Bandopadhyaya takes charge as South Central Railway's principal chief signal and telecom engineer
Hyderabad: Saurabh Bandopadhyaya has taken charge as the principal chief signal and telecom engineer, South Central Railway (SCR).
Belonging to the 1990 batch of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), his responsibilities include handling Kavach technology. He did his degree in electronics and communication engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, in 1990.
Bandopadhyaya is adept at railway signaling technology, IT-enabled services, mobile radio communication, SCADA, and remote control systems.
His present posting comes at a critical juncture as SCR is pioneering use of indigenously developed signalling technologies like Kavach, LTE, automatic block signaling and centralised train control systems to ensure highest safety standards.
Bandopadhyaya is an expert in public policy and policy management of transport infrastructure, especially regarding rail, road and logistics.
