Lok Sabha Question No. 192 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Skilled Workforce in Renewable Energy Sector
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 192

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10/03/2016

## SKILLED WORKFORCE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

## *192.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there  is  shortage  of  skilled  workforce  and  quality  training  programmes  in  the  field  of renewable energy generation in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any assessment has been made with respect to skilled site engineers/technicians required to achieve the target of 100 GW of solar power by 2022, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  to  ensure  adequate  supply  of  manpower/number  of professionals in the field of renewable energy sector so as to achieve the said target; and
- (d) whether the Wind Energy Sector is likely to create 1, 83,500 additional jobs by the year 2022, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  POWER,  COAL  &  NEW  AND  RENEWABLE  ENERGY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a),(b),(c)&(d):

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement Statement referred to in reply to parts (a),(b),(c)&(d) of the lok sabha Starred Question No 192 to be answered on answer on 10.3.2016

(a): An estimated 79000 full time equivalent jobs in solar and wind energy projects existed in the country as of November 2015, as per an analysis brought out in the  February 2016 issue brief entitled 'Filling the Skill Gap in India's Clean Energy Market: Solar Energy Focus'.  However, there are skill gaps in renewable energy sector pertaining to research and development (R&D), project development, consultancy, manufacturing, construction and installation, operation and maintenance and marketing besides  project  management  as  brought  out  by  a  study  conducted  by  the  Confederation  of  Indian Industry (CII) for the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) in its Report 'Human Resource Development Strategies for Indian Renewable Energy Sector'.

(b): To  achieve  the  projected  target  of  100  GW  solar  power  generation  capacities  by  2022,  the requirement of the estimated manpower is as follows [ based on Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) Issue Brief of February 2016]:

| Function                       | Educational skill and qualification level                                         | Key skills                                                             | Total number of trained/qualified persons required (estimated)   |
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Business Development           | Highly skilled Master's degree or Diploma in Business Administration              | Tracking the market, drafting bids, land selection and project finance | 17,600                                                           |
| Design & pre construction      | Engineering degree in civil, mechanical or electrical engineering                 | Plant design engineering                                               | 28,600                                                           |
| Construction and commissioning | Highly skilled, Engineering degree in civil, mechanical or electrical engineering | Site engineering                                                       | 1,82,200                                                         |
| Construction and commissioning | Semi and low skilled                                                              | Electrical training and PV installing                                  | 6,24,600                                                         |
| Operation& maintenance         | Highly skilled- Engineering in electrical system                                  | Performance data monitoring                                            | 81,000                                                           |
| Operation& maintenance         | Semi and low skill                                                                | Certificate                                                            | 1,82,400                                                         |
| Total                          |                                                                                   |                                                                        | 11,16,400                                                        |

(c): A  comprehensive  Human  Resource  Development  Programme  is  developed  for  meeting  the qualified and trained manpower in Renewable Energy area. The salient components of the programme are as follows:

(I) National  Renewable  Energy  Fellowships  -  to  encourage  students  to  take  courses  of  renewable energy at M.Tech, M.Sc. and Ph.D levels (140 PhD, 132 M.Tech and 29 M.Sc fellowships have been awarded since the year 2010).

(II) One  time  grant-in-aid  support  to  higher  educational  institutions  and  Integrated  Rural  Energy Programme (IREP)  training  centres  for  lab  and  library  upgradation  for  running  courses  on  renewable energy to following institutions:

- i) Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
2. ii) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
3. iii) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
4. iv) National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
- v) Madan Mohan Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan
6. vi) Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
7. vii) Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
8. viii) Pune University, Pune,  Maharshtra
9. ix) Pondicherry University, Puducherry
- x) Anna University, Chennai
11. xi) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy Planning and Development (MGIRED), Bangalore.
12. xii) The  Deenbandhu  Chhotu  Ram  University  of  Science  and  Technology  (DCRUST),  Murthal, Haryana.

(III) National  Solar  Science  Fellowship-  to  encourage  young  Scientists  to  undertake  independent research work in cutting edge area of solar energy ( three fellowships have so far been given)

(IV) Support for short-term training programmes including creating  50000 Surya Mitra by 2019 - to support educational, training organizations and NGOs to undertake short-term training courses on various aspects  of  renewable  energy,  specifically  to  create  trained  manpower  for  system  design,  installation, operation and maintenance of renewable energy projects. 304 such programmes were conducted since the year 2012 with 8764 persons trained by 30 th June 2015. In addition 112 programmes are run for Surya Mitra during 2015-16 to train about 3000 persons.

(V) Support  for  developing  course  material-  to  enable  developing  model  course  curriculum  and course  material.  Course  material  for  solar  lighting  systems,  solar  thermal  systems  and  small  hydro systems  for  incorporating  in  two  year  regular  ITI  course,  Biomass  power  generation,  have  been developed. Model course curricula for M.Tech, Diploma and undergraduate courses in renewable energy developed and adopted by institutions.

(VI) Collaboration with Directorate General of Training and Employment for incorporating renewable energy in regular two-year certificate courses in ITI in seven trades: Electronics, Electrician, Machinist, Fitter,  Plumber,  Welder  and  Sheet  metal  works.  Through  National  Council  of  Vocational  Training (NCVT),  five  renewable  energy  courses  have  been  developed  under  Modular  Employable  Skilling Scheme (MES).

(VII) Formation of Skill Council on Green Jobs and Power Sector Skill Council to develop National Occupational Standards (NOSs) and Qualification Packs (QPs) for different job roles- 125 job roles have been identified and QPs and NOSs for 8 job roles have been developed.

(d): The 1, 83,500 number of additional jobs creation by the year 2022 in wind energy sector  is based on  the  analysis  done  by  Natural  Resources  Defense  Council  (NRDC)  and  Council  on  Energy Environment and Water (CEEW), published in February, 2016 in the report entitled 'Filling the skill gap in India's Clean Energy Market'.

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