How acute is the skill gap in the fast growing Indian power sector?
Electricity reforms of Indian Power Sector have been relying upon many changes inclusive of opting to highly sophisticated process and control equipment, which need highly qualified, knowledgeable and skilled power personnel. Compulsion of fast growth adversely affected the induction training and low men / MW ratio compelled the functional heads for not sparing the working power personnel for skill advancement to cater, even the minimum training need. Fast growing Indian Power Sector is not only suffering from adequate skills but also seriously suffering from adequate process knowledge and desired attitude. This is true and known to all concerned GOs & NGOs that the large numbers of highly qualified young citizens are either not in the job or not in the proper job but it is also a fact that there is acute shortage of right persons for right job in the Government, Public and Private Sector. The Indian Power Sector is the worst sufferer of not having the rightly qualified, knowledgeable and skilled power personnel.
What are the basic activities of Jindal Institute of Power Technology (JIPT)?
Jindal Institute of Power Technology (JIPT) conducts training programmes on Power Plant Operation and Maintenance for Graduate Engineers and Power Plant Personnel of various Power Utilities.
The institute aims to produce technically trained professionals for power utilities in India and abroad, and prepares trainees to operate or undertake maintenance of power generating stations of 100 MW and above capacity.
How does the institute differ from any other engineering college?
The major advantage of the institute is that it is located within the premises of O P Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant, which allows the trainees to get regular exposure to the running power station of 4 x 250 MW & 4 X 600 MW. This facility, being unique for any institute, enhances the overall knowledge related to operation and maintenance of modern power plants.
The institute has state-of-the-art, high fidelity, dynamic, full scope replica Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Simulators of 250 MW & 600 MW PF firing based and 135 MW CFBC based units to train and asses both fresh and experienced engineers.
Jindal Institute of Power Technology has excellent infrastructure facilities such as fully air-conditioned classrooms, library, computer lab, practical labs, model room and auditorium. It provides hostel accommodation in fully furnished and air-conditioned rooms, which are available inside the institute’s campus. The hostel has all amenities like mess, gymnasium, both indoor and outdoor games to make living comfortable for the trainees.
What are the courses that you offer? Who are eligible to take up your programmes?
Jindal Institute of Power Technology (JIPT) offers One Year Post Graduate Programme in Thermal Power Technology for Graduate Engineers. In addition to this, we also offer various training programmes on areas of Power Plant Operation and Maintenance (including Simulator Training on 135 MW, 250 MW & 600 MW Units), which are flexible and can be modified as per the actual requirement of Power Plant Personnel.
Can you tell me about your training methodology in brief?
- Lectures & Tutorials for Description of Power Plant Processes and Equipment
• Tutorials, Talk, Group Discussions, Presentation for Absorption
• Visit of Plant Equipment and Demonstration on Model for Consolidation & Confidence of the Curriculum Contents
• Scheme Tracing for Developing Integrated Systems Engineering
• Rotation on Job Operation & Maintenance Training to Induce Desired Skills
• Simulator Training for Further Consolidation of Operational Skills
• Workshop Practices, Practical Exercises in Mechanical, Electrical & C & I Lab
• Project Work, Writing Report and its Presentation / Defense
• Surprise Test / Module Test / Midterm Appraisal / Final Assessment
How do you select lecturers, professors and other staff members related to teaching?
We select lecturers amongst the meritorious students of our own institute and senior faculty by search amongst the power professional from plant and other similar institutions. We also take faculty on deputation from our sister companies.
How does the training from JIPT help professionals in securing good jobs in India or abroad?
The Institute provides classroom teaching on various training modules related to power plant operation and maintenance. The trainees are also trained on Simulators of 135 MW, 250 MW & 600 MW. The trainees also undergo Scheme Tracing and Rotation On – Job (Operation and Maintenance) at the 4 x 250 MW & 4 X 600 MW O P Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant.
In addition to this, regular sessions on Personality Development and Communications Skills are conducted to improve the overall confidence level of the trainees.
How is the popularity of JIPT growing?
Jindal Institute of Power Technology (JIPT) is making its best efforts to persuade the maximum number of companies from Power Sector to recruit its PG Program students and also to send their existing manpower for training on various aspects of Power Plant Operation and Maintenance including Simulators.
A good number of Power Utilities such as Adhunik Power & Natural Resources, Athena Chhattisgarh Power, Bajaj Energy, Bhushan Power & Steel, Coastal Projects, DB Power, Essar Power, Jindal India Thermal Power, Jindal Power, Jindal Steel & Power, JSW Energy, Rattan India Power (formerly, Indiabulls Power), SKS Power, Sokeo Power, Vedanta and Wartsila have recruited our PG Programme students.
Organisations like Alstom India, ACB (India), Abhijeet Power, Athena Chhattisgarh Power, DB Power, GVK Power & Infrastructure, RKM Powergen & NPTI have trained their GETs / Executives at our institute on various aspects of Operation and Maintenance of Thermal Power Plant as well as on Simulators.
What would you like to communicate to the prospective students?
It is always better to follow the path of goodness to try to achieve the greatness they aspire for. There is no substitute of punctuality, sincerity and hard work, which induce requisite knowledge, job specific skills and the healthy attitude.
There is no scarcity of opportunities for the able people even in the crowd of billion masses, where one is required to develop the presentation skills to the extent of making others understand about his /her knowledge, skills and attitude.
