A large number of personnel trained in a variety of fields are required to support a nuclear power programme in the long term. An initial training programme is necessary to orient the newly inducted persons in nuclear science and technology where after they can receive advanced training. This initial training can be imparted through undergraduate nuclear engineering courses. However, after enrolment of students in such courses it would typi­cally take four to five years before they become available for deployment in the nuclear power programme. An alternative could be to design capsule courses of about one year’s duration where graduates or postgraduates in science and engineering could be taught nuclear subjects. Such courses are available in a few countries and arrangements may be made for getting personnel trained in these centres. However, subsequently it would be advantageous to establish such a course within the country to be able to train a larger number of personnel on a regular basis and at low cost. For personnel who are going to be engaged in the operation and maintenance (O&M) functions of the NPP, further on-the-job training should be arranged in an operating NPP or a research reactor such that they can be readily inducted into the detailed O&M training for the NPP to be constructed to become licensed operators at the earliest opportunity.