Amazon Quiz (September 9, 2021): North Eastern Space Applications Centre is located in which Indian state?

a. Meghalaya

b. Manipur

c. Assam

d. Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: a. Meghalaya

The North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) located at Umiam, Shillong, is a joint initiative of Department of Space (DOS) and the North Eastern Council (NEC) for carrying out space technology applications in the North Eastern Region (NER).

It also coordinates with the State Remote Sensing Application Centres of NER and acts as a nodal centre for implementation of major national and regional programmes on natural resource management, infrastructure planning, healthcare, education, emergency communication, early warnings for disaster management support and atmospheric science research.

The centre has completed a number of applications projects sponsored by the user agencies in the region and taken up research and development projects under Earth Observation Applications Mission, ISRO Geo-sphere Biosphere Programme, Satellite Communications, Disaster Management Support and Space Science Programmes.

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