial Data Infrastructures

2 Cadastre & Land Administration

3 Natural Resource and Disaster Management

4 Water Resource Management

Electives 2

1 Word Wide Web Creation for Spatial Data Dissemination

2 Urban Planning & Land Administration

3 Environment Management

4 Space & Marine Geodesy

5 Project Management and Organizational Development


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*Subject to periodic revision by JNTUH

SURVEY OF INDIA

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SURVEYING & MAPPING(In collaboration with JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY) HYDERABAD

ADMISSION 2012-13


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Registration : Rs. 500/- Registration No. Last Date for receipt of

Application 31-05-2012

APPLICATION FORM FOR ADMISSION TO

1. M. Tech. (Geomatics)

2. M.Sc.(Geo-spatial Science & Technology)

Course applied for

Choice of Centre Code1. 2. 3.

Three Choices priority wise to be mentioned.

Registration:Fee Rs.500/-(in case of SC/ST candidates Rs.125/-) DD drawn in favour of"Establishment & Accounts Officer, Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping , Survey of India" payable atHyderabad.

D.D. No. Date Name of the Bank

1. Name ( in block letters ) : _________________________________________________________

2. Father's / Husband's Name : _________________________________________________________

3. Permanent Address : ___________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

4. Address for Correspondence :____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

phone no. _______________________ e-mail ________________________________

5. Whether applying under Internal Candidate of Survey of India / sponsored Category / Private :

6. Reservation : SC / ST / OBC

7. Date of Birth : Date Month Year

Affix recent passport size

photograph duly attested

by a Gazetted officer

with official seal


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8. a) Sex b) Marital Status c) Nationality

9. Particulars of Examinations passed, commencing from SSC / Matriculation.

Name of the Qualifying

Examination

Name of the University or

Board

Year and

month of

passing

Percentage of

Marks

Division

1 2 3 4 5

DECLARATION BY THE APPLICANT

I declare that all the foregoing statements made in this application are true. I accept that any statementmade in this application, if found incorrect on scrutiny, will render the application liable for rejection.

Signature of the candidateDate :

Place :

Note :1. Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected.

No correspondence in this regard will be entertained.

2. Fee paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.

3. Institute will not be responsible for any postal delay/loss in transit.

ENCLOSURES (Attested Xerox copies) :a. Certificate of Educational qualifications.

b. Integrated Caste certificate from M.R.O. in case of SC/ST/OBC candidates.c. Three self addressed envelops of 30 cm X 10 cm size each with Rs. 5/- stamps affixed.d. Proof of Date of Birth (SSC or equivalent)e. Transfer certificate (for private candidate).f. In case of sponsored candidates : Certificate from sponsoring authority.

g. Registration Fee Rs.500/-(Rs.125/- in the case of SC/ST candidates) DD drawn in favour of"Establishment & Accounts Officer, Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping, Survey of

India" payable at Hyderabad.

ORIGINAL

HALL TICKET

SURVEY OF INDIA, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SURVEYING &

MAPPING

(In collaboration with JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)


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ENTRANCE TEST FOR ADMISSION TO M. Tech. (Geomatics) / M.Sc.(Geo-spatial Science &Technology)

Name of the Discipline :

Hall Ticket No. Centre of Examination :

DATE OF EXAMINATION : TIME :

(to be filled by the candidate)

Name of the candidateFather's Name

Identification Marks : (1)(2) CO-ORDINATOR, ADMISSIONS

JNT UNIVERSITYSignature of Candidate

DUPLICATE

HALL TICKET

SURVEY OF INDIA, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SURVEYING &

MAPPING(In collaboration with JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY)




with official seal


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ENTRANCE TEST FOR ADMISSION TO M. Tech. (Geomatics)/ M.Sc.(Geo-spatial Science &Technology)

Name of the Discipline :

Hall Ticket No. Centre of Examination :

DATE OF EXAMINATION : TIME :

(to be filled by the candidate)

Name of the candidate

Father's Name

Identification Marks : (1)(2) CO-ORDINATOR, ADMISSIONS

JNT UNIVERSITYSignature of Candidate

INSTRUCTIONS TO BE WITH ORIGINAL HALL TICKET

1. Candidates will not be admitted after the commencement of examination and not allowed to leave thehall until the end of the examination.

