Technical Training at DESCO

Abstract

In the modern world no country can think their existence and long term economic goals without having well-built power sector. Bangladesh has faced various types of problems such as limited generation capacity, poor financial activities and operational performance. In the light of that case the generation of the capacity of power sector is limited, that's why proper distribution is a great problem in our country. This report is based on our internship work which we have done at DESCO (Dhaka electric Supply Company limited). This report focuses on the operation of DESCO, their vision, supply capacity, financial condition, distribution of electricity and future planning. Dhaka electric supply company was created as a distribution company in 1996 under the companies Act 1994 as a public limited company with an authorized capital of TK. 5 million. At present DESCO is one of the main power distribution company in Bangladesh. 75% shares of DES CO are owned by Bangladesh Government and the rest 25% are owned by chairman and other shareholders. Internship is such a course that gave the opportunity to learn those activities that are related to our real engineering activities which we used to say it was a phenomenal achievement in our educational life. We have learned about grid and substation, transformer and their maintenance and the power factor improvement which were closely related to our study materials. We also sharply observed their administrational activities, control room; complain room operation, IT and one point operation which will help us to visualize the effectiveness in the real life. Here, we also gather some knowledge of corporate world before entering the job field. The details are discussed in the subsequent chapter.