Indian Railway Institute Trains Over 5,000 Personnel, Highlights ‘Kavach’
Hyderabad: Sharad Kumar Srivatsava, Director General of Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (Iriset) said the institute had imparted training to a record number of 5,195 personnel by conducting 221 courses this year, with productivity of 74,800 trainee days. The institute has trained 1,014 personnel on ‘Kavach,’ the Indian Railways’ anti-collision system, through 45 programmes.
Speaking at the 67th annual day celebrations on Sunday, Srivastava said that Iriset had signed memoranda of understanding with three universities and engineering colleges to offer open electives on railway signalling and kavach for BTech students.
Speaking at the event, Dr Radha Krishna Ganti, professor of electrical engineering, IIT Madras, stressed the importance of involving engineering students in railway signalling technologies to enhance capacity. He encouraged the use of AI to modernise training and improve learning outcomes.
Arun Kumar Jain, General Manager, South Central Railway, underscored the necessity to upgrade training programmes to build capabilities to design and execute infrastructure works at fast pace to ease out bottlenecks in the train operation.
Vijaylaxmi Kaushik, additional member (signal), Railway Board called for skill enhancement to match the capital expenditure on infrastructure. Sameer Dikshit, additional member (telecom), Railway Board, stated the need to find innovative solutions and create an enabling environment for excellence to meet the expectations of the country.
A technical magazine, ‘Gyandeep’, was released during the event. The institute has also set up exhibition stalls with products of signalling and telecommunication systems and upcoming developments.
