AHEC Final Cover.cdr - IIT Roorkee

Realizing the rich potential of water and hydro power generation in Uttaranchal,the government is alive to the need to make available technically trained manpower tomeet the challenges of water resources management in the state. Development of Hydropower generation schemes in the state offers new opportunities for the local youth to besuitably employed as well as contribute to the development of the region. If the statefails to provide technically trained local youth for meeting the needs of the hydro sectorthen we shall see a large scale migration of technically trained people from other regionsmigrating to Uttaranchal to meet the demand. This may lead to social and economicdisparities and aggravate other related problems. Our country is free and inter regionalmigration can neither be stopped nor are restrictions desirable. The ideal way to tacklethe problem is to make available suitable manpower locally. With this aim it has beendecided to impart relevant education and equip the local youth with skills that providethem an edge over their counterparts seeking employment in the state in a free and fairmanner, specially in the hydro power development and water resources managementsector.5. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY:In order to understand the perceptions, vision, needs and aspirations of variousstake holders four workshops were organized by AHEC, IIT Roorkee.5.1 The first workshop held on April 30, 2005 at Dehradun, was attended byrepresentatives from various state and central government departments/corporations, independent power producers, and representatives from IITRoorkee, Engineering Colleges, Polytechnic and Industrial Training Institutes(ITIs). The proceedings of the workshop with the list of participants is given asAppendix 14.The major recommendation of the workshop was that the following subjectsshould be covered, from the users’ requirement point of view at the time ofrevision/induction of the new syllabi/subjects in the areas of water resources andhydropower development which were found lacking in the existing programmes.AHEC-IITR/Ua. Govt./syllabus/WR-HPD/20065