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MINISTRY OF POWER
NATIONAL POWER TRAINING INSTITUTE (NPTI)
National Power Training Institute, a Registered Society set
up by the Govt. of India under the Ministry of Power, is
committed towards the development of Human Resources
in Indian Power & Energy Sectors. NPTI with its Corporate
Centre at Faridabad operates on an all India basis through
its five Regional Institute located in Nayveli, Durgapur, New
Delhi, Nagpur, Guwahati and specilalized Centres viz.,
Power System Training Institute (PSTI) & Hot Line Training
Centre (HLTC) at Bangalore, a Centre for Advanced
Management and Power Studies (CAMPS)
All the regional Institutes are well equipped with world class
Hi-Tech infrastructural facilities for conducting different
courses on technical as well as management subjects
catering to the needs to Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear Power
Plants, Transmission & Distribution systems and Energy
related fields.
NPTI has established two 210 MW & one 500 MW real-time,
full scope and PC based Thermal Power Plant Training
simulators for off-job, hands-on training for betterment
of plant operation standards. The Load Desatcher
Training Simulator at the Power Systems Training Institute,
Bangalore is geared up to meet the training demands of
the Power System Management. A Combined Cycle Gas
Turbine simulator has also been set up at NPTI Corporate
Office, Faridabad.
Live Presentation to the trainees on Cable Jointing
The Hot Line Training Centre at Bangalore imparts training
on Live Line Maintenance Techniques on Transmission
Lines upto 400 kV level — a unique facility available
only at NPTI. A Geographical Information System (GIS)
Resource Centre housing Hi-tech Training Tools for
training consultancy in the area of GIS based Electricity
Distribution Network Planning and Management at a
cost of Rs. 123.7 lacs has been commissioned at NPTI
Corporate Office, Faridabad.
NPTI has nearly 4 decades of Professional Expertise in
the field of Training, Education and HRD in Power Sector.
Since its inception NPTI has shared its engineering and
technology expertise with more than 1,00,000 Power
Professionals besides covering 1,20,000 persons in its
mass awareness programs on Energy Conservation,
Power Reforms, Electrical Safety, Energy-Environment
Interface, Water for Sustainable Power across the country.
NPTI has pioneered unique sector-specific innovative
programs (duty approved by AICTE, New Delhi) such as
B.E. in Power Engineering, Post Graduate Diploma Course
in Thermal Power Plant Engineering and First ever MBA
in Power Management. All the students of the first two
batches of MBA in Power Management being conducted
by CAMPS, NPTI, Faridabad were picked up through
campus recruitment by renowned companies like CRISIL,
PWC, KPMG, NDPL, Reliance Energy, Secure Meters,
Adani Exports, KLG Systel, TIFAC, University of Petroleum
& Energy Studies, UJVNL, Noida Power, Tata Power etc.
Performance during April-November’ 2005
No. of Trainees Trained 4677
No. of Trainee-weekes 51830
Revenue Earnings Rs. 855.49 lacs
Important Activities
1. Distribution Reform, Upgradation and Management
(DRUM) Training
NPTI has trained over 250 trainees from CEA, CPSUs
and SEBs under this scheme
2. Technology Improvement Program in Grid Operation
for CEA
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