An Indian Scenario on Nuclear Energy: A Comprehensive Study to Present a Case for Nuclear Power Engineering Studies in Indian Universities Dr.Ugur Guven 1 , Gurunadh Velidi 1 1 University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Department of Aerospace Engineering, India Abstract With the increase in power demand, India’s infrastructure is growing at tremendous speed in concordance with its growth rate. Indian is looking to strengthen its capabilities in both economic front and industrial front. In order to overcome future challenges, it has to sustain its energy demand with nuclear energy. This paper describes the ways to reach the future prospective of India where nuclear energy is instrumental in strengthening both financial resources and industrial establishment. The study on existing facilities in India to meet its future plans will be an interesting part of the paper. The major requirements for a successful nuclear program are the availability of nuclear fuel, processing facilities, supporting manpower, technology, equipment, as well as experts to carry out future research. By looking at the past experiences, India is looking for facilities to create its own manpower from various universities since capable and professional nuclear manpower is the key to success.. This paper discusses the need of the hour and how to create the ideal nuclear energy education to meet those needs. Several important criteria such as logistics and budget for nuclear edcuation are also stated to help the reader get an idea on what is required to successfully implement a nuclear energy program. 1. INTRODUCTION Indian is one of the fast growing economies in the world, In order to sustain and uplift its growth and prosperity of people, strengthening power sector with a strong power production capability is one major aspect. Indian power sector is fifth largest in the world with total installed capacity from all the sources of 173626 Mw; among this capacity nuclear power is around 4780 Mw [11]. The major source to meet this power demand is coal with installed capacity of 93918 Mw which has the 54% of total generation capacity [1]. The total percentage of power generation in India with different sources is shown in the figure below.