Russia trains Indian engineers at a joint facility in Jharkhand

New Delhi: The Jharkhand-based Common Engineering Facility Centre, which is a joint venture project between a Russian entity and India's Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC), has started functioning in Ranchi from Wednesday. The project involves JSC “RPA CNIITMASH”, which is a subsidiary of the machine-building division of the Russia's Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation- Atomenergomash.

The first 23 attendees from various regions of India are taking part in the two-month-old training program for “Technologies and Equipment for Welding of Items for Heavy and Power Engineering”.

In the run up to the course, CNIITMASH has done meticulous preparation to develop the training program tailored specifically for the Indian industry.


“We hope that the students will be able to learn a lot from the advanced Russian experience. We are looking forward to the initial results and, of course, we would like this to serve as a template for setting up more joint training centers in the field of engineering and machine-building,” pointed out the Head of Foreign Trade Department of CNIITMASH Andrey Ageev.

In 2018, experts from the Russian Institute will conduct eight more training courses in the field of steel melting, metallurgical treatment and electroslag re-melting technologies, destructive and non-destructive testing methods, construction design and technologies for gear manufacturing.

The duration of each training course is between one to four months. The training courses will run throughout the year and will enable to improve the skills of personnel of Indian engineering enterprises. More than 200 people are likely to attend the programme.

Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd is an Indian company partially owned and it operates in the field of heavy engineering.