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STATUS OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY EDUCATI ON IN INDIA
COLLEGES OFFERING RE IN INDIA
G.Abhinava
12MEE0016
March 26, 2013
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Table of Contents:CHAPTER1.Introduction:
Trends in renewable Energy
Key issues related to manpower in india
CHAPTER2.Estimated future demand in different sectors and functional areas.
CHAPTER3.RE curricula in educational institutions
Details of the institutions offering RE courses
Major concerns and issues of the students
Major concerns and issues of the institutions
Challenges faced by the industry
Offered course details
REFERENCES
ANNEXURES:
Annexure 1:State wise details of the college offering RE course
Annexure 2:Institutes offering PG Level courses on Renewable Energy
Annexure 3:1.course structure guideline as per AICTE for Renewable Energy
2. Course structure of M.Tech at SMVD University(J&K)
3. Course structure of M.Tech at TERI (Delhi)
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ABSTRACT:
India has witnessed an exponential growth in renewable energy sector achieving a totalinstalled capacity of 17,174 MW (excluding large hydro) as on 30.06.2010 (Source: MNRE
Achievements http://www.mnre.gov.in/). The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE), Government of India which has been pioneering this activity, has plans to facilitatefurther growth to achieve the vision of affordable and reliable clean energy to every citizenof the country. The rapid growth in this sector would require an extensive pool of competent
manpower (knowledgeable and skilled) to design, install and maintain the RE systems. Againstthis background the MNRE has proactively initiated a project to estimate the future Human
Resource (HR) needs in the Renewable energy sector and evolve suitable HRD strategies for
meeting them.
This paper provides information about potential growth and employment opportunity related
to Renewable Energy sector and the present status of the Renewable Energy Education in
India ,Challenges faced by students ,universities and companies for Renewable Energy and
the various Universities & Institutions providing various degrees on Renewable energytechnology state wise. And also the subjects offered under the course by different universities.
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION:
Trends in renewable Energy:
India has witnessed an exponential growth in renewable energy sector during the last few
years. Renewable energy generation in India has reached a total installed capacity of 17,174MW as on 30.06.2010 (excluding large hydro).
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India is a leader in wind, biomass and solar PV sectors and ranks among the top ten countries
of the world in renewable energy. India is the only country in the world which has a dedicatedMinistry for Renewable Energy (Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, GoI), proactivelycreating an enabling environment for the sector to grow by rapidly bringing in innovative
policy initiatives.
The country is well poised to facilitate and advance the growth of renewable energy and enableto become one of the world leaders in all sectors of renewable energy in the coming
years.Currently the Wind sector contributes a major portion of this capacity (12,010 MW)
followed by the Small Hydro (2,767 MW). MNRE has ambitious plans for growth in all theRE sectors, Generate 20,000 MW from on-grid solar power by 2022 under the Jawaharlal
Nehru National Solar Mission, Increase small hydro power addition from the present level of
300 MW / year to 500 MW / year in the next 3 years (Source -
http://mnre.gov.in/speeches/clean-energy-speech-23062010.pdf), Generation based incentiveto increase wind energy by another 4000 MW in the years 201012 (end of 11th plan) (Source
- http://mnre.gov.in/press-releases/press-release-17122009.pdf).
While the growth in renewable energy is a step in the right direction, it poses few challengesand at the same time provides a plethora of opportunities. One of the major challenges is to
meet the growing need for skilled manpower, both in terms of quality and quantity, in the
renewable energy sector.
KEY ISSUES RELATED TO MANPOWER IN INDIA:Some of the key issues related to manpower are the following:
Availability of adequate skilled manpower
The sector is facing challenges in sourcing skilled manpower in many functional areas likemanufacturing, production, installation, operation & maintenance, marketing and research &
development. As the sector is relatively new and fast growing, there is a shortage of
experienced / skilled manpower. It is also important to note that the renewable energy sector
is more manpower-intensive than the conventional energy sector.
Attracting talent
Though the sector has several qualified, competent and skilled manpower, it is not able to
attract further talent, as the salaries / compensation packages offered by the RE industry are
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not comparable to those offered by other industries. There is also a general lack of awareness
amongst the student community on the challenging career and entrepreneurial opportunitiesthat exist in this sector.
Training and capacity building
The installation, operation and maintenance of Renewable energy systems need specific skillsand knowledge. To impart this skill and knowledge to those entering the sector as well as
continuously upgrading them, there is a need for training and capacity building. Currently
there is a shortage of RE trainers, who can offer this service to the industry.
CHAPTER 2
Expected future demand in different sectors and functional areas:
In the case of India, the employment opportunities would increase many fold by the year
2015 (short term) and also by 2020 (medium term). A bottom-up approach has beenadopted to arrive at the employment opportunities. The following table shows estimated
employment considering moderate growth in each of the sectors as Scenario 1 and high
growth as Scenario 2.
The employment is balanced and well distributed across all the major RE sectors and thefunctional areas of employment includedesign, installation, fabrication, operations and
maintenance, project development and marketing.
