As the Solar Power Sector in India is New and Developing in a rapid pace, It requires experienced / skilled manpower in a much larger Scale than the current Talent Pool.
India will require nearly 100,000 Solar Professionals within the next five years. Under the New JNNSM Phase 2, there are new regulations being planned which will pacify this need and the new regulations under JNNSM Phase 2, Development of Human resource will be considered as a Thrust Focus Area.
The Government is planning to increase the talent pool in functional areas like manufacturing, production, installation, operation & maintenance, marketing and research & development.
The Key HR areas focused by the Government include:
More Involvement of IIT's and Premier Engineering Colleges in Solar Education:
IITs and other premier Engineering Colleges will be involved to design and develop specialized courses in Solar Energy, with financial assistance from Government. These courses will be at Diploma, B. Tech, M. Tech and Ph. D level. Some of the IITs, Engineering Colleges and Universities are covering training programmes in solar energy at graduation and post graduation level. Centre for Energy studies have been set up by some of the IITs and engineering colleges. These initiatives will be further strengthened. In addition, a countrywide training programme and specialized courses for technicians will be taken up to meet the requirement of skilled manpower for field installations and after sales service network.
Introduction of Solar Courses at ITI level:
Introduction of courses on solar in number of institutes, 100 institutes at various graduate level, 100 Institutes at diploma level and 1000 Institutes at ITI level. Also Providing training of 25,000 Village level technician.
Introduction of fellowships:
Programmes like fellowship to train engineers / technologies and scientists in Solar Energy in world class institutions abroad will be taken up. This may need to be sustained at progressively declining levels for 10 years. Institution to institution arrangements will also be developed. Fellowships will be at two levels (i) research and (ii) higher degree (M. Tech) in solar energy. MNRE is already implementing a fellowship programme in this regard, which will be expanded to include students from a larger number of academic institutions.
Others HR Initiatives:
Training of energy auditors and managers for solar technologies. Enhancement of existing manpower in development of skilled manpower via short term courses and Designing specialized courses at management levels for renewable energy.
