PROSPECTUS

for
M.TECH. (GEOMATICS)
(AICTE approved)

&

M.Sc. (GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-11

PROGRAMME CONDUCTED BY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

SURVEYING & MAPPING,
SURVEY OF INDIA, HYDERABADPHONE NO.27201181,

27200182 27200184, FAX NO: 27200286

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

In collaboration with JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

HYDERABAD-500 072

In collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Hyderabad 500 072

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 and M.Sc Degree shall be conferred jointly by the Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University and Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping, to candidates,
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 Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping.
In both the cases Candidates have to apply to Surveyor General of India to
undergo above courses. Such candidates will be required

to appear for a

qualifying examination to be conducted by JNTU and will be selected on the

basis of performance. The test will be based on the following subjects :
(i). Topographical Mapping, (ii). Geodesy, (iii). Photogrammetry & Remote
Sensing (iv). Cartography and (v). Geographical Information System. The
selected candidates will be allowed lateral entry to join the Course in the 3rd
Semester.
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.
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 both the courses are 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.
M.Sc. Programme: science graduate with mathematics as a subject at least at
plus two / intermediate / higher secondary level.
Candidates are required to appear for entrance examination conducted by
JNTU. Selected candidates will be admitted in 1st Semester.
Those candidates who have appeared for the test 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 / M.Sc degree.
4.0

COURSES OF STUDY :The following specializations are offered at present :

i) M. Tech (Geomatics)
ii) M.Sc. (Geospatial Science & Technology)

5.0 Number of Seats :5.1 The total number of seats for

M.Tech 25
M.Sc.

25

5.2 The distribution of seats are as follows :

Internal candidates

Sponsored candidates -

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 1 st 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 and in JNTU 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, IISM Campus (Branch Code No.
552356 ), Hyderabad. Prospectus and application form are also available on website
http://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 number.
c. The applicant must give the postal address at the place specified for purpose in
acknowledgement card.
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, Uppal, Hyderabad 500 039 latest
by

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.

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

Bangalore

Bhubaneshwar

Chandigarh

Chennai

Dehra Dun

Guwahati

Hyderabad

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 numbers 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 in website 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 IISM
(http://soisti.ap.nic.in).
7.2 Documents to be submitted at the time of Admission :a. Intimation Letter
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. In the case of internal candidates of Survey of India, 80% attendance
in the Surveying Engineer and Surveying Supervisor Course would make them
eligible to write Entrance Exam.

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 PostGraduate 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 subjectwise, with a maximum of 100 marks for theory and 100 marks for practicals, on the
basis of Internal Evaluation and End Semester Examination.
9.1

For the theory subjects 60 marks shall be awarded based on the

performance in the End Semester Examination, 40 marks shall be
awarded based on the Internal Evaluation. The internal evaluation shall
be made based on the average of the marks secured in the two Mid
Term-Examinations conducted one in the middle of the Semester and
the other immediately after the completion of subject lecture. Each mid
term examination shall be conducted for a duration of 120 minutes with
4 questions out of 6 questions to be answered.

9.2

For practical subjects, 60 marks shall be awarded based on the

performance in the 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,

a student under the supervision of a faculty member, shall collect the
literature on a 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 Departmental Committee. 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. A candidate has to secure a
minimum of 50% to be declared successful.

9.4

A candidate shall be deemed to have secured the minimum academic

requirement in a subject if he secures a minimum of 40% of marks in
the End Examination and a minimum aggregate of 50% of the total
marks in the End Semester Examination and Internal Evaluation taken
together.

9.5

In case the candidate does not secure the minimum academic

requirement in any subject (as specified in 9.4) he has to reappear for
the End Examination in that subject. 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 has failed in the end
examination. In such case candidate must re-register for the subject(s)
and secure required minimum attendance. The attendance in the reregistered subject(s) has to be calculated separately to become eligible
to write the end examination in the re-registered subject(s). In the event
of taking another chance, the internal marks and end examination marks
obtained in the previous attempt are nullified.

