What is IEEE GRSS?
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation, with 533,000+ members in 190+ countries. The Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) is one of its 39 technical societies. Its mission is to advance the science, engineering, applications and education of remote sensing of the Earth, oceans, atmosphere and space, for the benefit of society. GRSS has 7,000+ members and 200+ chapters worldwide.
Fields of interest
- Land and surface processes
- Atmosphere and oceans
- Cryosphere
- Solid Earth and geodynamics
- Natural disasters
- Data processing techniques
- Electromagnetics and radiative transfer
- Sensors, platforms and instruments
- Education, standards and policy
Conferences and journals
- IGARSS, the flagship annual symposium
- InGARSS, the India symposium
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
- IEEE JSTARS
- IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
Programs for students
- Student Grand Challenge
- Data Fusion Contest
- Distinguished Lecturer program
- GRSS summer schools
- Travel grants for IGARSS and InGARSS
- Student paper competitions
Figures from ieee.org and grss-ieee.org, read in October 2026. grss-ieee.org
Our chapter
| Chapter | IEEE GRSS Student Branch Chapter, IISER Bhopal |
|---|---|
| IEEE record name | Indian Inst of Science Edu&Res-Bhopal, GRS29 |
| Chapter code | SBC60206905 |
| Parent Student Branch | IEEE Student Branch, IISER Bhopal (STB60206905) |
| Parent Section | IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section |
| Region | Region 10, Asia and Pacific |
| Approved | 3 August 2026 |
| Faculty Advisor | Dr. Vaibhav Kumar, Data Science and Engineering |
| Student Branch Counselor | Dr. Mitradip Bhattacharjee, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
Vision
Build a vibrant community at IISER Bhopal that advances geoscience, remote sensing and geospatial AI through learning, research and collaboration.
Goals
- Bring experts to campus through a monthly lecture series.
- Build hands-on skills through workshops.
- Grow research culture through a paper-reading group and mentoring.
- Compete through a hackathon and the GRSS Student Grand Challenge.
- Connect members to IGARSS, InGARSS, travel grants, the GRSS MP Chapter and the student chapter at IIT Indore.
- Grow membership across Earth Sciences, EECS and Data Science and Engineering.
Where we fit
A student branch chapter has two parents: the geographic unit and the society.
IEEE side
IEEE → Region 10 (Asia-Pacific) → IEEE Madhya Pradesh Section → IEEE Student Branch, IISER Bhopal → GRSS Student Branch Chapter
Society side
IEEE GRSS → IEEE GRSS Madhya Pradesh Chapter (IIT Indore) → GRSS Student Branch Chapter, IISER Bhopal, with the GRSS student chapter at IIT Indore as a sister chapter.
How the chapter was formed
- Petition submitted to IEEE by the founding student members, with Dr. Vaibhav Kumar as proposed Faculty Advisor.
- Student Branch Counselor record updated; endorsements by the Counselor and the Faculty Advisor completed.
- Chapter formally approved by IEEE after Region, Student Activities and Society President approvals.
- First officer team elected: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Webmaster.
- Student Chapter Orientation, the first general meeting, with 34 participants.
- Expert Talk 1 by Dr. Koyel Sur, Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, the first lecture of the Expert Talk Series.