Dear all, We from team WEI, on behalf of all women in Indian energy sector, extends greetings and a hearty welcome to you, today, on the occasion of launching this site!!! As you will see in “purposes”, we believe in total inclusiveness and end of any kind of disparity in the sector, based on any division. We also want more and more capable and qualified women to join the workforce in the energy sector, breaking the myth of it…
In those initial days, she moved in a surrounding that was not at all accustomed to such visual, that of a young urban working lady in the backdrop of a rustic rough mining surroundings, in a faraway land. But then, for her, the chosen profession and the sector both had been unusual, challenging, in sort of a way. Bidisha, a qualified geologist, joined one of the largest energy company of the country, knowing well that she would be assigned jobs…
Power Plants fascinated me when I was in my final year of Engineering : thanks to our professor who taught us the subject ! So it was only natural for me to apply for the prestigious public sector industry NTPC and yes my joy new no bounds having cleared the exam and interview that was held later on in the corporate office in New Delhi! Thus I kick started my career as a Control and Instrumentation Trainee engineer in the…
India’s INDC in Paris convention pledges an emission intensity reduction by 33-35% of 2005 level, creation of additional carbon sink through additional tree and forest cover, and increase in electricity capacity from non-fossil based fuel resources by 40% by 2030 (INDIA-INDC, 2015). All three pledges and a promise for access to electricity to all, demanded stern actions from electricity sector of India. Presently the sector is dominated by fossil fuel, especially coal. India is the third largest emitter of greenhouse…
Conventional coal power plants in India presently are facing challenges that are weird and unsettling. In usual circumstances, few years back, India was seen as a rising economy with huge potential for growth. With growth in economy, energy demand too was on the rise. The GDP value still as an indicator shows a rising trend but even the experts agree to the fact that scenario is not exactly what it was predicted to be years ago. Per capita electricity consumption…