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A Training Report

Advanced Hands-on Laboratory Training

Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote

Sensing (RS) Training

for

Geography Teachers Teaching in Bachelor level

Campuses of Nepal

submitted to

University Grant Commission, UGC Sano Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal

submitted by

Central Department of Geography, CDG Tribhuvan University

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

July, 2017

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1. Purpose

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an efficient tool for managing, manipulating,

analyzing, and displaying geographic information. GIS allows us to view, understand,

question, interpret, and visualize information in many ways that reveal relationships,

patterns, and trends in the form of maps, tables, reports, and charts. It is a computer-based

system to aid in the collection, maintenance, storage, analysis, output, and distribution of

spatial data and information. GIS and spatial analyses are concerned with the location of

real world features, their relationships as well as properties and attributes of those

features.

The Central Department of Geography (CDG) has been implementing RS and GIS

training as a part of capacity building of Geography faculties of different campuses of

Tribhuvan University (TU), TU affiliated campuses and community campuses so that the

faculties' knowledge and skill on Rs and GIS has been enhanced and RS and GIS

courses has been running effectively in some associated campuses. The institutional

capacity of the campuses has been enhanced. CDG is a leading department of T.U. Nepal,

with mandate for academic, research and training activities with adequate faculty

members and facilities. This department has already conducted similar training for

graduate teachers and students of other central departments of TU such as department of

Environmental Sciences, Botany and Geology.

RS and GIS training is designed to provide knowledge and practical skills of RS and GIS

in general and its application in Geography courses such as Natural resource

management, Population and Settlement, Regional and Urban planning, Geomorphology

and Climatology etc. The course intends to improve the capabilities of institutions and

individuals to teach, research and apply RS and GIS in geographic analysis.

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2. Relevance

The Central Department of Geography (CDG) is one of the leading Departments of

Tribhuvan University involved in teaching, research and demand based Remote sensing

(RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) services. It offers different courses

including Remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for the

students of Post Graduate level. The RS and GIS service is primary related to policy

formation and development oriented practical works in the field of environment,

population, settlement studies and planning. The department has provided RS and GIS

capacity development for different Central departments of Tribhuvan university,

government authorities and International Organizations. The department is well staffed

with fourteen qualified and experienced professionals including two female teachers.

The Department has a well equipped GIS Laboratory with twenty-three PCs, thirteen

digitizers, eight laser printers, including three color printers, one color scanner and one

draft-master plotter as well as RS and GIS software programs. The department has well

equipped RS/GIS laboratory with advanced facilities of multimedia LCD projector and

screen and class room space. Besides RS/GIS as academic course, it offers GIS Training

for professionals from different institutions.

RS and GIS has become standard course of most of the university courses around the

world. RS and GIS courses are introduced into Tribhuvan university's Bachelor and

Master's degree courses of Geography as a tool and methods for geographical analysis

and research. RS and GIS facilitates translating the real world situation relating to

geographical dimension through integrating related information sources. With the

advances in computer application, information communication technology and

digitalization, the use of RS and GIS as research and analytical tool is on the rise with the

greater reliability on its analytical capability and volume of information generation.

3. Objective

The objective of the training was to raise the capability of participants to integrate RS

and GIS knowledge and skill to plan, design, and implement Bachelor's level RS and GIS

teaching, research and application effectively. Another objective was to impart

knowledge and practical skills of GIS/RS in general and its application at different levels.

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Besides, to enhance the capabilities of institutions and individuals by applying GIS/RS

as a tool. The training ultimately would lead to effective and efficient technical support to

the associated institution i.e. campuses. The participants shall be able to utilize learnt

knowledge and skills based on the assessments and enhance the capacity to use the GIS in

the their respective institutions.

4. Human Resource

The Central Department of Geography (CDG) has seven faculty members with RS and

GIS teaching and research background. Among these seven, three has formal master's

degree (MSC and MTech) in RS and GIS and four other members have formal training in

RS and GIS. They are involved in different RS and GIS related research and training

programs.

The technical training classes was carried out by four faculty members. The overall

administration was headed by the Head of the department. The overall technical

coordination of RS and GIS training was coordinated by Prof. Umesh Kumar Mandal.

other resource persons involved were Prof. Dr. Pushkar Kumar Pradhan. Reader, Dr.

Shobha Shrestha, Lecturer Chhabi Lal Chidi and Lecturer Ser Bahadur Gurung. Similarly,

logistics and other management component was handled by CDG office administration.

5. The Training Program

The training was carried out from 04 to 27 June to 01 July 2017 in the GIS Laboratory of

Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur Kathmandu. The

training was scheduled for total of 35 working hours starting from 10.00 AM to 17.00 PM

for 5 days.

