Fully sponsored Wind Energy programmes

Admission Alert

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore will begin offering two new PG diploma programmes in Wind Energy under an MoU with Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET) and Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA)

(i) Post Graduate Diploma in Wind Power Development (PGDWPD)
Eligibility: B Tech/BE with minimum 60% marks in Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics /Electronics/ Electronics & Communication/ Mechanical/ Production/ Instrumentation Engineering

Duration: 2 semesters

Number of seats: 15

Potential for job: This PGD will serve as a significant value addition to basic engineering degrees making the graduates fit for direct employment with windfarm developers, wind mill/generator manufacturers, government and non-government agencies working in energy sector etc.

(ii) Post Graduate Diploma in Wind Resource Assessment (PGDWRA)
Eligibility: B Tech/BE with minimum 60% marks in Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics /Electronics/ Electronics & Communication/ Mechanical/ Production/ Instrumentation Engineering or MSc with minimum 60% marks in Physics, Mathematics or statistics

Duration: 2 semesters

Number of seats: 15

Potential for job: There is a high demand for wind analysts globally and nationally today. Both manufacturers and windfarm developers need them. Both the programmes are fully sponsored by C-WET; students admitted to these programmes need to pay only the refundable caution deposit. IWTMA has guaranteed placement of all students who successfully complete the programme, in the Indian wind power industry.
All students admitted in the programmes will be eligible for a monthly stipend of Rs 5000, offered by IWTMA, on an undertaking to join the wind power industry.
Download application form from www.amrita.edu/admissions. Last date for applying: June 15, 2011.

Send your application to: The Admission Co-ordinator, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai (P.O), Coimbatore – 641 105, Tamilnadu, India. Ph: 0422 – 2685169.