April 23, 11.20 AM IST || Pocket News Alert
Sterling and Wilson, part of Shapoorji Pallonji Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI)to enhance post-graduate students’ transition their research into the needs of the industry. This program is titled as, “Sterling and Wilson – GERMI graduate research program”.
With this Program, Sterling and Wilson aims at students in their final academic year of their engineering degrees and to transition research in renewable technologies to the Industry. The Industry-Institute internship programme will be specific to renewable energy technologies such as smart grids, storage systems, solar system optimization and other relevant technologies of the future. SWL is as a whole a 360 degree Company which is into electrical, MEP Services, Plumbing, Fire Fighting, Mechanical EPC, Diesel Generators, Turnkey Data Service and Turnkey MEP Services having human assets of nearly 3500 proficient people. Students will receive industrial training, making their immersion into the industry easier.
In a major boost to the ‘Make in India’ campaign. Sterling and Wilson has gone one step further by winning this project in the global solar market against big competition and proving that an Indian Solar EPC can compete globally and proudly say ‘Installed by India’. This GERMI graduate research program will build skilled manpower, to cater to the growing Indian solar market and furthering PM Modi’s ‘Skill India’ Programme. This will create a niche market for employment and foster skill that is required to meet demands of the industry.
About Sterling and Wilson
Sterling and Wilson, which began its operations in 1927 as Wilson Electric Works, is a group company of the 149 year old US$ 2.5 billion business conglomerate - Shapoorji Pallonji Group, and is one of India’s leading MEP services provider.
Sterling and Wilson’s range of offerings cover Turnkey MEP projects, Electrical, HVAC, DG sets from 10kVA to 3300 kVA, manufacturing of HT/LT Panels, Public Health Engineering and Fire Fighting, Security systems, Mechanical EPC, EPC Contracting, Distributed Power & Co-generation, Data Centre EPC, Turnkey EPC for solar power projects, Operation & Maintenance and International Operations.
Today Sterling and Wilson, has evolved as India’s leading MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health Engineering) Services Company. Some of the iconic projects accomplished by Sterling and Wilson are First International Financial Centre (FIFC), Terminal 3- Indira Gandhi International Airport, Lulu International Mall, Buddh International Circuit, Ford India, to name a few. Sterling and Wilson is also India’s largest Solar EPC in terms of number of projects that are spread across the country. Sterling and Wilson was awarded the “Energize” Indian Power Sector Award for “Excellence in Solar EPC” for the year 2012-13, as evaluated by Ernst & Young and presented by CNBC-TV 18. Sterling and Wilson are also recognized as India’s top solar EPC player and globally 19th by IHS Solar Research’s report in 2014 for Global PV integrators market share (IHS is a world leader in solar market research & analysis).Internationally, the company along with its parent SPCL, is presently developing a pipeline of solar and MEP projects across India, Middle-east, Central Asia, East Asia and Africa.
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About GERMI
GERMI is a non-profit Trust and Society, a centre for excellence in industry learning and a recognized Scientific and Industrial Research Organization recognized by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India and is set up to develop human resource assets to cater to the renewable as well as non-renewable energy sectors; improve knowledge base of policy makers and technologists and provide a competitive edge to leaders to compete in the global arena