IIT Bombay

National Centre for Photovoltaic

Research and Education

Industry
Affiliate
Programme

Introduction
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
is one of the most important technologicalcum-societal initiatives announced by the
government in recent years. It has the potential
of simultaneously increasing the awareness and
use of clean energy, of transforming life in rural
areas, and also kick-starting a major new industry
segment. As part of this mission, the National
Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education
(NCPRE) was set up by the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy at IIT Bombay in 2010.
The NCPRE is a major national resource in the
Photovoltaic (PV) area, both for research and
education. One of the goals for NCPRE is to have
a strong interaction with the solar PV and allied
industries in India through an outreach initiative.
Towards this goal, NCPRE is launching the
Industry Affiliate Programme.

Activities at NCPRE
NCPRE has research activities in the areas of
silicon solar cells
new materials and devices for solar cells
energy storage
power electronics
characterization
modelling and simulation
solar systems and products
technology assessment
For details of all NCPRE activities, please see
http://www.ncpre.iitb.ac.in

Highlights of the Industry Affiliate Programme

The Industry Affiliate Programme offers many
benefits to industry partners such as:
A platform for effective collaboration between
academia and industry.
Use of facilities set up by NCPRE at a reduced
rate.
Free access to continuing education
programmes for the industry.
Access to annual Industrial Affiliate Day
Hand-holding and knowledge dissemination
for companies in PV.
Free use of IIT Bombay Library for reference as
a Corporate Member.
Access to its Masters and Doctoral theses in
PV and related areas.
Ability to sponsor post-graduate students
scholarships and project (at cost).

Who can become a Member?

Membership is by a company, an organization, or
a trade association. The IAP will have a two-tiered
structure, with members in two categories.
1. Charter/Full Member
2. Associate Member
To become an Industry Affiliate of NCPRE, a
company will have to pay an annual membership
fee and sign an MoU with IIT Bombay.

Structure of the Industry Affiliate Programme

The functioning of NCPREs Industry Affiliate
Program will be overseen by a Governing Council,
consisting of experts in PV. The Governing Council
will be able to suggest areas of research for
NCPRE (consistent with the deliverables projected
to MNRE). An Executive Committee, appointed by
the Council, will make recommendations on fees,
benefits, areas of research, etc. to IAP.

Benefits of Membership
The membership benefits are listed below for
both Full Members as well as Associate Members:
Sr. Member Benefits
No.

Charter
Member

Associate
Member

1.

Access to annual NCPRE Industry 5 persons 2 persons

Affiliate Day, where recent work
at NCPRE will be shared

2.

Use of facilities set up at NCPRE

on a reduced rate basis

3.

Free use of IIT Bombay Library for

reference as Corporate Member

4.

Access to Masters and Doctoral

theses in PV and related areas

5.

Soft copy of the bi-annual

NCPRE Industry Affiliate Update

6.

Waiver of registration fees for PV

short course/workshops

4 persons 2 persons

7.

Acknowledgement as an NCPRE
Affiliate on NCPRE website

8.

Ability to sponsor post graduate

students scholarships and
project (at cost)

9.

Eligible to nominate one expert

on the Governing Council

Membership Fee Structure

The fee would be Rs. 3 lakhs plus service tax
annually for the Charter/Full Member, and Rs 1
lakh plus service tax annually for an Associate
Member. All companies must sign up for a 3-year
period, though fees would be payable annually.

Contact
NCPRE
National Centre for Photovoltaic
Research and Education
IIT Bombay, Powai
Mumbai - 400076
Phone Number:
Office: +91 22 2576 4476
Mobile: +91 99209 52960
Email : smitawangikar@iitb.ac.in
Website: http://www.ncpre.iitb.ac.in