Lahore: A certificate award ceremony was held here for Master Trainers in Solar PV Systems trained under the Clean Power Purchasing Development project.
The project is being implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as part of the DeveloPPP.de Programme of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development (BMZ).
Chairperson TEVTA Punjab, Mr. Ali Salman Siddique was the chief guest at the occasion who distributed the certificates to the master trainers along with Mr. Moazzam Iqbal Sipra, Director General Punjab Skills Development Authority, Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti, Chairperson Solar Quality Foundation (SQF), Mr. Faisal Mahmood, Regional Coordinator (Punjab) and DV Clean Power Purchasing Development Project, and Mr. Haseeb Saadat CEO Allied Solar Private Limited & local partner of Power One for One Germany. Other senior officials and heads of institutes from Punjab TEVTA and Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) were also present at the occasion.
The project has trained 37 Master Trainers from TVET institutes in Punjab on design, installation, operation & maintenance of solar PV systems with the help of solar industry experts. A 10-kW grid-connected pilot solar PV plant has also been installed with the support of project partner Power One for One at TEVTA Government Technical Training Institute, Gulberg Lahore for education purpose.
Speaking at the ceremony Mr. Ali Salman appreciated the role of German cooperation for promotion of clean energy in Pakistan and lauded the programme achievements despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic during the last two years.
