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4.3 Trained Staff 
 
1. This is an area that needs planning and actions on war footings. 
Unfortunately, there is a chronic shortage of trained manpower in this 
discipline. Currently, in India there are more than 1800 postgraduate 
level departments that are teaching RS and GIS to their students. Indian 
Government has a plan in place to introduce RS & GIS at college and 
high school levels. As we are awaking up to adopt these space age 
technologies, it is imperative that we realistically focus on the 
development of trained academic staff that could assist in the teaching 

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and development of RS&GIS technology adoption plans on scientific 
grounds.  
2.  It was agreed upon that HEC should set up National and Provincial level 
Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Centers 
of excellence. In such national and regional level centers, HEC and 
Ministry of Science and Technology should fund (stage 1) training of 
Public universities academic staff. Leading national and international 
professors should be asked to run intensive teaching courses on core 
RS & GIS related courses. These courses should be designed to equip 
and upgrade potential academic staff who will be responsible for 
teaching RS and GIS courses at their respective institutions. This will act 
as a source of initial nursery for the large-scale dissemination and 
adoption of RS&GIS technologies in Pakistan. 
3. In stage II, academically bright, young and promising candidates from 
stage I should be selected for Masters Degree program in the foreign 
universities. 
4. In stage III, successful Masters Degree holders from the foreign 
universities will be asked to teach RS&GIS courses in their respective 
institutions. After completing three years of their return, they will be sent 
back to complete their PhD programs in foreign institutions. 
5.  It was also recommended to explore the possibility of recruiting (Foreign 
Professors Hiring Scheme) for teaching core RS&GIS courses in the 
Pakistani academic institutions. This will serve two purposes; firstly, it will 
ensure quality teaching to our students and academic staff, secondly, 
this will create linkages between Pakistani students, academic staff and 
foreign teaching/research staff that can later on be utilized to our national 
advantage.