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RGIPT to commence academic Opts with two courses
21 Feb '08
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As on date, only 30% of the sedimentary basins in India has been explored. It is planned to increase the exploration coverage to an extent of 100% by the year 2015. In this context, apart from technology, availability of adequate number of qualified personnel would be a prime requirement in the coming years.
In a recent study conducted by consultant PriceWaterhouseCoopers for Petrofed, the gap between the availability and requirement of trained manpower in India is projected to be about 36,000 by the year 2019 and the existing institutes may not be adequate to meet the increasing requirement of technical manpower in the petroleum sector. The proposed Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology is expected to meet this shortfall to a significant extent.
The Institute will commence its academic operations by admitting students from the academic year 2008-09. To start with, there will be two undergraduate courses namely B. Tech. in Petroleum Production & Reservoir and B. Tech. in Petroleum Refining and one MBA course on Petroleum Management.
The Institute will become fully operational in 2015-16and would have 7 B. Tech,6 Integrated Masters Degrees, 8 M.Tech/MBA and 12 PGD and Ph.D programmes. It is proposed that RGIPT would have a high degree of autonomy in terms of its academic, administrative and financial functioning.
RGIPT would have legal empowerment in its own right to enable it to grant degrees and other academic distinctions and titles. Furthermore, it is envisaged that RGIPT would enjoy the patronage and support of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India.
It is in the interest of the nation that the Government nurture the Institute in its nascent and crucial stage of development to enable the Institute to launch and run its programmes without compromise and set up world-class infrastructure while offering courses of a high standard.
According RGIPT the status of the “Institute of National Importance”, is expected to help attract eminent faculty members and meritorious students to the Institute.
In a recent study conducted by consultant PriceWaterhouseCoopers for Petrofed, the gap between the availability and requirement of trained manpower in India is projected to be about 36,000 by the year 2019 and the existing institutes may not be adequate to meet the increasing requirement of technical manpower in the petroleum sector. The proposed Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology is expected to meet this shortfall to a significant extent.
The Institute will commence its academic operations by admitting students from the academic year 2008-09. To start with, there will be two undergraduate courses namely B. Tech. in Petroleum Production & Reservoir and B. Tech. in Petroleum Refining and one MBA course on Petroleum Management.
The Institute will become fully operational in 2015-16and would have 7 B. Tech,6 Integrated Masters Degrees, 8 M.Tech/MBA and 12 PGD and Ph.D programmes. It is proposed that RGIPT would have a high degree of autonomy in terms of its academic, administrative and financial functioning.
RGIPT would have legal empowerment in its own right to enable it to grant degrees and other academic distinctions and titles. Furthermore, it is envisaged that RGIPT would enjoy the patronage and support of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India.
It is in the interest of the nation that the Government nurture the Institute in its nascent and crucial stage of development to enable the Institute to launch and run its programmes without compromise and set up world-class infrastructure while offering courses of a high standard.
According RGIPT the status of the “Institute of National Importance”, is expected to help attract eminent faculty members and meritorious students to the Institute.
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