2. The Hall Ticket shall be produced at the time of examination, failing which the candidate will not beallowed to appear for the examination.




with official seal


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3. Answers must be in black/blue ink. Sketch pen or ink pen of any other colour is not allowed.

4. THE HALL TICKET SHALL BE PRESERVED TILL THE TIME OF ADMISSION - without whichthe candidate is not eligible for admission.

5. No travelling expenses will be paid for journey undertaken for appearing for the Entrance Examination.

6. Adoption of any kind of unfair means at the time of examination or taking part in any act ofimpersonation will render the applicant liable for cancellation of his/her script and forfeiture of his/her claim forappearing for the examination. Decision of the Chief Superintendent of the Examination Centre shall be final inall these matters.

7. Issue of Hall Ticket and appearance at the Entrance Examination does not automatically entitle acandidate for admission.

8. Mathematical Tables, Calculators, Pagers, Cell Phones, Digital Diary etc., will not be allowed into theExamination Hall.

"SPONSOR CERTIFICATE"

(This certificate is to be signed by Head of the Office / Organisation)

This is to certify that Shri / Smt / Kum

S/o Daughter of

candidate applying for admission into ----------------------------is currently employed


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in Full-Time service in our organisation and we sponsor him / her for the above

course. The details of his / her employment are given below :

1. Name and Address of the Organisation :

2. Organisation : Central / State / Public Sector / Private :

3. Date of Joining the Organisation :

4. (a) Present position and date of appointment / promotion to this post :

(b) Scale of pay and total monthly Salary :

5. Total periods of full time service in this organisation :______Years____Months

6. This office / Organisation has NO OBJECTION to the candidate appearing for

the Entrance and joining the full-time PG Course if selected.

Date : 1. Name :

Place : 2. Designation :

Seal of Office Signature of Head of the Organisation

Private Sector Organisation shall furnish documentary evidence for recognition.

Syllabus for Entrance Examination into M.Tech.(Geomatics) 2012

Objective type 60 Questions Duration of Exam 1 hour

I. COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND PROGRAMMING

Computer Graphics: Representative users of computer graphics, framework for

interactive graphics, input devices, raster graphics features, scan convertingincremental algorithm and mid point line algorithm for scan converting lines.


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Introduction to `C: Fundamentals, structure of C functions, variables,constants, data types and arithmetic expressions, standard input-outputfunctions, conditional statements.

Programming in `C : Logical operations, program looping, operators, arrays,functions, structures, pointers, moduler programming, user defined data typesinput output from files libraries and generalized functions, recursion.

Suggested Reading Material:

1. Programming in `C by Stephen G Kochan Schaum`s Series.2. Computer Graphics by Foley, Van dam, Feiner, Hughes3. Any other standard books.

II. CONVENTIONAL SURVEYING, REMOTE SENSING AND

PHOTOGRAMMETRY:Conventional Surveying and Mapping: Surveying methods, TopographicSurveying, Theodolite application, General features of Survey of Indiatopographic sheets, Map scale, Introduction to map projections, Introduction tocartography.

Remote Sensing Physics and Satellites:Physical Principles of RemoteSensing, Source of Electro Magnetic Energy, Electro Magnetic Spectrum,General aspects of Indian Space program.

Photogrammetry : Aerial Photo formats, Scales of aerial photograph Reliefdisplacement, Elements of Photogrammetry, Stereoscopic products andapplications.

Suggested Reading Material :

1. Photogrammetry by Wolf PR 2. Remote Sensing by Paul Curran3. Cartography by Prof. Ramesh G4. Any standard book on Surveying.

III GEO-SCIENCES.

Geography : Land forms origin, classification and distribution, elements ofweather and climate, heating of atmosphere, temperature, atmospheric pressure,winds, humidity, evaporation and condensation, precipitation.

