India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) for skill development in the power sector has been set up at Gurgaon, Haryana.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, the Ministry of National Education and Youth, Government of the French Republic and Schneider Electric, has announced the inauguration of first Center of Excellence (CoE) for skill development in power sector in the campus of National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) located at Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (Haryana)to create a robust cadre of certified trainers and assessors across the country.
The CoE has high-end modern labs designed keeping in mind the future technology, which will further strengthen India and France’s relationship in energy sector.
Multipartite agreements
The establishment of CoE is a result of the MoU signed earlier between MSDE, Ministry of Education-France and Schneider Electric.
Further, an operational MoU was signed between National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Schneider Electric India Foundation (SEIF), Power Sector Skill Council (PSSC) and National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) for establishment of the centre, and to undertake high level training and skill development in the field of power and solar.
Objective
The CoE will focus on creating a pool of highly skilled trainers and assessors for further training to increase employability of candidates in the field of electricity, automation and solar energy sectors. The centre will design and deliver training for trainers, instructors, training of assessors and other high-end program in the power and solar sector.
Two specialized labs
Established in an area of 4,000 sqft, the project received contribution of land from NISE to host the CoE at their campus. The CoE will be equipped with two labs, which have been set up by Schneider Electric as a part of its CSR initiative. The Advance Electrician Lab is equipped with specially designed instruments for training in home and building, and industry installation and automation. The Solar Lab will provide hands on practical training on latest technology in solar area. With the launch of CoE, online training of assessors will commence which will include trainers from all over the country. In addition, training of youth is also being considered in the center.
PSSC as operator
Power Sector Skill Council, which will be managing the operations of the centre, has also developed necessary learning content for various job roles in generation, transmission, distribution and downstream sub sectors to facilitate learning.
(Featured photograph gives an overview of the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) campus at Gurugram, Haryana. The CoE discussed in this news item has come up within the NISE campus.)
