AHEC Final Cover.cdr - IIT Roorkee

A meeting chaired by Development Commissioner, Government of Uttaranchalwas held at Secretariat, Dehradun on January 18, 2005. The meeting was attended bySecretaries of the Departments of Finance, Energy, Planning and Technical Education ofGovernment of Uttaranchal and representatives from IIT Roorkee. In the meeting it wasdecided that the proposal of Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), IIT Roorkee for“Reviewing the Syllabus/Courses and DesigningNew Courses in the Area of Water Resources Management and HydropowerDevelopment” be accepted and that this activity should be supported by TechnicalEducation Department of the State Government.2. ASSIGNMENT:Uttaranchal Technical Education Board, Govt. of Uttaranchal vide its letter no.80/UBTE/Account/2005-06 dated April 8, 2005 requested Alternate Hydro EnergyCentre (AHEC), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) to take up theassignment.Under the assignment following objectives were to be achieved:1. To access the need of various stake holders working in the area of waterresources/hydropower development in the state of Uttaranchal by holdingconsultative meetings/workshops with the stake holders viz., differentdepartments/organizations/ corporations of state and central government,educational institutions, independent power producers, NGOs and the industry.2. To review the existing syllabi with a view to enhancing the employability of theyouth coming out of different educational institutions in the areas of waterresources/hydropower development.3. To identify the courses which could be introduced at different levels in theexisting teaching schemes.4. To design the courses and syllabi for introducing such courses at different levels.AHEC-IITR/Ua. Govt./syllabus/WR-HPD/20062