Modern Signal Engineering and Telecom Technology, the Focus of Future Rail Transport Needs - opines A.K. Mital, Member Electrical & Staff/Railway Board

   PR No.546/2014-15

24-11-2014

Secunderabad

Modern Signal Engineering and Telecom Technology, the Focus of Future Rail Transport Needs - opines A.K. Mital, Member Electrical & Staff/Railway Board

Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunication (IRISET), the premier training institute o­n Indian Railways celebrated its 57th Annual Day today i.e. 24th November 2014 at its premises at Secunderabad. Shri A.K. Mital, Member Electrical & Staff/Railway Board, New Delhi was the Chief Guest and delivered the key note address. Shri P.K. Srivastava, General Manager / South Central Railway presided over the function. Shri Mahesh Mangal, Addl. Member (Telecom) and Shri S. Manohar, Advisor (Signal), Railway Board, New Delhi were the Guests of Honour o­n the occasion.

Addressing the big gathering of officers, staff, trainees, faculty etc, Shri A.K. Mital, Member Electrical & Staff/Railway Board said that IRISET holds a unique status all over the world, as o­ne of the best training institutions in the ever evolving field of signal engineering and telecommunications o­n railways. The institute can rightly be termed as the o­nly o­ne which has evolved over time, keeping abreast with technology continuously. With the increasing demands o­n infrastructure of Indian Railways, both in terms of freight and passenger traffic being carried, there is a need to ensure safe operations and increased throughput, he said. IRISET is surely capable of meeting these needs with the best in terms of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications training, he averred. Shri Mital also laid stress o­n the fact that Signal Engineering and Telecommunications will be the focus area of rail transport needs in the future.

Shri P.K. Srivastava, GM/SCR, in his address highlighted the fact that the process of train operations banks o­n signalling. “Safety is the synonym of signal engineering and telecommunications o­n railways” and IRISET ably serves this purpose, he opined. The General Manager also praised the faculty for furthering the future requirements of IRISET purposefully.

Shri Satyender Kumar, Director IRISET, in his welcome address briefed o­n the training methodology of IRISET and detailed the setting up of new signal and telecom labs at the institute for imparting state-of-the-art training. Giving details o­n trainees, he said that during the current calendar year till October 2014, 117 courses have been conducted and 3297 personnel trained at IRISET. Amongst the trainees, were foreign nationals too.

Shri Mahesh Mangal, Addl. Member (Telecom) and Shri S. Manohar, Advisor (Signal) Railway Board, also spoke o­n the occasion. Later, merit awards were given away to the trainees by the dignitaries present and the in-house newsletter ‘Gyandeep’ was released. This was followed by cultural programmes performed by the trainees.

Earlier, in the morning, Shri A.K. Mital along with Senior Railway Officials examined and monitored the trials of Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) o­n Tandur - Kurgunta Section of Secunderabad Division, SCR.