‘Malaviya Chair’ for Railway Technology to be set up at IIT (BHU), Varanasi

‘Malaviya Chair’ for Railway Technology to be set up at IIT (BHU), Varanasi 

The Ministry of Railways has decided to set up the “Malaviya Chair” for Railway Technology at IIT (BHU) to help in development of new materials to b e used in all assets of Railways. The project formulation and implementation in the fields of development of new materials for use in various assets of Railways will form part of the functioning of ‘Malaviya Chair’. The Ministry of Railways will provide endowment fund of Rs 5 crore for this purpose.  

The “Malviya Chair” will function through the ‘Chair Core Committee (CCC) consisting of the following :-

 a) Shri R.K. Verma , Adviser /Railway Board, presently Adviser(PG).     -Chairman

    to the Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways.

b) Executive Director (Research) RDSO, Lucknow.                                     -Member

c)Executive Director (Finance), RDSO, Lucknow.                                        -Member

d) Two nominees of Director/IIT (BHU) , Varanasi.                                     -Members

(The Chair Core Committee may also co-opt any additional Member, if considered appropriate.)

 The projects identified & their execution in consultation with other academic and research institutions through this Chair will be carried out as per the existing procedures of IIT(BHU).

Source :PIBNEWS.