AHEC Final Cover.cdr - IIT Roorkee

lectures from professional experts of nearby power/irrigation/forest departments,participation of teachers in seminars/conferences etc. and maintenance of labs forthe programme at 2 - Degree Colleges, 5 - Post graduate institutions, 7 -Polytechnics and 5 ITIs a one time expenditure of Rs. 21.00 lacs and annualrecurring expenditure of Rs. 30.55 lacsis required. The total budget estimates areavailable in Tables 1 to 7.f) There is no need to establish new laboratories at select institutions for introducingHydro- Power Development related courses. The existing laboratories can be easilystrengthened with minor additional inputs. However, in order to acquaint thestudents with various aspects of Hydropower Generation and related issued, theinstitutions may be provided funds to organize visit of students and faculty to thehydropower generating units in the vicinity of the institution offering the course.Suitable funds for organizing such activities should be made available to theinstitutions with flexibility and autonomy to use funds provided for this specificpurpose to achieve optimum results. This will not only widen the vision of thestudents and faculty by exposing them to the challenges in the field but also createan interest in the students to opt for hydro-power generation job opportunities.Similarly the faculty engaging classes in those new subjects should be encouraged toattend conferences, seminars, symposium etc and funds should be made availablefor this purpose.g) The end users of manpower i.e., employers in the power sector are willing toprovide short term training / apprenticeship to students who have basic idea abouthydro power development. This opportunity should be utilized by the students.7. RECOMMENDATIONSBased on the deliberations in the workshops and the inputs of the experts andfaculty following courses have been designed for introduction as subjects in the existingcourses at different levelsAHEC-IITR/Ua. Govt./syllabus/WR-HPD/200611