Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: For establishing “POWERGRID Centre of Excellence” at PEC, Chandigarh under CSR, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) today signed an MoU with Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh, a deemed university.
The MoU was signed, in an high profile event, by Tarun Bajaj, executive director (Northern Region-II) on behalf of POWERGRID and Prof Rajesh K Bhatia, director (ad-interim) on behalf of PEC in the presence of Rajeev Verma, chief secretary, Chandigarh -UT, R K Tyagi, chairman & managing director, POWERGRID and Prerna Puri, secretary education, Chandigarh Administration -UT.
On this occasion, director PEC thanked POWERGRID for taking up this CSR initiative for providing this infrastructure in their Institute which is bound to benefit the students and researchers in the field of electrical engineering.
Being established at an estimated financial implication of Rs 17,19,26,000/- (Rupees Seventeen Crore Nineteen Lakh and Twenty-Six Thousand Only), the PEC centre envisages to open new avenues for students learning.
It will help Research Scholars and Faculty to strengthen research in Power and Energy sector.
This facility will focus on strengthening the course curriculum of Electrical Engineering disciple at PEC.
The proposed facility is intended to enhance the laboratory set up in thrust area like numerical relays, Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), inverters, cyber security, e-mobility, controller’s laboratory etc set for real-time simulation for demonstration & training.
POWER GRID Corporation of India Limited is a Maharatna Enterprise under Ministry of Power having its regional headquarters of Northern Region-II at Jammu.
It is engaged in inter-state bulk power transmission and has 180,239 ckm of transmission lines, 283 Sub-stations and more than 564,961 MVA of transformation capacity.
Senior officers from POWERGRID including Vikram Singh Bhal, executive director CMG- Coordination, Jasbir Singh, executive director(CSR), HODs & senior faculty members of PEC and officials from technical education, Chandigarh were also present during the signing ceremony.
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