The National Power Training Institute (NPTI), the Centre’s flagship institution to impart technical education for the conventional power generation sector seems to be struggling to maintain its position as students have shied away from its new courses.
NPTI offered a two-year Masters in Business Administration (MBA) course and a four-year Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) course in Power Engineering. But they were discontinued because the faculty could not meet the All-India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) minimum qualification requirement.
“NPTI had initiated these courses in Power Engineering in 2001 and were specifically designed for the power sector. These courses were to impart technical as well as managerial training for students. The courses were accredited by the AICTE,” said SK Choudhary, the former Principal-Director of NPTI, who has been closely associated with these courses since their inception.