The five day GIS training program was divided into three sessions: Opening session,

Technical Session and Closing session. Technical session was further divided into three

different sessions namely, remote Sensing session, GPS session and GIS session. Session

and topic detail is attached in Annex 1 under training schedule.

Opening session of the training program chaired by Head of the CDG and Assistant Dean

of Institute of Humanities and Social Science (IoHS) Mr. Tara Kanta Pandey joined as A

Chief Guest. CDG faculties, training resource persons and participants started with self

introduction.

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The technical session was divided into three sections Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS. The

technical started with expectations of participants from the GIS training. The technical

session covered concepts, hands-on practices and field data collection using GPS. Each

participant was provided a desktop (participants also brought their laptop) with RS and

GIS program installed and hand-on exercise on RS/GIS data of Butwal, Chitwan Ilam and

Nepal were conducted. Participants were also provided with two separate structured

hands-on Remote Sensing and GIS training manual to carry out practical exercises.

Remote sensing and GIS manual are attached separately.

At the end of training program, informal closing session was carried out. Opening session

of the training program chaired by Head of the CDG and Dean of Institute of Humanities

and Social Science (IoHS) Prof. Dr. Shiva Lala Bhusal joined as A Chief Guest. At the

end of the closing session, Certificate was distributed by the Chief Guest. Sample of the

distributed training certificate is attached as Annex 4. One of the participants on behalf of

all participants expressed their views on the training. It was suggested a advance GIS

training module based on current training for the and appreciated both the technical and

logistics part of the training. It was acknowledged that the training has enhanced their

skill and emphasized the efficiency of GIS tool for Geography teaching. Regular

institutional support from the center for continuous practice of RS/GIS was also

emphasized. Glimpses of training program are provided in Annex 3.

6. Participants

The participants of the training program were geography faculty members of central

department and different campuses of Tribhuvan University (TU) where Geography or

Geography education course is offered. TU affiliated campuses and community

campuses. The training was participated by total of 21 participants from ten different

departments and campuses which included 2 Central Departments and eight campuses of

Tribhuvan University inside and outside of the Kathmandu Valley. Among total

participants, there was only one female participant and 20 were male participants. List of

participants is provided in the Annex 2.

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7. Post Training Assessment/Feedback from Participants

A training feedback form was filled by each participant and submitted. The training

program included a post training assessment by participants on course content,

usefulness, organization and structure, delivery and hands-on practical exercise,

session/time allocation, and overall organization including logistics. More than 70 percent

of the participants evaluated the course content, resource persons logistic support as

adequate whereas 45 percent thought time duration was not enough (Figure 1). Similarly,

more than 70 percent were satisfied with the explanation and concepts. answered that

Training feedback form is attached as Annex 5.

Figure 1: Training Evaluation by participants (different aspect of Training)

Most of the participants had an expectation of familiarization with RS, GPS and GIS tool

and be able to prepare maps using GIS. According to their evaluation this expectation

was fulfilled. The detail of the participants expectation is provided in Figure 2.

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Figure 1: Training Evaluation by participants - Fulfill of Training Expectation

Similarly, the participants also provided suggestions for improvement for future training

programs. The major suggestions were:

Regular Refresher RS/GIS training

Need of specific theme based RS/GIS training

Advance RS/GIS training (longer duration e.g. 2 weeks)

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Annex 1. Training Schedule

Training program on:

Hands-on Laboratory Training Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)

for Geography Teachers Teaching in Bachelor level Campuses of Nepal

Organized By: Central Department of Geography, CDG

Tribhuvan University

Date: 27 June - 01 July, 2017 (13 –17 Asadh, 074)

Venue:

GIS Lab Central Department of Geography

Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

OPENING SESSION

Date: Tuesday, 27 June, 2017

10.00 – 10.45 AM ACTIVITY PRESENTER TIME

Master of Ceremony Mr. Chabi Lal Chidi

Self Introduction CDG/All participants

Opening Prof. Dr. Tarakanta Pandey, Assistant Dean, FoHSS

Welcome Remarks Prof. Umesh Kumar Mandal

Remarks GIS/RS - Prof. Dr. Narendra Raj Khanal, Head, CDG

Program Highlight Background and Training objectives- Dr. Shobha Shrestha

Opening Remarks Prof. Dr. Tarakanta Pandey, Assistant Dean, FoHSS

Remarks UGC representative

Vote of Thanks and Closing

Prof. Dr. Narendra Raj Khanal

BREAK

Technical Session

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Hands-on Laboratory Training

Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)

for

Geography Teachers Teaching in Bachelor level Campuses of Nepal

27 June - 01 July, 2017 (13 –17 Asadh, 074)

Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal Day Session A Topic Resource Person

1. 27 June,

2017

09:30-10:00 Registration Participants

10.00-10.45 Opening Session All

10.45-11.15 Tea Break

11.15-11.30 Expectations of Participants Participants

11.30-12.30 GIS RS and Geography PKP

12.30-13.30 Introduction to ArcGIS (Demo) SS

13:30-14:00 Tea and Snacks

14:00-15.30 Introduction to GIS: Familiarization with the

tool (ArcGIS Basics) CLC

15.30-17.00 Familiarization with the tool (ArcGIS Basics)

Contd.. CLC/SS

2. 28 June,

2017

10.00-11.30 Introduction to RS: Familiarization with the

tool (ERDAS Imagine Basics) UKM/CLC

11.30-11.45 Tea Break

11.45-14.00 Geo-reference Toposheet, Map to Image

registration UKM

14.00-14.30 Tea and Snacks

14.30-17.00 Image Visualization, Image Information

(Spatial, Spectral and Radiometric) UKM

3. 29 June,

2017

10.00-11.30 Image Processing: Image mosaic, Layer

Stack, Subset UKM

11.30-11.45 Tea Break

11.45-14.00 Image Enhancement: Spatial Filter,

Stretching UKM


14.30-17.0 Image Ration: Vegetation Index UKM

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4. 30 June,

2017 10.00-11.30 Image Classification UKM

11.30-11.45 Tea Break

11.45-14.00

GPS Basics (Field + Hands on)

Collecting Data from the Field and

Converting GPS data to GIS (basics of

Spatial Data conversion)

SBG


14.30-17.00

Preparing Data for Mapping: Integrating Data

from secondary sources and mapping (census

data)

SS

5. 01 July,

2017 10.00-11.30 Map Design and Map Preparation in ArcGIS CLC

11.30-11.45 Tea Break

11.45-14.00

Spatial Analysis: Analyzing Geographic

Relationships contd.. SS


14.30-16.00

Spatial Analysis: Analyzing Geographic

Relationships SS

16.00 - 17.00 Closing Session and High Tea All

Resource Persons: PKP: Prof. Dr. Pushkar K Pradhan, UKM: Prof. Umesh Kumar

Mandal, SS: Dr. Shova Shrestha, CLC: Chhabi Lal Chidi, SBG: Sher Bahadur Gurung.

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Annex 2. List of Participants and Attendance

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Annex 3. Glimpses of Training Program

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Annex 4. Training Certificate

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Annex 5. Evaluation Form

Hands-on Laboratory Training

Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)

for

Geography Teachers Teaching in Bachelor level Campuses of Nepal

Central Department of Geography, CDG

Tribhuvan University

27 June - 01 July, 2017 (13 –17 Asadh, 2074)

Training Evaluation Sheet by Participants

Aspects of

Training

Adequate

(A)

Inadequate

(IN)

Explanation Suggestion for

improvement

Time Duration

Course Content

Logistic Support

Resource Person

Training

Materials

If any relevant

issues

What was your expectation form the training?

………………………………………………………………………………………………

Whether training fulfill your expectation or not.

Yes/No, if no give your reason

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………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Annex 6. Proposal Submitted to the University Grants Commission

Appendix 4.10: Application Form for Laboratory Training (Category 2)

UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION

Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal

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APLLICATION FOR CONDUCTING LABORATORY TRAINING (Advanced Laboratory Hands-On Training)

A. Organizing Institution (Host Laboratory)

A1. Name of Institution: Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University

A2. Affiliated University (if any)

A3. Mailing Address: Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal Po Box: 8613, Kathmandu

A4. Contact: Mr. Gyanu Raja Maharjan, Head Office Assistant, Phone: 977-01-4330329 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cdgtu.edu.np

A5. Head of the Institution: Name: Narendra Raj Khanal, PhD Position: Professor & Head Phone: Mobile: 9851126320 Email: [email protected]

A6. Focal Person: Name: Umesh Kumar Mandal Position: Professor Phone: 977-01-4334620 Mobile: 9841545751 Email: [email protected]

A7. Faculty Members/ Laboratory Experts

Education Full Time Part Time

PhD with Postdoc

PhD 3

MPhil

Masters with Thesis 4

Masters without Thesis

A8. Previous Training Programs Conducted

Training Program No of Participants

Date

Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) forClimate Risk managementfor CDRMP/UNDP district officers

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September, 2015

GIS and RS Training on Service Location Planning and Road development for Road Department engineers.

