‘Surya Mitra’ is a mobile app for providing training to youth in solar devices

Q.  Which of the following is/are true?

1) Suryamitra course is a skill development program designed to create skilled for operation and maintenance solar power plants and equipment.
2) Ministry of New & Renewable Energy set a target of 50,000 “Suryamitras” of skilled manpower in solar energy sector in next 3 years.
- Published on 08 Jun 16

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Both 1 and 2
 
  • Suryamitra initiative is also a part of Make in India. Suryamitra course is a 600 hours (i.e. 3 months) skill development program designed to create skilled manpower in installation, commissioning, and Operation & Maintenance of solar power plants and equipment.
  • The course is jointly designed by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE).
  • MNRE set a target of 50,000 “Suryamitras” of skilled manpower in solar energy sector in next 3 years.
  • National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), an autonomous institution of Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE), is the apex National R&D institution in the field Solar Energy. The institute is involved in demonstration, standardization, interactive research, training and testing of solar energy technologies and systems.

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