HYDRO POWER DEVELOPMENT

- Water Resource Availability & Utilisation- Future Prospects
- Pumped Storage Schemes- Technology, Cost and Benefit
- Renovation, Modernisation and Capacity Upgradation of Existing Power Plants

FOSSIL FUEL, HYDRO-CARBON AND NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION

- Coal based Power Generation- Prospects of achieving 60:40 Hydro Thermal mix for sustainable development
- Gas Based Power Generation- Availability of Resources and Future Prospects
- Nuclear Power Generation- Need for major technological breakthrough-International Cooperation
- Private Sector Participation in Nuclear Power Generation- International Experience

CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

- Potential, Prospects and Programmes
- Renewable Energy Sources- Solar, Wind, Bio-fuels, Ocean, Bio Mass, Energy from Waste
- Cogeneration- Economics, Potential and Programme
- Distributed Generation
- Energy Conservation and Demand side Management
- Impact of Energy Conservation Act

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

- National Grid- Technology, Cost and Reliability
- Load Despatch and Demand Management- Developments at National and State levels
- Essentials for Creation of Model Distribution Utilities- Initiatives taken by Government through APDRP
- Rural Electrification
- Case Studies of Privatisation of Distribution Systems- NPCL, BSES, NDPL- A review of Key Performance Indicators (KPls)

ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

- Relief, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in Hydro Projects
- Ecological Impact on Flora and Fauna in Hydro Projects
- Thermal Power Projects- Environmental Impact, Liquid Waste and Effluent Management
- Afforestation and Green Belt Management

ENERGY SECURITY, R&D, HUMAN RESOURCES AND FINANCING

- Energy Security through International Cooperation and Regional Electricity Systems
- Power Project Financing- Assuring Financial Viability of Power Utilities
- Role of Electricity Regulators
- Electricity Trading and E.Commerce
- Introducing Modern Management Systems with Information Technology and trained Human Resource for High Quality Customer Services