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Women Empowerment: Training for women in

Home electrical maintenance

Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust along with The expert panel for trainers included eminent
LMAG of IEEE Kerala, Archana Women’s Centre, academicians and practitioners like Prof.
Energy Management Centre & IEEE Kerala PES V. K. Damodaran, Er. A. Suhair, Er. Madhu
organised a 3 day training programme for women Krishnan, Er. Rajagopal Achari, Er. B. Sasi
in maintaining household electrical system at Mattom and Sri. Sabu Devasya. It provided
Archana Women’s Centre Ettumanoor on June 27- hands-on training for a small group of trainees
29, 2019. The objectives was to empower women who have no background of formal education
to attend to minor defects and mal-operations of in electrical technology to test for themselves
smaller electrical installations at home and in the and feel confident about having a career
community. in electrification, energy conservation and
equipment maintenance.
A total of 20 women were trained. The training
was given in electricity fundamentals, circuits and
sources, solar, home electric set up, MCB, ELCB,
equipment faults, electric shock safe working,
energy cost tariff conservation, standards gadgets
demo, electrical wiring how & practical, electrical
wiring practical, 2 circuit assembly practical,
assembling LED bulb and assembling LED tube.

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