IIT Kharagpur to house Centre for Railway research

The Research, Design and Standards Organisation will now be revamped to bring in line with the modern research organizations and a Centre for Railway Research would be set up in Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur for research in key areas of technology and to give a thrust to indigensiation in the Railways.

Announcing this while presenting the Railway Budget for the year 2010-11 in the Lok Sabha today, the Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee said that the Railways would establish strong research partnerships with premier institutes like IITs, NITs, CSIR and DRDO. The expansion of Indian Railways and modernization would require a strong emphasis on developing indigenous research and development capabilities, she added.

Kumari Mamata Banerjee also proposed the setting up of four multi-disciplinary training centres at Cuttack, Coochbehar, Malda and Jabalpur. In addition, a state-of-the-art advanced loco pilot training centre would also be set up at Kharagpur.

The Railway Minister also announced the setting up of an advanced Railway Track Training Centre at Beleghata for training of gangmen and gatemen.

Source : Equity Bulls

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