ISRO Village Resource Centres (VRCs)

Village Resource Centres are being set up by ISRO with the help of selected NGOs, Trusts and State Government Departments. As of 2018, ISRO has set up some 473 VRCs. VRCs have provided various space technology enabled services such as tele-healthcare, tele-education, natural resources information etc. The major activities under VRC initiatives include:

• Advisories related to agriculture like crop pest and diseases, fertilizer/pesticides, organic farming, crop insurance; livestock/poultry,
• Career guidance to rural students
• Skill development and vocational training etc. to the rural population.

VRC initiative uses Satellite Communication (SATCOM) network and Earth Observation (EO) satellite data to address the needs of the rural villages.