Strategies for ‘smart’ power engineers

Today at any major university it is not possible to sustain a viable undergraduate program in electric power without having a productive research program. The faculties will also have to develop depth in areas associated with their expertise and breadth in terms of ability to assimilate and apply support disciplines to the problems in electric power engineering. Maintaining and teaching a modern curriculum in power engineering is a challenge. Solution lies in interdisciplinary association & industry-academia consortia. Future power engineering educators would have to use a variety of sources like sharing of resources, e-learning and e-resources, strong industry interaction, etc. to develop future smart power engineers. Research parks in collaboration with relevant industries are to be developed for promoting innovation & enterprises.