One Million Job Opportunities in Indian Power Sector

Around one million (10 lakhs) people will be required to implement the  proposed expansion in the power sector during the 11th Plan period( 2007-2012) in all modes of power generation excluding nuclear power. In addition the India-US civil nuclear deal coming through will be the creation another 100,000 new jobs for the 30-odd reactors that India hopes to set up to meet its nuclear power deadline of 20,000 MW by 2020. The Indian power sector is likely to grapple with maximum attrition rate in the coming years which could hover around 35% since India’s energy sector would witness major expansion activities and call for fresh requirements.  Major  recruitment will be done by Indian companies such as Alstom,Tata power,Reliance infra,Tata Projects,Nuclear power corporation of India Ltd(NPCIL),Reliance Power, Bharat Heavy ElecricalsLimited(BHEL),Jindal steel and power Ltd,Larson and Tubro (L&T), Thermax Limited, MR group, DS Constructions, KSK Electricity Financing India Pvt. Ltd., Mountain Falls (India) Ltd. and Lanco Energy Pvt Ltd.   Sterlite Power Ltd, GE India ,Siemens Ltd, Power grid corporation LTD, National thermal power corporation(NTPC),Power finance corporation,National Hydo power Corporation.  .
Foreign companies such as France's Areva, Toshiba of Japan's Westinghouse Electric, General Electric and Russia's Rosatom could also engage people involved in building Indian power plants.