Prof. Anil Kottantharayil, at NCPRE and PoTIC, organized a three-day short-term course titled "Theory and Technology of Silicon Solar Cells" from Feb 6 to 8, 2026. The course provided an intensive overview of both fundamental and advanced concepts related to silicon solar cell technology. Key topics included the physics of solar cells and their implementation in silicon, solar cell design, production of silicon wafers from quartzite, unit processes for solar cell fabrication, TOPCon and Heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT), tandem solar cells, characterization of solar cells and wafers (carrier lifetime, photoluminescence, dark IV, lighted IV and quantum efficiency), loss analysis of PERC solar cells (a practical session) wafer level characterization (PL, EL and LBIC) for process, device development and diagnostics, simulation of solar cell using PC1D (a practical session). Dr. Gourab Das from RCT Solutions gave a talk on Solar Cell and Module Roadmap. A total of 16 participants from academia, industry, and research institutions benefited from this course, part of NCPRE’s outreach efforts.