Our Company is dealing with new challenges in the business environment and at the same time it is exploring new opportunities in not only domestic but also in global markets. It is realigning its strategies to meet the challenge of remaining competitive in a market where the share of private sector is on the rise. It is also going ahead with its ambitious capacity addition plans, thrust on technological advancement and environment management. Also, there is sharper focus on building social partnerships with the neighbourhood population around the projects and stations.

In this context, Power Management Institute (PMI) has to play an important role in developing greater connect between our ground realities and our priority activities on the one hand and the training interventions on the other. We need appropriate technical and managerial inputs and we also need to develop a robust leadership pipeline.

I am glad that some of the new programmes in PMI’s training calendar for the year 2012-13 like Public Private Community Partnership (PPCP), Power Generation Economics, Leadership for Change Management, Ash Dyke Management, Modern Technology in Concreting Placement for Civil Structures and Application of Nano Technology in Energy Sector cover a wide spectrum of current and emerging requirements.

I hope for focus on innovation, generation of new ideas and a very direct contribution to the activities of the Company from PMI.

I wish Team PMI all success in its endeavours.