RFP for selection of Training Partner (TP) for Skill Development & Livelihood under the flagship program of “Urjamitra Solar Water Pump Training Program”

Requests for Proposal (RFP) for selection of Training Partner (TP) for its flagship program “Urjamitra Solar Water Pump Training Program”

Environment Conservation Society (SwitchON Foundation) www.SwitchON.org.in is an award-winning not for profit organization. Since 2008, SwitchON Foundation has led many innovative projects and incubated several admiringly successful ventures and initiatives, impacting 5000 rural and remote villages; 10,00,000 lives of underprivileged across Eastern, Western and North Eastern States of India.

SwitchON Foundation is seeking proposals from NGO’s/Training Institutions etc to apply as a training partner for its flagship Urjamitra Solar Water Pump Training Program. 

Scope :

India has been a pioneer in the widespread use of solar pumps. By 2022, the government expects to have installed 1.75 million solar pumps under the KUSUM initiative, along with solar systems for another 1 million grid-connected pumps.Becasue of the many benefits have led to an increase in the demand of the solar pump technicians.

The objectives :

The overall purpose of the Urjamitra Solar Water Pump Training Program is to provide adequate skill through the conduction of workshops and training programs to various stakeholders. This includes :

1. Solar farmers Workshop – Workshops for farmers and SHGs at GP, Block and Municipality level for understanding the value of solar pump technician.

2. Solar Youth Workshop- Workshops at Govt.ITI & Polytechnics to ignite the interest of candidates to take further training on solar pump technician.

3. Solar Introductory Training – This will provide a one month training program after completion of the workshops conducted at the colleges.

4. Solar Advance training - the advance training on solar pump technician/solar PV installer(electrical) to enhance vocational skills of unemployed youth.

5. Solar Entrepreneurship training- Hands on training to be provided prior to the certification

6. Solar financing training- Training to be provided to bankers and NBFC officials to facilitate the loan applications. 

Location :  West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha & Chhattisgarh

Important Dates and Information :

Date	Activity
21st June 2022	Circulation of RFP Document & download of the documents
25th June 2022	Last Date of submission of Queries by email
10th July 2022	Last date of Proposal Submission (extended deadline, see corringendum)
8th July 2022	Date of Shortlisting Partners
25th July 2022	Date of Training of Trainers Program
1st August 2022	Receiving of Commencement of Training under various workshops

For All RFP Related Documents : www.bit.ly/urjamitra-docs

Application Link : www.bit.ly/urjamitra--reg

To download the corringendum, click here

 

For further details -

Contact No.   +91 75950 67982

Email ID - urjamitra@switchon.org.in

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