Assam State Space Application Centre (ASSAC) Guwahati was established as an autonomous body under the administrative control of Science Technology and Climate Change Department, Government of Assam. ASSAC was formerly known as Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre (ARSAC) a core division of Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC) and was working in the field of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) since 1988 with an objective to :

• Develop remote sensing techniques and their applications for natural resources management in the state
• Provide training and consultancy facilities in remote sensing to the user agencies.

Equipped with both visual as well as digital interpretation tools, ARSAC has successfully completed a number of projects as partner institute with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under various national missions of Department of Space (DOS), Govt. of India and customized data as per necessity for various user agencies/ line departments of Govt. of Assam as well as involved in preparation of their development plans with geometric accuracy based on data and information through application of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS).

The Govt. of Assam vide Memo No. STE 86/2016/93A dtd. 23rd March, 2018, has declared ARSAC as the Nodal Agency for all Remote Sensing(RS), Geographical Information System(GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) related work and procurement and supply of satellite data for the State of Assam. Also, ARSAC would act as the centralized location for creating, storing, analyzing, retrieving and supply of the spatial data to all the user departments of Assam Government.

The Hon'ble Cabinet has taken a decision to establish Assam State Space Application Centre (ASSAC) by carving out Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre (ARSAC) from Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (ASTEC). The decision taken by the Hon'ble Cabinet held on 28-07-2021 and subsequently Hon’ble Cabinet held on 06.10.2021 approved for Establishment of ASSAC Society at Guwahati under Societies Registration Act,1860.

At present ASSAC has a repository of Geospatial databases comprising village/city cadastral database administrative boundaries and a wealth of natural resources databases generated using satellite Remote Sensing and GIS technology at various scales. As a recent mandate assigned by Govt. of Assam, ASSAC is working on a strategy for using such vast databases in shared mode by the State as well as Central Government departments for geospatial services in G2G & G2C domains. Accordingly ASSAC will provide technical support and assistance to various departments under Assam for all their Geospatial activities and provide them a decision support system (DSS) which will be useful to them in their day-to-day activities

The Remote Sensing Division (Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre) was established with the objectives:

• To develop Remote Sensing Techniques and their application for Natural Resources Management in the State.
• To provide training and services to the user agencies
• To act as Partner Institute in various National Missions initiated by National Natural Resources Management System(NNRMS) of ISRO
• To generate resource information both in spatial (map) and non spatial (attribute) forms using Remote Sensing & Geographical Information System(GIS)