The Technical Training Institute, Patiala of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), has been recognized as Category-I training institute in the field of Thermal, Hydro, Transmission, Distribution and Power Management fields by Ministry of Power, Government of India, Baldev Singh Sran CMD ,PSPCL said on Friday.
In a statement, Sran said that the institute obtained Grade 'A' on the basis of appraisal carried out by team of Central Electricity Authority. The institute was assessed on the basis of requirements in terms of institutional facilities, organization and staffing, instructional capabilities and training methodology required as per CEA regulations.
The Technical Training Institute was established in 1971 and provides training to non-gazetted and gazetted technical and non-technical employees. There are also four zonal knowledge centers at Bathinda, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar under the training wing of PSPCL.
O.P. Garg, Director/HR said that the training institute of PSPCL is the only recognized Govt. training institute in power sector in north India and has the rare distinction of composite certification by Govt. of India within the same complex.