Tata Power Skill Development Institute Trains Over 69700 Individuals Till Now, 22,858 Individuals In FY20

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  • TPSDI started with providing skilling programs for the blue-collared workforce and underprivileged sections of the society in India in 2015
  • At present, TPSDI offers over 160 courses across electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, renewables, safety, allied sectors

Tata Power has said that Tata Power’s Skill Development Institute (TPSDI) has trained over 69,700 individuals. It added that it trained over 22,858 individuals in FY20 across five training hubs in India. These include Shahad (Mumbai), Trombay (Mumbai in Maharashtra Mundra)Kutch, (Gujarat), Maithon (Dhanbad), and Jojobera (Jamshedpur in Jharkhand).

Jayvadan Mistry, chief, TPSDI, said, “We have always believed that in order to succeed, professionals need to boost their employability by developing skills demanded in the industry. Reaching the milestone of 69000 trained candidates last year within just four years of our inception is a testament of our easy-to-access market-driven and employment-oriented training programs that have changed so many lives. We look forward to reach more such milestones and will ensure a substantial set of skilled workforce for the Indian power sector.”

Trained over 3400 engineering students

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TPSDI started with providing skilling programs for the blue-collared workforce and underprivileged sections of the society in India in 2015. It said that over the years, it has expanded its training offerings and as of now, it has trained over 3400 engineering students across its five training centres. It also said that it trains engineers and workforces from other corporate entities and has also expanded training offerings in higher skills internationally in countries like Ethiopia and Liberia.

TPSDI also said that it has delivered two sessions of ‘Train-the-trainer’ program on Distribution Substation – Operation & Maintenance, Safety and Isolating Equipment for Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) at Adis Ababa funded by USAID-USEA in Ethiopia. It has trained over 450 senior executives across 20 batches from MSETCL (Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd). These programs were in various areas of EHV Transmission like operation, maintenance, testing, cables, regulations.

Electrical safety programs

It also said that it won the International Order for Utility Training Consultant for Implementation of Training at Liberia Electricity Corporation and providing on-the-job training to benefit over 900 employees at the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) along with TPDDL in March. It conducted electrical safety programs for employees Tata Group’s retail companies such as Trent, Tanishq, Starbazaar, and Croma and Titan. After that, there was TRENT scheduling for five more batches for their employees at Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata and Bengaluru

TPSDI said that it hosted a five-day specialized training in OPGW- Installation and Maintenance for a power utility client of KEC International based in Afghanistan at TPSDI-Shahad. It imparted employment-oriented trainings to students sponsored by the Tata Steel Foundation and WREL at TPSDI-Shahad, TPSDI-Jojobera and Radhanesda, Gujarat respectively under its CSR initiative. It conducted a special training on Mechanical drives and components for fans, blowers and compressors for technicians of Ashapura Perfoclay Ltd. in Mundra. It also launched special courses like employability skills, interview readiness, and research methodology for non-technical colleges.

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