Training

EPTRI has in-house state of art facilities for carrying out training programmes for participants of various levels from Government departments, private organizations and NGOs. This training facility includes a well equipped and spacious hostel accommodation that can cater to about 80 participants at a time.

Training is one of the key areas of EPTRI. Since 1992 more than 4,000 training programmes have been conducted. More than 50,000 Government and non Government personnel, industrialists, national and international participants have undergone training. EPTRI has been empaneled under the Colombo Plan, which provides training to 24 member countries. EPTRI has network with several leading organizations to draw in experts in various fields. EPTRI also undertakes Training Need Analysis (TNA) if desired by any organization and prepares tailor made modules to suit their needs.

EPTRI has been empaneled as a Key Resource Center (KRC) for drinking water and sanitation in south India by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

By way of illustrative example, training programmes have been conducted for:

• Central Ministries of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Statistics, Finance, Science and Technology
• Central and State Pollution Control Boards
• Department of Environment, Forest Science and Technology, Andhra Pradesh
• Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare , Andhra Pradesh
• Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation
• Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
  A.P.GENCO , APCOST
• Municipal Corporations and Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh& Telangana State
• Irrigation Departments, Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
• Agriculture Engineering Dept., Tamil Nadu
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., Assam
• IDBI, NABARD & ICICI
• Damodar Valley Corporation
• Confederation of Indian Industries / Green Business Center
• NTPC
• Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers
• Ministry of External Affairs ( TCS – Colombo Plan )

Swachh Bharat Mission

EPTRI has taken up Swachh Bharat Mission objective into semi urban & rural areas to bring about community-wide behaviour changes on

• Sanitation
• Pollution
• Cleanliness
• Health and hygiene
• Construction and use of toilets
• Solid liquid waste management

Swachh Bharat at Vemukunta

Swachh Telangana – Training Programme in Urban Areas of Telangana State

Conducted programmes on MSW to Municipal workers and Municipal Councilors in every Municipality in the State – 17th Aug 2015 to 29th Sep 2015 covering 67 ULBs in 9 districts of Telangana State – sponsored by CDMA. Mobile APP was developed and demonstrated in the training programmes to capture the feedback of the programme.

EPTRI has piloted the mobile based feedback system which ensures accuracy and geo tagging of the captured data. Use of mobile devices such as smart phone and tablets and synchronization through cloud based web applications helps to capture and analyze the data seamlessly. This gives the sponsor a realistic picture of the effectiveness and impact of the Capacity Building programme.

Clean Nature, Clean Nation – Campaign with S&EW, Brahmakumaris

Conducted sessions on MSWM & Source Segregation aspects covering Schools, Colleges, Districts Collectorates and Zilla Parishad Centers at Hyderabad and along campaign route – 63 sessions from 11th Dec to 29th Dec 2015. Well received with wide media coverage.

HOSTEL AND TRAINING BLOCK FACILITIES

• EPTRI has hostel facility with 38 air conditioned rooms (32 double rooms, 4 single rooms).
• Equipped with Wi-Fi, wall mounted LCD, T.V., newspapers, net surfing and emailing facility is available in the hostel.
• Two storied training block with a 32 sitting capacity lecture hall, 20 sitting capacity conference hall, 3 separate discussion rooms with a capacity of 6 persons adjoining conference hall
• Well furnished lounges at each floor for relaxing during coffee/tea breaks.
• The lecture hall and the conference hall are equipped with the latest audio-visual presentation tool kits right from over head projectors to LCD Projectors and Electronic Writing board.