9.6

Laboratory examination for M.Tech courses must be conducted with

two Examiners, one internal and one external one of them being
Laboratory Teacher. The external examiner will be appointed by
Additional Surveyor General, Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping.

10.0

EVALUATION OF PROJECT / DISSERTATION WORK :-

Every candidate shall be required to submit thesis or dissertation after taking up

a topic approved by the Project Review Committee.
10.1

A Project Review Committee (PRC) shall be constituted with Additional

Surveyor General, IISM as chair person, Heads of all the Faculties of IISM,
one senior faculty member who is expert in the field / area chosen by the
candidate and one JNTU nominee who is expert in the relevant field.

10.2

Registration of Project Work: A candidate is permitted to register for the

project work 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

project supervisor, the title, objective and plan of action of his project work
to the Faculty for its approval. Only after obtaining the approval of the
Project Review Committee the student can initiate the Project work.

10.4

If a candidate wishes to change his supervisor or topic of the project he can

do so with approval of the PRC. However, the PRC shall examine whether
the change of topic / supervisor leads to a major change of his initial plans
of project proposal. If so, 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 two stages 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 and the duration of the project is for two semesters for M. Tech
students. For M. Sc students the work on the project shall be initiated in the
beginning of the 4th semester and the duration of the project is for one

semester. A candidate is permitted to submit Project Thesis only after

successful completion of theory and practical course with the approval of
PRC not earlier than 40 weeks (20 weeks for M.Sc students) from the date
of registration of the project work. For the approval of PRC the candidate
shall submit the draft copy of thesis to the Additional Surveyor General,
Indian Institute of Surveying & 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 the supervisor shall be submitted to the Indian Institute of Surveying &
Mapping.

10.8

The thesis shall be adjudicated by one examiner appointed by the

University. For this, Additional Surveyor General, Indian Institute of
Surveying & Mapping shall submit a panel of 5 examiners, who are eminent
in that field with the help of the concerned guide and head of the Faculty.

10.9

If the report of the examiner is not favourable, the candidate shall revise and
resubmit the Thesis, in the time frame as prescribed by the Examiner. If the
report of 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 be

conducted by a board consisting of the supervisor, Head of the Faculty and
the examiner who adjudicated the Thesis. The Board shall jointly grade
candidates work as:
A.
B.
C.
D.

Excellent
( above 75%)
Good
( 60% to 75%)
Satisfactory ( 50% to 60%)
Unsatisfactory ( below 50%)

Head of the Faculty shall coordinate and make arrangements for the
conduct of viva-voce examination.
10.11 If the report of the viva-voce is unsatisfactory, the candidate will retake
the viva-voce examination after three months. If he fails to get a
satisfactory report at the second viva-voce examination, he will not be
eligible for the award of the degree.
11.0

AWARD OF DEGREE AND CLASS :

A candidate shall be eligible for the respective degree if he satisfies the minimum
academic requirements in every subject and secures satisfactory report on his thesis /
dissertation and viva-voce.
First Class with Distinction :
First Class :
Second Class :

70% or more
below 70% but not less than 60%
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 indiscipline 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 any

interpretation.

14.2

In case of any doubt or ambiguity in the interpretation of the above

rules, the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of JNTU is final.

14.3

The University may change or amend the academic regulations and

syllabus at any time and the changes and amendments made shall be
applicable to all the students 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 5 can be
inservice candidates from Survey Of India, who will be allowed lateral
entry to 3rd Semester, after they qualify in an entrance examination
conducted by the JNTU. Number of sponsoring / private candidates may
vary from time to time as per the decision of the Surveyor General of
India.

14.7

The Selection / Admission of a candidate shall be invalidated in the

event of suppression of facts, submission of incorrect information or
forging of documents during the process of admission or thereafter, and
such cases shall be reported to the crime branch who may draw criminal
proceedings against the candidate concerned.

