Skilling Initiatives Vital for Gujarat's Green Hydrogen Ambitions
Key Ideas
- Gujarat aims to produce 3.5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030, requiring 3 lakh trained professionals, highlighting the critical need for skilling initiatives.
- Dr. Biswajit Roy emphasizes the importance of incentivizing skilling programs, refundable deposits, and leveraging government institutions to meet training targets.
- The research paper by Germi underscores the shortage of skilled manpower in green hydrogen production, storage, and electrolyser manufacturing as a major obstacle in achieving Gujarat's green hydrogen targets.
- Public-private collaboration in skill development, like those in the oil and gas sector, is suggested as a model to create employable manpower for the green hydrogen industry in Gujarat.
Gujarat has set ambitious targets to produce 3.5 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030, contributing significantly to India's overall goal of 5 million tonnes. The Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (Germi) has warned about the critical need for skilling initiatives to train nearly 3 lakh professionals in green hydrogen production, storage, and related sectors. Dr. Biswajit Roy highlighted the importance of incentivizing skilling programs, utilizing Aadhaar-based rewards, and collaborating with government institutions to achieve the training targets. The research paper also pointed out the shortage of skilled manpower as a significant challenge and proposed linking skilling to assured placements with reasonable salaries. Roy emphasized breaking the societal bias towards academic qualifications over vocational skills. To address the skill gap, Germi recommended adopting successful public-private collaboration models from the oil and gas sector for the green hydrogen industry. By implementing these strategies, Gujarat aims to ensure its workforce is well-prepared to support its clean energy aspirations.
Topics
Training
Clean Energy
Green Energy
Workforce Development
Government Collaboration
Vocational Skills
Skilling Initiatives
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