College Of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES)

College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES)

The College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) is an education initiative of Bridging Nations Foundation, US. CEES endeavors to bring in energy and environment education and create the energy leaders of tomorrow. Utilizing an interdisciplinary curriculum, CEES provides students the necessary education and training to focus on a career-centric approach in energy technology and solutions. CEES provides online, flexible, industry oriented certificate programs and courses to enable students and professionals to add value to their credentials and to serve the society better. CEES came into existence in US in 2010, and in 2011 CEES started offering courses in India. It offers courses and certificate programs in the streams of Architecture and Construction, Energy ICT, Energy Technology, Economics and policy and Energy Management.

Why CEES? The College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) aims to provide world class energy and environment education. The CEES curriculum is designed by global experts and it is industry oriented as well as career centric. CEES provides online courses to suit the working professionals and students who are busy with their schedules. Online courses provide flexibility and ease to the learners to undertake courses without hampering their current assignments. To offer the online courses in best possible manner, CEES has partnered with Timeless Learning Technologies (TLT), an education management company providing highly effective, interactive and user-friendly learning management and e-learning solutions. Its learning solutions ensure that the CEES students get flexibility of online learning without losing the effectiveness of face to face learning.

Learn from renowned faculty Get reminders for exclusive classes, tests, podcasts, webinars etc Get access to informative content Interact with like-minded professionals Career centric, regularly updated curriculum

Contact us : India Office: College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability Timeless Learning Technologies Building, 209/1B/1A Range Hills Road, Shivajinagar, Pune - 411020, Maharashtra, India. Call: 020 25560602 / 25560640 / 41 For more information about the courses and to see outline of each lecture. Mail Us on : admissions@cees-edu.org Or Visit our website : www.cees-edu.org

US Office: Bridging Nations 1800 K Street NW Suite 622 Washington, DC 20036 U.S.A. Call: 202-741-3876

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Energy Information and Communication Technology

Last decade or more has seen that IT has revolutionized many industry sectors. Why Energy sector behind in adopting and leveraging IT? The easiest answer to this question is that Energy Professionals lack knowledge on how to adopt IT for their industry and IT professionals do not know how to communicate the power of IT for energy industry.
Certificate program in Energy Information and Communication Technologies

In this program, both energy and IT professionals will learn how to work together for a better future of the energy sector.

Certificate Objective
The program will first cover the fundamentals of Energy IT. By end of the certificate Program you will learn: How to understand the challenges in the energy sector, How to communicate with IT and Energy experts, How to build technology based solutions to increase effectiveness and efficiency in the energy sector Duration : 6 months Validity of Registration: 1 year Medium of Instruction: English

Courses offered:
The Certificate in Energy Information and Communication Technology consist of 4 courses to be selected from following list: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Fundamentals of Energy Information and Communication Technologies Smart Grid and Energy Infrastructure Energy Transmission, Distribution and the role of IT Smart Homes - Energy Efficient through Technology Cloud Computing Architecture and Design Data Mining: Database Management and Information Retrieval Cyber Security & Risk Management Information and Communication Technologies for Energy Industry Web Technologies for Real-Time Performance Monitoring Introduction to Energy Management Software Impact on Process Behavior and Quality of Product and Services Innovation, Entruprenurship and Green Careers International Languages - Mandarin Project Management - Advance Techniques and Strategies

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Course Highlights
Fundamentals of Energy Information and Communication Technologies This course will provide an overview of the challenges that exist or likely to come up with the current energy industry.

Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months

Conducted by: Mr. Jasjeet Singh Smart Utility- Subject Matter Expert

The role of ICT in energy business- the impact of electricity, gas, renewable markets future, etc; The pricing estimation, projection and differentiation, etc. The impact of risk management and concepts of reliability markets The role ICT players in Energy efficiency programs, Regulatory policies Requirements in portfolio management Current supply chain of the grid (includes Generation, Transmission & Distribution and Consumption) as major business How ICT can help in each of these areas.

Smart Grid and role of ICT This course will give knowledge about the intelligent electric system i.e Smart Grids.

Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months Conducted by: Mr. Vijay Gunti SAP for Utilities Customer Relationship and Billing (CR&B) Consultant, USA

In this course the following topics will be covered What is Smart grid? The need for smart grid IT as the integral part of smart grid Recent developments in Smart Grid Safety and security aspects of smart grid Smart grid and renewable energy sources interplay Policies and regulation for making smart grid a Reality

Energy Transmission & Distribution and leveraging ICT

In this students will learn about transmission and distribution of energy

Syllabus:

Conducted by: Mr. Rahul Walawalkar Vice President - Emerging Technologies & Markets at Customized Energy Solutions

Role of Transmission Factors affecting transmission growth Stability needs and considerations Energy Management Information Systems Data Acquisition, Controls and intelligence SCADA Advanced SCADA concepts Cyber security considerations

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Smart Homes - Energy Efficient through Technology

Smart homes- Energy Efficiency through Technology course focuses on the demand side of electricity. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months
Syllabus:

Conducted by: Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy CTO, President Solar

Interactions of building design and building systems Planning for high performance buildings: Net zero and passive house Real Time Pricing effect on lighting Automated Demand-Response Communication Standards for C&I buildings Technical feasibility of distributed, autonomous load control Home Energy management device (internet like box) Metering or Home Equipment manufacturers: Collecting real time consumption of household appliances and connected to the Smart Meters

