Solar Chartered Engineer Certification Program
for Graduate, Masters' and Ph.D. in Engineering & Technology
New Enrolment process for Solar Chartered Engineer Certification is under hold till further direction from competent authority!
Flagship initiative to build technical workforce for sustainable development and
realize the dream of "One World, One Sun, One Grid"
The Objective
The Solar Chartered Engineer Certificate, as issued by Solar Energy Society of India (SESI) will help the engineers to get recognized for their high level of professional competencies and qualifications in the Solar Industry field. This certificate will be recognized on both national and global platforms.
The objective is to establish and popularize the certificate program in India. And promote the same in the middle east and other overseas countries as there is a tremendous demand for certified professionals in the area due to a large number of upcoming solar projects.
Eligibility
Documents Required
- Certify all solar industry related machinery imported from abroad
- Be empaneled as a Valuer and Loss Assessor for financial institutes
- Work on Government sponsored infrastructural development projects
- Prepare Detailed Project Reports of the proposals independently
- Practise as self-employed Consultant in India and abroad
- Be employed or promoted in foreign companies
Solar
Wind
Hydroelectric
Geothermal
Biomass
Bio fuel
Tidal
Ocean Waves
General Information
Chartered Engineers (CEng) develop solutions to complex engineering problems using new or existing technologies, through innovation, creativity, technical analysis and change and/or they may have technical accountability for complex systems with significant levels of risk.
Chartered Engineers are the Professional Graduate Engineers, having professional experience and competencies through training & practice by monitoring of expertise gained in their respective fields.
It is useful to have on CV, particularly as UK engineering standards are recognized internationally. Achieving professional status often brings a salary increase and increased responsibility.
When an Engineers becomes the Chartered Engineers (CEng), it demonstrates to their employers and clients that they have adequate competence independently assessed, got their credentials verified, and have made a commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
- Use of an internationally protected title, e.g. Chartered Engineer
- Recognition as a professional in respective fields/ domains
- Improved career opportunities and salary prospects
- Greater influence within Organization
- Opportunities to connect with influential and inspirational people
- International recognition of professional competence and commitment
Chartered Engineer can work as:
Lender’s Independent Engineer (LE)
The Lender's Engineer (LE) is a representative of lending institutions such as Private & Nationalized Banks and NBFCs. His function is to audit a project from the technical standpoint when a developer seeks funding for it. This is a process which risk/compliance teams have, over time, hard-wired into funding proposals by developers
Valuer
Valuer is responsible for project valuation refers to the analysis of the investment projects in order to determine the benefits and costs of the investments. With regard to this, the analysis aims to decide which projects to choose and to determine whether an investment project will be implemented or not.
Assessor
Assessor is responsible for plan, schedule and track project time lines and milestones to ensure project progress status is on schedule. Understands the assessment's potential impact on the transaction process. Identify and resolve issues with projects.
Empanelment in various Central Govt. Departments like Customs, Excise etc.
A Chartered Engineer is eligible to certify all the goods, machinery, accessories etc. which are imported from aboard in order to get statutory clearance at the port (i.e. Airports, Sea Ports etc.).
Employed or Promoted at Foreign Companies in Overseas
Certified Chartered Engineers may get the privilege to get promoted or get extra benefits while working in the foreign companies aboard.
Certified Chartered Engineers may earn an average of ₹20 lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹12 lakhs to ₹30 lakhs per year based upon their profiles and competencies.
The top 10% of them usually earn more than ₹50 lakhs per year.
Solar Energy Society of India (SESI)
The Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), established in 1978, having its Secretariat in New Delhi, is the Indian Section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Its interests cover all aspects of renewable energy, including characteristics, effects and methods of use, and it provides a common ground to all those concerned with the nature and utilization of this renewable non-polluting resource.
The Society is interdisciplinary in nature, with most of the leading energy researchers and manufacturers of renewable energy systems and devices of the country as its members. High academic attainments are not a prerequisite for membership and any person engaged in research, development or utilization of renewable energy or in fields related to renewable energy and interested in the promotion of renewable energy utilization can become a member of the society.
