Jal Urja Mitra Skill Development Programme for Small Hydro Power Projects sponsored by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India is offered to develop 1680 Jal Urja Mitras by FY 2025-26 for the country. Under the skill development initiatives, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has mandated Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy (HRED) (formerly AHEC), IIT Roorkee as the nodal agency for implementation of Jal Urja Mitra Skill Development Programme (JSDP) during year 2022 – 26. The preference shall be given for the states where maximum unexploited SHP potential exists i.e. J&K, Ladakh, HP, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Maharashtra etc..