Untitled - Ministry of Power
Untitled - Ministry of Power
Untitled - Ministry of Power
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Central <strong>Power</strong> Research Institute<br />
The Central <strong>Power</strong> Research Institute (CPRI), an<br />
autonomous Society, serves as a National<br />
Laboratory for undertaking applied research in<br />
electric power engineering besides functioning as<br />
an independent National Testing and Certification<br />
Authority for electrical equipment and components<br />
to ensure reliability and improve, innovate and<br />
develop new products. The Head Office <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Institute is at Bangalore and its other units are<br />
located at Bhopal, Hyderabad, Nagpur,<br />
Ghaziabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Raichur.<br />
The CPRI continued to play a vital role in quality<br />
assurance to ensure reliability <strong>of</strong> power<br />
equipment through testing and certification in<br />
accordance with National and International<br />
standards. The laboratories <strong>of</strong> CPRI are<br />
accredited as per latest ISO/IEC 17025 standards<br />
by National Accreditation Board for Testing &<br />
Calibration Laboratories (NABL). The Institute<br />
has been meeting its non-plan expenditure<br />
through revenue generated by testing and<br />
consultancy for the last fifteen years and the<br />
revenue has been increasing over the years.<br />
During the year 2003-04, the Institute’s revenue<br />
collection has touched an all time high level <strong>of</strong><br />
Rs.35.8 crores (unaudited) including the foreign<br />
exchange earnings <strong>of</strong> US$2.35 lakh from clientele<br />
across the middle-east and south-east nations.<br />
The CPRI is provided grant-in-aid for its Plan<br />
projects which includes the R&D Plan projects<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Institute and the coordination work on<br />
funding <strong>of</strong> Research schemes on power <strong>of</strong> various<br />
power utilities and power sector organizations.<br />
AUTONOMOUS BODIES<br />
Chapter - 21.12<br />
Real time digital Simulator Facility at CPRI, Bangalore<br />
The capital Plan projects <strong>of</strong> CPRI entitled “Center<br />
for S<strong>of</strong>tware Engineering & Training”;<br />
“Establishment <strong>of</strong> Equipment Vibration Testing<br />
Centre”; and “Establishment <strong>of</strong> Real Time Digital<br />
Simulator” facility sanctioned during the later<br />
years <strong>of</strong> 9 th Five Year Plan have been successfully<br />
commissioned and completed in the year under<br />
report. During the 10 th Five Year Plan, the CPRI<br />
have so far been sanctioned five capital projects<br />
which are in various stages <strong>of</strong> implementation.<br />
CPRI has been entrusted with assisting 9<br />
distribution circles in the state <strong>of</strong> Karnataka,<br />
Kerala & Andhra Pradesh in improving the<br />
distribution network under APDRP prpogramme.<br />
CPRI has established Site Offices with all<br />
infrastructure facilities at these places and 9<br />
Nodal Officers have been posted at these places.<br />
Based on the detailed Project Reports for these<br />
states funds have been released and the<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong> APDRP works is ongoing in<br />
all the nine circles.<br />
The Institute has stepped up its marketing<br />
activities by participating in various exhibitions<br />
in India and abroad with a view to project the<br />
facilities / expertise available with them to the<br />
prospective customers. Within the country,<br />
emphasis was laid on marketing <strong>of</strong> third party<br />
inspection services for power equipment procured<br />
by Utilities. As a result <strong>of</strong> this, the Institute<br />
got repeat orders for third party inspection<br />
services from Utilities such as KPTCL, BESCOM,<br />
TNEB, J&K Electricity Board, UHBVN, DHBVN,<br />
HVPNL, Delhi Vidyut Board, APTRANSCO.,<br />
APEDCL etc.<br />
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