Three Days "National Franchisee Training Program" Funded by Ministry of Power, Government of India

Er.P.Balakrishnan, General Manager, Human Resource Development, TNEB, Chennai, inaugurated the Three Days "National Franchisee Training Program" Funded by Ministry of Power, Government of India on 16-03-2011. In his inaugural address he stressed that a lot of opportunities are present in the core electrical sector and especially electrical engineering students must grab them for the development of our country. Er.P.Manian, Deputy General Manager, Transmission and Distribution Training and Development Institute (TDTDI), TNEB, Madurai participated in the inaugural function as a Special Guest. The Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Company Ltd. (TANGEDCO), a subsidary unit of TNEB and Rural Electrification Corporation, Hyderabad, conducted the training program. The trainers at the level of Executive Engineers, Assistant Executive Engineers and Assistant Engineers trained the Final Year Electrical Engineering Students of Vickram College of Engineering during 16-03-2011 to 18-03 2011. In the training the practical issues of Maximum Demand, Energy Meters, Substations, Power Generation and Power Consumption were discussed. As a part of the training program the students visited Sivagangai Substation to understand the theoretical concepts. The training program enabled the students to understand the huge opportunities present in their core electrical sector.