16 September, 2009

GIS and RS Training on Service Location Planning for DoLIDARofficers

14 March, 2003

GIS and RS Training on Locational Planning 30 September,

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at District Level for LGP/PDDP/UNDP district officers

2002

B. Facilities Available at the Laboratory

B1. Laboratory (Space, Training Capacity): Remote Sensing/ Geographic Information System (RS/GIS) laboratory 23 fully equipped latest desktop computer with full RS/GIS software, other related programs and power backup

B2. Equipments: Desktop and Laptop computers, GPS, Ground Surveying equipments (Theodolite etc), printers projectors, drawing instruments. Soil testing equipments (UV/VIS spectrophotometer etc.)

B3. Software: RS/GIS software - ARCGIS, ARCInfo, ERDAS Imagine, ILWIS, IDRISI, ALDUS Freehand SPSS, other documentation and presentation programs

B4. Reagents, Consumables: Printer color cartridges, etc

B5. Lecture Facility (Projector, Printer etc) Multimedia, LCD Projector and screen, LCD TV Screen, Color printers, Laser printers, scanner, photocopy machine etc.

C. Information About the Training

C1. Full Title of the Program Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS)

Trainingfor Geography Teachers Teaching in Bachelor level

Campuses of Nepal

C2. Duration (Days) 5 days (35 working hours)

C3. Individual Sessions (add rows to add more sessions)

Title of the Session Duration Venue Trainer 1. Opening

GIS Concepts and RS Concept

GPS and Using GPS (theory and practical)

Detailed in Detailed Training program

CDG Lab Umesh Kumar Mandal, ShovaShresta, Chhabi Lala Chidi, Sher Bahadur Gurung, Guest lectures

2. GIS: Introduction to ArcGlS (Demo and Basic hands

on)

3. RS: Introduction to ILWIS (Demo and Basic hands

on)

4. RS: Image Enhancement/Digital Image Processing

5. GIS: Data Processing, Exploring Resource data

6. Feature Extraction, Image Interpretation and Classification

7. GIS: Data Analysis

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8. Designing and Preparing Maps, Hands on Practical

9. Map Preparation, Exporting Maps to report

10. Certificate Distribution and closing

D. Participants (Number and Selection)

D1. Faculty Members 20

D2. PhD Candidates Includes 3 PhD Candidates among those 20

D3. Masters/MPhil Students

D4. Bachelors Students

D5. Selection of Participants (describe Selection Criteria and Priority) Faculty members teaching Bachelor level geography in different TU campuses, TU affiliated campuses and community campuses.

E. Plan of Action (Proposal) (8-10 pages)

Use the following format 1. Purpose of the Program

2. Relevance of the Program

3. Organizing Committee

4. Tentative Schedule

5. Potential Participants

6. Selection Criteria and Priority

7. Major Method and Technology used in the Training

8. Laboratory Facilities

9. Detail of Training Sessions

10. Detailed Budget

11. Administrative and Logistic Support

12. CVs of Proposed Trainers

13. Acceptance Letters from the Proposed Trainers

F. Co-Sponsor (if any)

F1. Name of Co-Sponsor None

F2. Contribution by Co-Sponsor

G. Cost

G1. Estimated Total Cost G2. Requested Funding from the UGC

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NRs. 1,86,4000.00 (One hundred eighty-six thousand and four hundred Nepalese rupees only )

NRs. 1,76,4000.00 (One hundred seventy-six thousand and four hundred Nepalese rupees only )

H. Document Checklist

H1. Before the Program (Indicate by √ ) H2. After the Program (submit later)

1. Completed Application Form √ 1. A Cover Letter signed by the Organizer

2. Plan of Action (Proposal) √ 2. A Narrative Report of the Program

3. CVs of Laboratory Instructors √ 3. A Copy of the Certificate Distributed

4. Acceptance Letters from the Instructors √ 4. A Copy of Daily Attendance

5. Program Brochure (if any) 5. Evaluation by Participants

6. Document Related to Participants 6. Financial Report

7. Photographs

I. Undertaking by the Applicant I hereby declare that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that I understand it is made for use as evidence in pertaining procedure and is subject to penalty for false statement and deception. The penalty may include refunding of the full amount disbursed in connection with this award and other individual and institutional restrictions for future support.

________________________________ Signature

Name of the Head of Institution: Dr.Narendra Raj Khanal

Position: Head and Professor

Institution: Central Department of Geography

Address: Kirtipur, Kathmandu

Date: 19 February 2017 Official Seal

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