Future :
Table 2.1:Future Projections for Employment in Wind Energy Sub-sector
It is estimated that, at a moderate growth of 10% the wind sector would employ about 75,000
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people by the year 2020 and going by the existing growth rate of 15% over the last two to three
years, the sector would offer livelihood to 1,60,000 people by the year 2020.
Solar PV On-grid
The solar PV on-grid sub-sector is at a nascent stage in India. With the Jawaharlal NehruNational Solar Mission (JNNSM) scheme of the Government of India, the installed capacity
is estimated to reach 20 GW by the year 2022. This would create enormous employment
opportunities in the country.
Table 2.2:Future projection for Solar PV on-grid employment
Considering the JNNSM targets, it is estimated that the Solar PV on-grid sector would employ39,000 people by the year 2017 and 1,52,000 by the year 2022. It augurs well for the country
in enhancing the installed solar energy capabilities and at the same time meet the social
objective of creating new job opportunities.
Solar PV Off-grid
The country currently manufactures around 800 MW of solar panels, of which 90 % is catering
to the export market. This sector today is estimated to have an employment of 72,000,including direct and indirect employment. Direct employment are those involved in
manufacturing and assembly and the indirect employment comprises of dealers, marketing
staff of dealers, lantern manufacturers, dealers and manufacturers of solar home lighting kits,battery manufacturers, lamp manufacturers
Table 2.3:Future Projections for Employment in Solar PV off-grid Sub-sector
Solar Thermal Off-grid
As per the JNNSM target, India would install 15 million sq.m by the year 2017 and 20 millionsq.m by the year 2020. To meet these targets, the sector is expected to grow at an annual rate
of 17 % till 2022. The employment in the sector is also expected to grow at the same rate. The
projected employment for meeting these targets is shown in Table:
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Table 2.4:Future Projections for Employment in Solar Thermal Sub-sector
Biomass On-grid
Biomass sector is man-power intensive and employs a large population of semi-skilled andunskilled labour for fuel collection, loading & unloading and fuel processing.
Table 2.5:Future Projections for Employment in Biomass on-grid Sub-sector
At 10 % growth rate, the sector would have about 62,500 people by 2015 and 1,00,000 people
by 2020 vis--vis 35,000 of current employment. This sector has a potential to offer livelihood
to a large section of the rural population.
Biomass GasifierBiomass gasifiers are predominantly de-centralized energy devices, mostly in KW size and areideally suited for community and remote village electrification . This sector provides
employment to the rural population in the areas of fuel collection, handling and operations.
The individual capacities of gasifiers can vary over a wide range, starting from 1 KW to 50
KW. For estimating the current employment, typical size of each installation is considered as20 kW.
Table 2.6:Future Projections for Employment in Biomass Gasifier Sub-sector
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Biogas
Biogas sub-sector predominantly comprises of family size biogas plants. Currently about41,20,000 units are installed in the country. Majority of people employed in this sub-sector are
semi-skilled and unskilled. Since the family size biogas plants are invariably operated by
occupants, jobs in operations is not considered while estimating the current and the futureemployment. This sector would however have a large part of the employment in servicing the
installed biogas plants. Typical nature of such employment would include plumbing, burner
service and maintenance.
Table 2.7:Future Projections for Employment in Biogas sector
Small hydro:
The country has a total installed capacity of 2500 MW as on Dec 2009 in the small hydro sub-
sector. It is estimated the sector current employs about 12,500 people.
CHAPTER 3
RE Curricula in Educational Institutions:
Details of the institutions offering RE courses
The AICTE database shows that, presently there are approximately 1346 engineering colleges
in the country. Of these, only 52 engineering colleges offer courses on Energy Managementin PG level, in which renewable energy is one of the major electives. Annexure-1 shows the
state wise details of the colleges and Annexure-2 shows the details of the colleges, offering
PG courses. Table 3.1 indicates the details of the engineering colleges offering RE courses.
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Table 3.1:Engineering colleges offering RE Courses at the PG level
CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) interacted with several educational institutions andstudents to understand the current situation with regard to responses of the students on RE
courses that are offered. Following are the key observations:
It is estimated that every year more than 40,000 students pursue their Post Graduation
Courses under various streams. The estimated number of students opting for EnergyManagement courses is only 910, which forms 2.25% of the PG students.
Furthermore, only 60%-80% of the PG seats offered in Energy Management get filled. Out of these 910 students; more than 60% choose IT sector jobs as their career and
majority of the rest are employed by industries / consultancy firms involved in Energy
Management. Only very few students opts for renewable energy jobs.
This shows that the actual number of students opting for renewable energy jobs is veryless compared to the needs of the sector.
Table 3.2:Percentage of students pursing PG course in Energy Management
Major concerns and issues of the students
From the students perspective, some of the major reasons for not opting for the RE courses atPG level are mentioned below:
The salary packages are found to be low at the entry level in the renewable energy jobs.