Soils : Mechanical composition of soil - soil texture, Irrigation Irrigationmethods, Soil salinity and water quality. Soil conservation Soil erosion, watererosion, types of water erosion factors affecting soil erosion. Estimation of soilloss, erosion control, wind erosion, factors influencing with erosion, control of

wing erosion.


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1. Physical Geography by Tikka2. Soil Physics by M.C. Oswal

3. Geology by P.K.Mukhergie4. Any standard Book on Geo Sciences.

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

Probability :Sample space and events, axioms of probability, finite probabilityspaces, infinite sample spaces, conditional probability, multiplication theoremfor conditional probability, independence, independent or repeated trails,

binomial distribution, normal distribution.

Statistics: Sample mean and sample variance, random variable discrete and

continuous distributions, means and variance of distribution, estimation ofparameters, confidence intervals, testing of hypothesis.


1. Probability and Statistics Schaums Series or any other standard books.

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Syllabus for Entrance Examination into M.Sc. (GeospatialScience & Technology) 2012

Objective type 60 Questions Duration of Exam 1 hour

UNIT I MATHEMATICS

Elementaty Mathematics: Solution of simultaneous linear Equations Quadratic equations Progressions Sum of n natural numbers-

permutations and combinations, Additions, Subtractions and Multiplications of


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Matrices Inverse of matrix. Probability and Statistics, Definitions ofProbability, addition theorem. Conditional probability, multiplication theorem,statistical independence of events. Collection of data classification of data(Mean, median and Mode) measure of dispersion (range, quartile deviation,mean deviation, standard deviation).

UNIT II PHYSICS

Mechanics : Gravitation :Nature of gravity, fields and potentials, Newtonsuniversal law of gravitation. Earths Gravity field. Fluid Motion : Properties ofsteady flow, Bernoullis equation, Venturimeter, pitot tube, Waves andOscillations : Simple Harmonic motion stress strain relations and relation

between the elastic module viscous flow viscosity of fluids. Electromagnetictheory : Electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, wave length,

blackbody radiation, Kirchoffs law, Weins displacement law, Boltzmanslaw Earths radiation.

UNIT III CHEMISTRY

Co-ordination chemistry, stereo chemistry, chemical kinetics,thermodynamics, electro chemistry, chemical bonding, P-block chemistry.Principles of analytical chemistry, d-block elements and f-block elements.

Nomenclature of organic compounds, carboxylic acids and their derivaties,nitrogen compounds. Atomic structure, ionic equilibria, gaseous state,solutions, solids, phase rule colloids, and macromolecules.

UNIT IV GEOLOGY

Earth and Planetary system : size, shape, internal structure and composition ofthe earth; continents and continental processes; Weathering; Soil formation;action of river, wind and glacier, oceans and oceanic feature; earthquakes,volcanoes, orogeny and mountain building; elements of structural geology;

properties of rock forming minerals; Igneous rocks classification, forms andtextures; Metamorphism; controlling factors, metamorphic facies; sedimentary

process and environments, sedimentary facies; development and evolution oflandforms; slope and drainage; processes on deep oceanic and near-shoreregions, marine geology and ocean resources.

UNIT V AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND BOTANY

Cropping patterns, concepts of multiple cropping, relay cropping and inter cropping and their importance in relation to food production, crop production

practices. Causes and classification of plant diseases and their control.Important features, scope and propagation of various types f forestry

plantations, such as extension / social forestry, agroforestry and themanagement of natural forests. Plan Systematics; systems of classification,

plant groups, plant anatomy, cell cycle, cell division, plant physiology,transport of minerals and solutes, stomatal physiology ,, N2 metabolism,

photosynthesis, respiration.


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UNIT VI ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

Introduction to ecology and ecological factors, basic concepts of ecology; biosphere,ecosystem,ecotone, ecotype, biome and biomass; various branches and its relations to

other sciences; fundamental concepts of ecosystem; food chains; energy flow, tropiclevels; physical factors-temperature, light, water, their effects on organisms, adaptationsof organisms to these factors; Ecological succession and population ecology;Environmental pollution, atmosphere air pollution, Hydrosphere water pollutionLithosphere soil pollution and their health effects.