The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) based at Umiam will execute 110 projects in the eight North East states including Meghalaya by 2024.
According to sources, NESAC has coordinated preparation of the Plan of Action by the nodal departments of the eight states.
These projects are in the domains of agriculture, water resources, forestry and ecology, planning and development, UAV remote sensing and disaster management support, with joint funding from the DONER Ministry, Department of Space and state governments.
NESAC has developed and achieved a number of major milestones for the North East region. These include implementation of North Eastern Spatial Data Repository (NeSDR), identification of potential areas for development of sericulture and horticulture, remote sensing based forest working plans and river atlas, geospatial system for monitoring DONER Ministry sponsored projects, survey of Record of Forest Rights, flood early warning system and training and capacity building.
Further, NESAC is using satellite imaging-based inputs to support settling of border disputes between North East states undertaken as per suggestion of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
NESAC was established in 2000 jointly with North Eastern Council (NEC). It is an autonomous institution under the Department of Space to provide space technology inputs and services for the development of the North East region.
