Develop a curriculum for training practitioners and other key players of community-based off-grid rural electricity systems in South Asia region. Subject areas will include feasibiliity studies, designs, operation & maintenance, verification, accreditation & certification, financing and implementing of off-grid electricity services.

Develop training course on best practices of governance and management of community-based models of grid-connected rural electricity distribution in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Target audience will be students of IRMA’s Post-graduate and Management Development programmes and targeted entrepreneurs in the area of Rural Energy Management.

Provide training to technical and non-technical staff of various Electrical Users Groups of Nepal on proper use and handling of electrical fixtures, appliances and equipment. Training modules and replication kit will be developed, produced and marketed, and trainers for replication of the program will be identified.