Untitled - Ministry of Power

Central Power Research Institute
The Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), an
autonomous Society, serves as a National
Laboratory for undertaking applied research in
electric power engineering besides functioning as
an independent National Testing and Certification
Authority for electrical equipment and components
to ensure reliability and improve, innovate and
develop new products. The Head Office of the
Institute is at Bangalore and its other units are
located at Bhopal, Hyderabad, Nagpur,
Ghaziabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Raichur.
The CPRI continued to play a vital role in quality
assurance to ensure reliability of power
equipment through testing and certification in
accordance with National and International
standards. The laboratories of CPRI are
accredited as per latest ISO/IEC 17025 standards
by National Accreditation Board for Testing &
Calibration Laboratories (NABL). The Institute
has been meeting its non-plan expenditure
through revenue generated by testing and
consultancy for the last fifteen years and the
revenue has been increasing over the years.
During the year 2003-04, the Institute’s revenue
collection has touched an all time high level of
Rs.35.8 crores (unaudited) including the foreign
exchange earnings of US$2.35 lakh from clientele
across the middle-east and south-east nations.
The CPRI is provided grant-in-aid for its Plan
projects which includes the R&D Plan projects
of the Institute and the coordination work on
funding of Research schemes on power of various
power utilities and power sector organizations.
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Real time digital Simulator Facility at CPRI, Bangalore
The capital Plan projects of CPRI entitled “Center
for Software Engineering & Training”;
“Establishment of Equipment Vibration Testing
Centre”; and “Establishment of Real Time Digital
Simulator” facility sanctioned during the later
years of 9 th Five Year Plan have been successfully
commissioned and completed in the year under
report. During the 10 th Five Year Plan, the CPRI
have so far been sanctioned five capital projects
which are in various stages of implementation.
CPRI has been entrusted with assisting 9
distribution circles in the state of Karnataka,
Kerala & Andhra Pradesh in improving the
distribution network under APDRP prpogramme.
CPRI has established Site Offices with all
infrastructure facilities at these places and 9
Nodal Officers have been posted at these places.
Based on the detailed Project Reports for these
states funds have been released and the
implementation of APDRP works is ongoing in
all the nine circles.
The Institute has stepped up its marketing
activities by participating in various exhibitions
in India and abroad with a view to project the
facilities / expertise available with them to the
prospective customers. Within the country,
emphasis was laid on marketing of third party
inspection services for power equipment procured
by Utilities. As a result of this, the Institute
got repeat orders for third party inspection
services from Utilities such as KPTCL, BESCOM,
TNEB, J&K Electricity Board, UHBVN, DHBVN,
HVPNL, Delhi Vidyut Board, APTRANSCO.,
APEDCL etc.
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