The major activities of SESI are:
(a) Publication of SESI Journal, a bi-annual technical journal containing papers on renewable energy utilization, technical notes and other items of interest of those involved in renewable energy research and development.
(b) Organization of the International Congress on Renewable Energy once in a year, where numerous scientific and technical papers are presented and discussed.
(c) Publication of the proceedings of the Annual Convention.
Solar Energy Society of India
2nd Floor, Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP)
Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021
Mobile: +91 9355155772, E-mail: [email protected]
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Frequently Asked Questions
NO. This is a Chartered Engineer Certificate Program, which will help engineers to get recognized for their high level of professional competencies and qualifications in the solar industry fields.
There is a link to the payment gateway in the online application form. The applicant can opt for any of the payment options listed over there. The additional charges (if any) such as service charges, processing fees or bank charges, have to be borne by the applicant.
All kind of online payment processes are available. i.e. Debit/Credit card, Net-Banking, UPI, e-wallet etc.
Any unaccounted or excess money that was received from applicant's account on behalf of NEATmet, will automatically be returned (credited) to the same account. However, this may take few days to process.
Solar Energy Society of India, an autonomous body is organizing this Solar Chartered Engineer Certification Program.
NEATmet is a platform of Calnestor Knowledge Solutions and it is a digital partner of SESI. NEATmet provides end-to-end hassle free solutions for online registrations, digital payment collections & processing documentations & verification, certificate generation with validation & transparency on behalf of SESI.
Documents to be submitted are given below:
- Recent Passport size coloured photograph
- Scanned Signature (with Blue/Black ink on white page)
- All degree certificates (Scanned Copy)
- SESI Life Member certificate (Scanned Copy)
Please follow the following steps to download the certificate from the NEATmet Portal:
- Login with your credential
- Go to the “Mani Dashboard” Option
- Click on the “Billing Dashboard” button
- Click on the “Orders” option and then press the “View” button
- If your certificate has been generated then you can find the link for downloading
your certificate on the top, right under the Order updates.Click on the link to view your certificate and download it.
SESI believes to Save Paper, Save Tree and Go Digital as a stepping stone for Sustainable Development. Hence, the hard copy of Solar Chartered Engineer Certificate is discouraged to be printed and despatched under the Certification Program.
After the submission of all valid documents and successful payment of Solar Chartered Engineer fees, the certificate will be issued within the 15 working days.
The Application Fee for this Certification is Non-refundable
As per the previous guidelines from the SESI, it wasn't necessary to be a Life Member of SESI for application in Solar Chartered Engineer certificate. Any Engineer having the desired criteria as mentioned in the website, would be eligible for this SOLAR CHARTERED ENGINEER CERTIFICATE.
As per the new guidelines of SESI, every Solar Chartered Engineer applicant should have to be a Life Member of SESI, effective from 1st April, 2023.
No other member will be consider for this Solar Chartered Engineer Certification Program.
To become a Life Member of SESI please visit SESI website.
Only those who are having a graduate degree in Engineering & Technology and Life Member of SESI is eligible for this Certificate.
To become a Life Member, please visit SESI website
There is no such training and assessment test for the Solar Chartered Engineer Certification. It is a certification program provided by SESI on the basis of academic credentials of the applicant.
Please follow the following steps to check your billing details:
- Login with your credential
- Go to the “Mani Dashboard” Option
- Click on the “Billing Dashboard” button
- Click on the “Orders” option and then press the “View” button to check your billing details.
Anyone having the desired qualification as mentioned, are eligible to get Solar Chartered Engineer Certificate. It does not require any training regarding the work domain. The basic difference between Solar energy and other mode of energy(thermal/hydral) is only in the mode of power generation. But other item related to solar energy like transmission distribution, protection & control etc. are same in any kind of electrical energy.