As
part of the ongoing national campaign to generate awareness and
expose the media to the right kind of information on renewable
energy, third training programmes were organised by WISE at Jaipur,
followied by the second which was held in October 2005 at Banglore.
The entire campaign comprising around 10 programmes to be conducted
all over the country, is sponsored by the Ministry of Non-Conventional
Energy Sources (MNES), Government of India.
The
third training programme was held at Jaipur, from 25-26 November
2005, at the Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration
(HCM RIPA). The Chief Guest at the inaugural function was Rajeeva
Swarup, CMD, Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC). In
his presentation, Mr Swarup gave details of the overall scenario
of renewable energy development in the country, laying special
emphasis on Rajasthan's position in the wind energy sector. He
opined that besides wind energy, biomass energy should be given
high prominence because of its easy availability, high plant load
factor and assured round-the-year energy output. The speakers
included experts from the renewable energy sector such as, K P
Sukumaran, Adviser, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources,
New Delhi, S P Gon Chaudhari, Director, West Bengal Renewable
Energy Development Agency, Kolkata, Deepak Gadhia, Gadhia Solar
Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd, Valsad, Gujarat, etc. The valedictory
session was chaired by D S Malik, Director, I&PA, MNES. Feedback
received from both the programmes was extremely positive, with
participants appreciating WISE's efforts in designing such a training
programme and highlighting the importance of the media in leading
the country towards a new energy economy.
