ARKA

RENEWABLE ENERGY COLLEGE

KOLKATA
AN EXCELLENT LEARNING CENTRE OF
SOLAR ENERGY

Initiative of NBIRT

AGARTALA
GUWAHATI

BRIEF COURSE CURRICULAM:

Arka Renewable Energy College is an approved
community College of IGNOU and Technical
Education Department (TAFE), Australia. The
course curriculum has been jointly formulated by
the Community College, IGNOU and TAFE.

WE OFFER:-
One year Diploma in Renewable Energy (800 hrs)
Two month Certificate Course on Solar Energy(150
hrs) non credit
Three days short term Course on Solar Photo
Voltaic System (24 hours) non credit-Proposed

 The pass out students of Diploma Course shall be treated as RE

Engineers capable to design, install and maintain small and large
size off grid and grid connected Solar PV , Biomass or hybrid
systems and power plants.
The pass out students of Certificate Course (150 hours) shall be
capable to install, maintain and repair extra low voltage DC Solar
System, small Roof Top AC/DC Solar PV Power Plants, Biomass or
hybrid systems .
The Students completing short course shall work as field level
technicians in extra low voltage DC solar system and lighting
devices.

SYLLABUS:
NON CREDIT CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMME
150 Hours Certificate Course

FIRST AID AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

HAZARDS AND SAFETY
KNOWLEDGE
ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY
1. LOW VOLTAGE DC
2.LOW VOLTAGE AC
3.CELLS AND BATTERY
KNOWLEDGE
POWER ELECTRONICS AND CONTROL
KNOWLEDGE
INSTALLATION PLAN,ESTIMATION,
CONCEPT OF DRAWING AND
DIAGRAMS, SCHEDULE, SYMBOLS
AND MANUALS RELATED TO
SOLAR ENERGY

 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL

TOOLS AND TACKLES HANDLING
AND WORKSHOP PRATICE

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS

INSTALLATION
PRACTICE

SOLAR SYSTEM INSTALLATION

(PV AND HOT WATER)
SOLAR PV SYSTEM FAULT
FINDINGS AND REPAIR
AND TESTING

OUTDOOR INSTALLATION
PRACTICE

FIELD VISIT

SKILL

SKILL

SKILL

SKILL

SKILL

ASSESSMENT

SHORT TERM SOLAR TECHNICIAN COURSE (24

HOURS)
NON CREDIT CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMME

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SOLAR

PV DEVICES

UNDERSTANDING DRAWINGS,
DIAGRAMS AND SYMBOLS
RELATED TO SOLAR
PHOTOVOLTAIC

DISMENTAL AND ASSEMBLING

OF SOLAR PV DEVICES

HANDLING OF INSTRUMENTS
AND TOOLS

INSTALLATION OF SOLAR
PV DEVICES

KNOWLEDGE

KNOWLEDGE

SKILL

SKILL

SKILL

 FAULT FINDINGS AND REPAIR

AND MAINTENANCE OF SOLAR
PV DEVICES

SKILL

AVAILABILITY OF TRAINERS:

The Institute has a very competent group of trainers. The name of

some trainers are given below:

Dr. S.P. Gon Chaudhuri

in Solar PV,

B.E., FIE, D.Sc ,Specialist

Persuing advance

Course with TAFE,

Australia on RE Teaching Methodology.

He will be the Chief Designer of the Course. Dr. Gon Chaudhuri

has 30 years of field experience in the sector of Solar Photo
Voltaic .He is based at Kolkata.

The other faculty members include

Shri P.C. Sharma

B.E.

Former Chief Electrical Engineer ,Govt. Of Assam. Having 20

years of field
experience in Solar PV. Presently based at
Guwahati. Conducted a large no .of vocational Training
programme in North Eastern Part of India.

Shri P .L. Ghosh

Diploma in Electrical
Engineering

Former Project Director, Tripura Renewable Energy Development

Agency. Having 25 years of field experience in Solar photovoltaic.
Executed a large number of PV Projects in Tripura. Presently
based in Tripura.

Shri Alok Basu

B.E.,MBA

 Shri Ashim Roy

Diploma in Electronics

Having 10 years of experience in installation and maintenance of

solar PV devices. He worked in M/S Suntechnic for a long time and
executed a large no. of Solar PV Projects.

Shri Avijit Datta

B. Sc and Diploma in
Electronics

Having 10 years experience in installation of Solar PV system

and servicing of the same.

In addition the Organisation has three Laboratory technicians

who are competent in installation and maintenance of Solar PV
devices.

INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS:
(KOLKATA)
Class Room (25 Students) with LCD Projector, white board, Internet
facilities. Direct online contact with Australian Resource Persons on
Renewable Energy.

Conference type class room(25 students)

Mini Conference Room.

Solar Energy Outdoor Laboratory.(Hands on)

Solar Energy Indoor Laboratory.(Hands on)

1 KW Grid cum stand alone functional Solar PV power plant.

All type of Solar devices like Solar lanterns (20 nos.), Solar Home Systems
(10 nos.,), Solar Street Light (10 nos.). Different type of Solar Modules
(Crystalline and thin film)

Extra Low voltage (DC) Practical Kit (60 nos. of experiments can be done ) .
AC/DC power supply
General and Special tools required for Solar PV Installation (25 sets)
LED Lab with Luxmeter.
Library with more than 3000 books and journals exclusively on Renewable
Energy.

Guest House for six students.

GUWAHATI
Clsss Room (25 Students) with white board and
Computer facilities.
Hands on Training Room.

 Solar PV devices like Solar lanterns, Solar Home Systems, Solar Street
Light. Solar Modules of different rating ,Battery etc
Basic Electrical Engineering and Electronics engineering Training kit.

Books , Journals and Manuals.

Instruments and Tools.

AGARTALA
1.4 Class Rooms (25 students in each class room)

2.2 Computer Rooms

3.Electrical and Electronics Lab.(Hands on)

4.All type of Solar PV and Solar Thermal Devices.

5.All types of tools, tackles and Instruments to run Certificate level courses.

6.Library with 2000 nos. of books and journals on energy and environment.

7.Hostel facilities for 20 students (Boys and Girls separate)

Details available in website-www.nbirt.org.in

DETAILS OF HANDS ON TRAINING (70 HOURS)

The hands on Training will include the followings:

Occupational Health Hazards and Safety.

Use of mechanical tools like drilling m/c, grinding m/c etc

Basic Computer Operation.

Extra Low Voltage DC Circuits.

Charge Controller, Inverter Circuit Study.
Solar PV modules character and properties-studies.
Battery Construction Technology.
Solar PV System assembly and Installation
Charge Controller and Inverter installation, fault findings and repairing.
Battery maintenance and servicing

Lighting fixture servicing and replacement.

230 volt AC circuits Study , wave character, frequency. Measuring Inverter

output and Inverter grid inter phase.
Carrying out standard tests of Solar Energy Products.

SHORT TERM SOLAR TECHNICIANS COURSE-PRACTICAL

(15 HOURS)
Use of Mechanical and electrical tools.-Skill.

Components of various Solar PV System-Skill

Selection of sites and installation of Solar Energy (PV) Devices-Skill.

Fault findings and repair of Charge Controller, Inverter, Battery, Lamps etcSkill.

AREA OF OPERATION (STATE,DISTRICTS)

NBIRT can conduct Training program in any states of North

Eastern Region including Sikkim and the state of West Bengal ,
Jharkhand and Uttrakhand.

THANK YOU