The
oil industry in India has been passing through an
active phase of growth. Since 1970's the oil
industry has seen a phenomenal rise in all
sectors of exploration and exploitation. The
demand for Petroleum Products is escalating; this
has increased the need for finding better and
more efficient ways of exploration and
exploitation of Hydrocarbons. Policy decisions in
the recent past have thrown open the
government-run industries to the private sector,
thereby increasing the need for trained man
power. Envisaging this need for specialised man
power, the Department Of Geology of Nowrosjee
Wadia College, Pune, launched a Post-Graduate Diploma
course in Petroleum Technology in the year 1987.
This was launched as an extension to the existing graduate course in Geology. The initial success of the
diploma course, coupled with interaction with ONGC and different oil companies, encouraged us to
expand the course to a two year post-graduate (Applied)
course since 1989. This is one of the few courses
in India which leads to a full-fledged
post-graduate degree in Petroleum Technology
(Applied) under the University Of Pune.The essence of the course is the blend of TechnologywithGeology.
