Railway Minister D.V.Sadananda Gowda gave impetus in his Budget speech in parliament on setting up of National Rail University with an aim of providing railway-oriented education in the technical and non-technical disciplines and said that the proposals are in the air by the government for setting up of a world-class Railway University for both technical and non-technical subjects. Railway Minister also spoke about the plans for skill development of the staff while presenting the Rail Budget for 2014-15 in the Lok Sabha.
He said the railways could tie up with technical institutions for introducing railway-oriented subject for graduation/post-graduation and PhD and skill developments. The exposure for specialised areas like high-speed, heavy haul operations, Metro and Mono Rail systems etc will be undertaken for all level of staff and officers at appropriate institutes in India and abroad.
It looks the Telangana Government led by Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is highly keen to allocate 5000 Acres of land for setting up of National Rail University at Hyderabad which already houses most of the prestigious Railway Institutes like Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET), Centralized Training Academy for Railways Accounts (C-TARA), SCR Hqrs and Hyderabad Metro Railway, alongwith the other private sector institutes like IMRT offering various Engineering courses for Railway and Metro Railway transport systems apart from Indian Railways Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) which is in the stages of construction, said Spokesman who further added that this is yet more good news in the formative years of Telangana, and on the verge of India celebrating 160th anniversary of Indian Railways.
“It makes perfect sense to have the people being trained in the same city as those with the current expertise. One of the things that we pride ourselves on at the Hyderabad is that we could build you a whole railway ecosystem environment for not only India, but for the adjoining Asia-Pacific and Middle-East region” said spokesperson.
“KCR looks forward to working with Centre, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Human Resource Development, IITs, IIMs, Railway Institutes etc. to make sure that Hyderabad’s case is made as strong as possible for setting up of the University” said the spokesperson. I think it is really important to press our case as a home for the National Railway University particularly at the 160th year of Indian Railways.
“At the heart of National Rail University will be the innovation and that is exactly what the railway needs to develop the young workers of the future. We received a number of very strong proposals, and we are taking an objective decisions in this regard”, said the spokesperson.
“However, it is clear that there is already some excellent partnership activity taking place between education providers and the rail industry across the country which is resulting in the delivery of some outstanding provision. Representatives from Hyderabad will make presentations in late August with a final decision being made with the allocation of land and infrastructure for the National Rail University..
Source: Railnews.co.in