The curriculum of education in engineering colleges will now include more topics on green energy and skills required for green jobs. The current syllabus focuses only on coal mining,and other courses on petroleum engineering etc. This will pave a way for creation of green jobs and further development of the clean energy industry.
The step was especially considered by Professors at ISM Dhanbad. There has been a shrinkage of jobs in the coal and mining sector, and with a global shift in green energy, it will become dormant soon enough. India's coal-based learning programmes are now introducing subjects like solar energy, robotics, hydrogen energy and space mining on other planets that are mineral-rich.
As for the mining field, the growth is focused on automation and mechanisation. The institutes are looking for ways to make their students more equipped in other skilled job markets like information technology.
The employability of state-run Coal India Limited has fallen to 270,000 from 700,000 in the last forty years which held about 80% of India's coal hires previously, all due to mechanization. Additionally, they have announced plans to install 450 GW of electricity by 2030.
This change is putting strain on the institutions based on the coal mining industry and is slowly receding its way to more and more mechanization.
Source: Thomas Reuters foundation
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