Cloud Computing Architecture and Design

Key areas concerned with the use and architecture of a new model of computation. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months Conducted by: Dr. Ed Fern Professor of Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University Mr. Aniruddha Shrotri Director College of Energy Environment and Sustainability
Data Mining: Database Management and Information Retrieval

Syllabus:

The Nature of Cloud Computing Cloud computing infrastructure models Cloud computing benefits Evolving application architectures Data physics

This course will familiarize students with the tools, technology and resources involved in data collection, storage, and mining. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months Conducted by: Dr.Taghi / Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy CTO, President Solar
Cyber Security & Risk Management Syllabus:

Basic algorithms in classification and clustering Mining patterns from temporal data, sequence data, graph data Semi-supervised learning, active learning, learning to learn Boosting and distributed data mining

The course in the Cyber Security & Risk Management will focus on the various cyber threats and risk arising in the Information Technology Architecture developed for the Energy generation, transition and distribution sector. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months
Syllabus:

Identify Information Assets Locate Information Assets

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Syllabus:

Classify Information Assets Conduct a Threat Modeling Exercise Finalize Data and Start Planning
Information and Communication Technologies for Energy Industry

The course will give the fundamental knowledge to the people from non informational technology sector who want to pursue their career in the Energy-Information Technology Sector.
Syllabus:

Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months

Fundamentals of Energy-Information Technology Sector Introduction to operating systems, databases, and the basics of networking Installation, configuration, maintenance and administration of Server Aspects of Active Directory and/or HPUX, AIX, Solaris or Linux The concept of relational databases, SQL, PL/SQL, Access, MySql, and Oracle Networking topics Introduction to ERP and the basics of SAP and NetWeaver

Web Technologies for Real-Time Performance Monitoring

This course will familiarize students with the tools, technology and resources involved in data collection, storage, and mining. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months
Syllabus:

Introduction to Web 2.0 Web enabled monitoring, control and benchmarking Introduction to systems like Joomla, Drupal etc. Using XML and Web Services as well as utilizing SOAP and other protocols Wireless Systems and Interoperability Historical data analysis for impacting energy savings

Introduction to Energy Management Software

This course will introduce students to GCSS Systems or Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Syllabus: Validity of Registration: 6 months Introduction to GCSS Systems Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems AEVA e-terra or other EMS/SCADA products Intergraph for Power Process and Plant management General Engineering software for oil, gas, and nuclear power generation Power Grid Communications software and GE Energy's distribution management system (DMS)

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Impact on Process Behavior and Quality of Product and Services

This course will help students to get acquainted with Client Side processes such as Authentication, Administration, Reports, and Billing. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months
Syllabus:

Understanding of tools & methods used to measure and understand process behavior Recognize when to apply the tools and techniques to complete the measure, analyze, or control phase of a Six Sigma project Understand the Six Sigma DMAIC process Construct and interpret Statistical Process Control charts for variable and attribute data

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Green Careers

The course is important as far as the business communication and the skill set required for Green careers are concerned. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months
Syllabus:

Conducted by: Dr. Prakash Ambegaonkar Founder CEO, Bridging Nations

Innovation & Innovators Smart & Sustainable Transportation Energy Infrastructure and Smart Grid Innovations Energy Storage Energy IT Globalization and Innovation Entrepreneurship Business Plan Clean Energy Start Ups Green Careers Business Plan Presentations by Students

International Languages Mandarin

The course will enable students to communicate and build a strong relationship in China using language skills. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months

Syllabus:

Conducted by: Dr. Aravind Yelery Dean Academics , CEES

Spoken fluency Listening skills Pronunciation and accent Reading skills Telephone skills in Chinese Email skills in Chinese Sector-specific terminology Presentation & negotiation skills

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Project Management- Advance Techniques and Strategies

An effective management of the project is required for maintaining the quality of the deliverables. Duration: 3 months (12 weeks) Validity of Registration: 6 months Conducted by: Dr. Neil.Frank and Dr.Krishna Lavekar Joint Director, YASHADA Pune, India
Syllabus:

Novel and emerging project management practices Developing leadership skills in the future managers Understanding of the conceptual and technical aspects for systematic execution of projects Equipping the learners to effectively manage contingencies and bottlenecks that may so often arise when projects are in action Effective utilization of resources viz. time, money, materials, and manpower

Admission Process: The admission process at CEES will have following steps: a. Apply for the course or certificate program by filling the online application form b. Submit documents mentioned below (mailing scanned copy) 1. Short Biodata 2. Transcripts/ marksheets of degree/ diploma as applicable c. The admission department at CEES will evaluate the application and select the applicants. Student will be intimated of the selection d. Payment of fees to CEES For filling up the form please log on to http://www.cees-edu.org/apply.php Fees Details: P.G. Certificate Energy Information and Communication Technologies Courses 4* Duration 6 months Fees 30,000 (INR)
OR

$600 (USD)

* The P.G. Certificate consist of 4 courses to be selected from following list.

Syllabus Fundamentals of Energy Information and Communication echnologies Smart Grid and Energy Infrastructure Energy Transmission, Distribution and the role of IT Smart Homes - Energy Efficient through Technology

Fees 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD)

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Fees Details: Syllabus Fees 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD) 10,000 (INR) OR $200 (USD)

Cloud Computing Architecture and Design Data Mining: Database Management and Information Retrieval Cyber Security & Risk Management Information and Communication Technologies for Energy Industry Web Technologies for Real-Time Performance Monitoring Introduction to Energy Management Software Impact on Process Behavior and Quality of Product and Services Innovation, Entruprenurship and Green Careers International Languages - Mandarin Project Management - Advance Techniques and Strategies