Vayumitra Skill Programme

Green Energy Mission

About Vayumitra

Government of India launched a Skill India initiative to empower the youth of the country with skill sets in various industrial sectors which make them more employable and more productive in their work environment.

Skill development of the youth add not only to their personal growth, but also to the country’s economic growth as well. In recent years, new industries have ventured into many sectors with innovative ideas.

The Renewable Energy sector, especially Wind Energy has gained momentum and developing fast in the country as the entire world is in the race of reducing carbon emission.

As of May 2022, India had 159949 MW of renewable energy installed capacity including large hydro and represents 40% of the overall energy installed capacity of the country (402817 MW).

Further, apart from the existing target of Government of India to achieve 175 GW of RE by 2022, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, committed at the recently concluded United Nations COP26 Climate Change meet held in UK that India would achieve 500 GW non-fossil fuel capacity target by 2030 and would achieve net-zero carbon emission by 2070.

To achieve this targets and to meet the demands, India needs a skilled workforce that is currently unavailable to the expected level.

NIWE Center

Empaneled Center

In order to give a thrust to the wind energy sector, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India through National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) conducts the Vayumitra Skill Development Programme (VSDP) for training 5,734 trainees.