15. Hostel :

The Institute provides hostel for boys and girls. There is no separate
hostel for girls. Cooking is not allowed in the hostel. The residents are
required to take meals in the mess provided in the hostel. Candidates
should follow the rules of Hostel and Hostel mess strictly.
Family accommodation is not available for the students. As Hostel
accommodation 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. 3,000/per candidate per semester. 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
Sponsored Candidates

- Rs. 1,236/:

Tuition Fee per semester

Library Fee

- Rs. 15,000/- Rs. 1,000/- (to be paid once only at the

time of admission)

Caution Money / Lab fee

- Rs. 2,000/- ( Refundable )

Service Tax

- 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 and

Syllabus
SL.No
.

Code
No.

Subject

Theory

Practical

Semester I
Theory
1
2
3
4
5

GM 1.1
GM 1.2
GM 1.3
GM 1.4
GM 1.5

Topographical Surveying and Mapping

Introduction to Geodesy
Elements of Photogrammetry
Remote Sensing
Object Oriented Programming System & DBMS for GIS

4
4
4
4
4

Lab
6
7

GM 1.6
GM 1.7

OOPS & DBMS Lab

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lab
20

4
4
8

Semester II
Theory

8
9
10
11
12

GM 2.1
GM 2.2
GM 2.3
GM 2.4
GM 2.5

Digital Photogrammetry
Advanced Geodesy
Geographical Information System (GIS), Spatial Analysis and Modelling
Digital Cartography, Visualization and Web GIS
Project Management and Organizational Development

4
4
4
4
4

Lab
13
14

GM 2.6
GM 2.7

Surveying and Geodesy Lab

Geomatics Lab
20

4
4
8

Semester III

15
16
17

GM 3.1
GM 3.2
GM 3.3

Theory
Elective 1
Elective 2
Project Work and Seminar

4
4

8
8

Electives 1
1
2
3
4

Spatial Data Infrastructures

Cadastre & Land Administration
Natural Resource and Disaster Management
Water Resource Management
Electives 2

1
2
3
4

Word Wide Web Creation for Spatial Data Dissemination

Urban Planning & Land Administration
Environment Management
Space & Marine Geodesy
Semester IV

Final project and dissemination

M Sc (Geospatial Science and Technology)

Course Structure and Syllabus

SL.No.

Code No.

Subject

Theory

Practical

Semester I
Theory
1
2
3
4

GST 1.1
GST 1.2
GST 1.3
GST 1.4

Topographical Surveying and Mapping

Introduction to Geodesy
Object Oriented Programming System & DBMS for GIS
Principles of Remote Sensing

4
4
4
4

Lab
5 GST 1.5
6 GST 1.6
7 GST 1.7

Surveying and Geodesy Lab

OOPS & DBMS Lab
Remote Sensing Lab

4
4
4
16

12

Semester II
Theory
1
2
3
4

GST 2.1
GST 2.2
GST 2.3
GST 2.4

Elements of Photogrammetry
Principles of Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Spatial Analysis and Modelling
Elective 1

5
6
7

GST 2.5
GST 2.6
GST 2.7

Photogrammetry Lab
GIS Lab
Spatial Analysis and Modeling Lab

4
4
4
4

4
4
4
16

12

Semester III
Theory
1
2
3
4

GST 3.1
GST 3.2
GST 3.3
GST 3.4

Digital Photogrammetry
Digital Cartography, Visualization and Web GIS
Advanced Geodesy
Elective 2

4
4
4
4

Lab
5

GST 3.5

Digital Photogrammetry Lab

6
7

GST 3.6
GST 3.7

Digital Cartography Lab

Advanced Geodesy Lab

GST 4.1

Semester IV
Project Work and Seminar

4
4

16
1

Electives 1
1
2
3
4

Spatial Data Infrastructures

Cadastre & Land Administration
Natural Resource and Disaster Management
Water Resource Management
Electives 2

1
2
3
4
5

Project Management and Organizational Development

Word Wide Web Creation for Spatial Data Dissemination
Urban Planning & Land Administration
Environment Management
Space & Marine Geodesy

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