There are wide disparities within the sub-sectors of RE (For example: Salary packagesfor Wind and Solar sub-sectors are much higher than Biomass sub-sector)
Off take of RE students into the industry through campus selections is minimal. (E.g.
in the year 2010, only 2 RE companies have conducted campus recruitment) There is a perception that the career prospects in RE sector are not so attractive,
compared to conventional manufacturing industries and IT sector.
Awareness of the future growth potential of RE is low amongst the students.
Major concerns and issues of the institutionsWhile interacting with the institutions to identify the reason for lack of interest amongst
students to undertake RE energy course, the following observations have emerged:
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Students who join the RE courses, do it out of their own passion in renewable energy.
Campus interviews by reputed RE companies are non-existent or minimal, ascompared to conventional industrial sectors. This could be one of the reasons forstudents not opting for RE courses.
In the absence of any scholarships from the Government of India, many of theinstitutions are finding it difficult to attract students
Being a relatively new area, renewable energy education largely suffers due tounavailability of resources (e.g. trained faculty, suitable course materials, laboratories
etc.,)
Challenges faced by the industry
To understand the key reasons for low in-take of students in RE sector, CII had interaction
with major RE industries. Following are the key points which emerged out of thesediscussions:
University courses curriculums do not meet the specific skill requirements of the REindustry. The curriculum of two institutions offering renewable energy courses is
enclosed as Annexure-3. The curriculum must have greater focus on technology anddesign aspects. Also the institutions should provide extensive training and exposure on
latest trends and technologies
Some institutions absorb non-engineering graduates for PG courses in renewableenergy. These students do not have sufficient engineering knowledge to meet thedesign and process requirements of the RE industry. Hence, the RE industry find it
difficult to employ them
There is a shortage of skilled ITI trained candidates who have exposure to RE
The small and medium size RE industries face the problem of retaining candidates as
the salaries of IT and manufacturing sectors are much higher.
OFFERED COURSE DETAILS:
M.Tech. (Renewable Energy)
Master of Technology in Renewable Energy
Duration: 2 Years
Level: Post Graduation
Type: Degree
Eligibility: Graduate or EquivalentM.Tech. Renewable Energy or Master of Technology in Renewable Energy is post
graduate Energy Engineering course. Renewable energy systems specialization is designed to
provide scientists and engineers with specific training in advanced areas of renewable energy
technology. The emphasis is on the design, analysis and implementation of energy systems,with particular emphasis on renewable energy systems. The renewable energy policy
specialization is designed to provide environmental scientists and policy analysts with training
in advanced areas of renewable energy technology and policy. The program aims to give
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students real-world technical expertise in strategic renewable energy disciplines, as well as an
in-depth understanding of the issues associated with renewable energies and theirdevelopment, including the short and medium-term technical, technological, geopolitical and
environmental challenges.
M.Tech. Renewable Energy Eligibility
B.E./ B.Tech. with at least 50% marks or Equivalent CGPA. Some reputed colleges andinstitutes do conduct entrance examination to get admission to Degree course.
PG Diploma in Renewable Energy:
Duration: 2 Years
Level: Diploma after GraduationType: Diploma
Eligibility: Graduation
P.G.D. Renewable Energy or Post Graduate Diploma in Renewable Energy is apostgraduate agricultural Engineering course. Renewable energy is an energy which comes
from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are
renewable (naturally replenished). The duration of Post Graduate Diploma in RenewableEnergy is mostly of two academic years but it may vary from institute to institute and also may
be on part time basis by certain institutes. The course syllabus is divided into two years.
Diploma holders can get jobs in may field and also become teacher in the very subject.
P.G.D. Renewable Energy Eligibility
A bachelors degree in Mathematics/Physical Science/Technology or equivalent with minimumcumulative grade point average of 6.0 on a 10 point scale or equivalent, wherever letter grades
are awarded, or 55% marks in aggregate (of all years/semesters of the qualifying examinations)
wherever marks are awarded.
Group discussions and personal interviews are also conducted generally to determine thepersonality traits and communication skills of the candidates. Apart from the entrance tests
there are few institutions which conduct aptitude test individually which qualifies candidates
for that particular business school.
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REFERENCES:
[1].AICTE website:http://www.aicte-india.org/
[2].Green JobsTowards Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, UNEP/ILO/ITUC
[3].Human Resource Development Strategies for Indian Renewable Energy Sector(final
report October 2010)
[4].MNRE Achievements http://www.mnre.gov.in/
[5].http://mnre.gov.in/press-releases/press-release-17122009.pdf
[6].http://mnre.gov.in/speeches/clean-energy-speech-23062010.pdf
[7].Rangan Banerjee, Development of draft model curriculum in renewable energy,
submitted to MNES on August 2003.
[8].http://www.iitb.ac.in/~es/about/downloads/RenCurr_MNES.pdf.)
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ANNEXURES:Annexure 1:
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Annexure 2:
Table 1: Institutes offering PG Level courses on Renewable Energy
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Contd.
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Contd.
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Annexure 3:
Table 1: course structure guideline as per AICTE for Renewable Energy
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Table 2: Course structure of M.Tech at SMVD University(J&K)
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Table 3: Course structure of M.Tech at TERI (Delhi)
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