TRAINING OF TRAINERS (ToT)
COURSES FOR
VAYUMITRA SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
PHASE - II
BATCH 4
16th - 27th February 2026
Introduction
Renewable Energy in particular Wind and Solar has become the mainstay in meeting energy needs having achieved grid parity in term of costs as well as technical requirement. Wind energy has proved a highly successful energy option with installed capacity of over 1 TW worldwide. Earth’s commercially viable wind power potential is estimated to be huge and only very few countries are using wind power at a large scale like USA, European countries and Asian countries - China and India. Even though a good potential of wind is available in many countries, the wind power project is hindered because of the lack of skilled human resources at various stages of deployment.
The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), an autonomous R&D institute under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India has pioneered in promoting wind Energy in the country. NIWE has been vested with the responsibility of providing complete scientific and technical backing to all stakeholders in the field of wind energy. NIWE’s responsibility is to speed up wind energy development not only in the country but also in the neighbouring region. Decades of concerted efforts have started to yield gratifying results and today, Wind power contributes to about 10.6% (53986.02 MW) of the total Indian energy mix of 509743.09 MW as of November 2025 and stands fourth in terms of installed wind power capacity worldwide. With vast experience, NIWE has an obligation to disseminate the knowledge learnt to foster growth of wind energy across globe. NIWE had so far trained more than 6000 professionals from 102 countries by conducting 154 national and 48 international training courses.
Vayumitra Skill Development Programme
MNRE has sponsored a project titled “Vayumitra Skill Development Program (VSDP)”. The objective of the programme is to create skilled workforce for the Indian wind energy sector to achieve the Government of India targets. The VSDP courses are in line with the Skill ecosystem of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India. VSDP Phase-1, has been completed during 2020-2024, and trained 281 Trainers through 10 Training of Trainers (ToT) courses as well as 2160 Participants through 72 Training of Participants (ToP) courses.
Now NIWE is implementing VSDP Phase — II project to train 900 Participants through 30 ToP Courses in the Wind Farm Engineer Qualification Pack (NSQF Level-5). The ToP programme will be conducted at the identified Training Centres located close to Wind Farms in the following windy states, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh. To train the participants, NIWE will train 210 Trainers through 12 days Training of Trainers (ToT) courses. Both ToP and ToT programmes will be assessed by qualified Assessors and certificates will be provided through Skill India Digital Hub of MSDE, Government of India.
Training of Trainer (ToT)
NIWE, with the support of the certified Master Trainers will conduct the ToT courses with participants both from the industry and the academia. The main purpose of ToT course is to equip a group of faculty members who will be taking classes for participants of ToP courses to be conducted by training partners at their training centres. In this context, NIWE has scheduled 7 number of 12 days ToT Courses starting from November 2025 to March 2026. 4th Batch is scheduled to be conducted from 16.02.2026 to 27.02.2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Diploma/B.E./B.TECH with minimum of 5 years’ experience in wind energy sector / teaching experience or M.Tech with 3 years’ experience in wind Energy Sector / teaching experience.
Training Methodology
Classroom lectures on Domain and Platform skill including exercises and case studies to encourage active participation and dialogue.
Study visits to Wind Turbine Research Station (WTRS) at Kayathar, Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu and wind farms/wind turbine manufacturing facilities to enhance effective transfer of knowledge.
Resource Persons
The Master Trainers in both Domain & Platform Skill will be the resource persons for this ToT courses.
Course Fee
There is NO COURSE FEE and is fully funded by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India. The funding includes accommodation with three times food and study tour travels.
An amount of Rs. 6000/- (maximum ceiling) per participant will be reimbursed towards travel expenses for all participants.
Venue
The venue of the course will be the Five Falls Resort, 35/31, Five Falls Main Road, opposite to Vivekananda Ashram, Courtallam, Tamil Nadu - 627 802.
The location of the venue is given in the following link :
https://goo.gl/maps/6yKuP8fSrc24KCn4A
How to Apply?
Interested candidates may fill up the details in the following Registration Link :
BATCH-4 : 16th - 27th February 2026
https://forms.gle/zZKHZGatW4wzG3mS9
and email to vayumitra-skill@niwe.res.in. Applications will be selected after thorough verification of uploaded documents confirming the eligibility criteria.
For further information please contact :
Dr. P. KANAGAVEL
Project Director
Director and Head
Skill Development and Training (SDT) Division
Mobile: +91 - 9445798007 E-mail: vayumitra-skill@niwe.res.in
