NHPC Limited, India’s hydropower utility and a schedule ‘A’ Mini Ratna Enterprise of the government has organised a three day training programme on “Role of Engineering Geology in River Valley and Infrastructure Projects” ending on July 12 at its corporate office, Faridabad. The programme was inaugurated by Balraj Joshi, chairman and managing director, NHPC in the presence of Nikhil Kumar Jain, director (Personnel), Janardan Choudhary, director (Technical) and other seniors officers from NHPC.
Speaking during the inaugural session, Joshi stressed upon the paramount importance of geological investigations in hydroelectric and infrastructure projects for stability and sustainability of engineering structures. He also emphasised that time has come to continuously update the existing theories and practises of understanding the behaviour of rockmass based on progressive knowledge gathered over the years at challenging ground conditions.
This training programme has been conceptualised to provide an insight to young professionals about the importance of investigation and construction stage geological studies in River Valley and Infrastructure Projects and to disseminate the knowledge gained by NHPC while negotiating geological and geotechnical issues during execution of hydropower projects over the years. Twenty-five young geologists and engineers from various organisations as well as from NHPC are participating in the programme.