An Interview with the Expert - Career in Solar Power

1. Please tell us about prospects in the field of Solar Energy as a career option.

It is estimated by the Govt. of India that to implement Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission program 1lakh skilled Engineers are needed. When you say engineer he cant operate without a team and usually he manages a team of 7 to 8 skilled Individuals. Hence the Industry and the Govt. both put togeather requirement is 8 lakhs bear minimum.

In an Industry that is related to energy which is the backbone of any  economic growth i dont think it is posible to put in words what would be the growth in career. Lets not forget that India and China are going to be Powerful economies overtaking US & Europe in this century. Keeping that in mind our Energy requirement is growing to grow leaps & bounds Espicially the renewable energy sector keeping the raw material avilability constratints of the conventional energy sources in mind.

 2.    What should be the profile of the student to choose a career in Solar Energy?

Any industry needs Human Resource personnel, Accounts, Marketing, Technically qualified people for after sales service & Production its survival.

3.   What would be the growth path for people who enter this field?

Growth path of people who enter into this feild early is going to be terrific. As i have stated earlier also as our nation becomes more hungry for power in its pursuit of economic growth the growth of those who enter today into the feild also incresaes.

Belive me its the next biggest revolution ever to happen after the Information Technologies world over. Oppurtunities in this feild are opening up like never before.

 4.  Tell us something about your organization.

We M/s. PLNS Enterprises are a registered partnership firm entered into feild of solar to fill the void called Skilled manpower that exists in the country. We have started an "Institute of Solar Power Technologies & Vocational Training", at hyderabad in the year 2009 - June. We got our Courseware ready and got it vetted by the Industry & Acedamecia. We Translated the same into Hindi, Telugu, Marthi & kannada to start with and started conductding Training programs. We have sucessfully done training pograms for Central Govt. Ministries. We are an ISO 9001 - 2008 certified Institute.

Our vision is to empower peple with required skills & enable them to have 5fingers into there mouth three times a day.

   

 5.  Are you working with the Government to impart training in the field of Solar energy?

Yes we are working With the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Technical Education to impart training in a large way across the state. Recently we have signed an MOU and we have intiated our first at Ananthapur Dist.

 6.  Is the certificate issued by your organization recognized by the government and other organizations which offer placement?

Yes our certificate is valid. I would like to draw your attention to the point that we have been doing training programs on behalf of the Govt. both central & State that itself show cases the strength of our certificate.

 7.  What are the various training programs being conducted by you at present?

(a) 4Weeks Solar Power Technologies course for Technically qualified Graduates, Diploma Holders, BSC Electronics.

(b) 10 weeks course for Solar Technicians. For 7th class passouts. 

(c) 10Week course for Solar Feet on street.For any graduate.

(d) 4 months Certificate course on Solar Power technologies. (Curriculum approved by State Board of Technical Education& Training)

(e) 6months Advance certificate program on Solar Power Technologies. (Curriculum approved by State Board of Technical Education& Training)

 8.  How can students get in touch with you to find out more information?

Students can email me: cvkr29@gmail.com / cvkr29@isptvt.com, They can call us on 0 -8790395911, 8790395912.between 10am & 6pm. They can also visit us at www.isptvt.com

 9.  Are you open for associations and franchisee options?

Yes we are looking to expand our footprint across india through franchisee route.

 10. Do you have branches in countries other than India?

No as of now. We are finalising our master franchisee for Saudi Arabia. We will be present in the gulf very shortly. Might be in a couple of months.

 11.  Do you offer the course online?

Our Audio Vedio lecture is ready we are working to launch online course ASAP.