The Rajasthan Solar Association launched the Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy at the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Jodhpur Technology Park. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties intends to encourage renewable energy research and development. Following the event, a formal meeting of all CSR stakeholders was held.
Various specific courses and programmes will be devised to up-skill the existing worker resources. This agreement would turn IIT Jodhpur Technology Park into a vital manufacturing hub, providing students, professionals, and other stakeholders with frequent industrial exposure.
While inaugurating the centre, Mr. Sunil Kumar, President, Rajasthan Solar Association, said, “Solar industry is the lifeline of Rajasthan, currently 33 GW power generation pipeline we have which will be set-up in 2-3 years. We wanted to accelerate solar industries in Rajasthan so that lots of entrepreneurs and MSMEs can come forward and set up manufacturing units of Rajasthan in the IIT Jodhpur technology Park particularly the electronics components that are right now imported. This centre will also play a vital role in providing skilling/up-skilling opportunities and Rajasthan Solar Association has already signed an MoU with the German Govt. Agency which is a trade economy worldwide. With the help of their expertise, we will do skilling of master classes students to make them productive immediately and other industrial people of India so we can connect academia and industry leaders effectively”
Prof. Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, further added, “Renewable energy is today game changing and, in that game, changing perspective this initiative of comping together of industry consortium and IIT Jodhpur is a landmark in it. We are trying to create an opportunity and possibility by not just generation of solar power but usage of solar power for variety of other applications.”
Rajasthan Solar Association was founded in 1960 under the Rajasthan Non-Trading Companies Act to develop the state’s solar energy industry. The association’s focus has focused on establishing solar policies, a proper regulatory framework, facilitating industry-academia contact, raising awareness, and fostering research since its foundation. Rajasthan’s government is encouraging renewable energy on a huge scale because the state’s potential is vast. IIT Jodhpur’s Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy aims to raise awareness about renewable energy’s commercialization potential, build a shared research facility environment, and train and support aspiring scientists in this field.
