Empowering Through

Knowledge and Skill

Development Initiatives
by IRISET
C.K. Prasad, IRSSE (SAG/NF)
Professor IRISET

INDIAN RAILWAYS INSTITUTE OF SIGNAL ENGINEERING &

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
 Agenda
Partnership and MoUs
Leveraging Information Technology and Tools
Training Infrastructure
Technology
Performance Highlight
Roadmap Ahead
Conclusion

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The
only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of
knowledge, experience and ability Henry Ford
What Gives Value to an
Organization?

Physical Assets
Organizatio Financial Assets
ns Value
Intangible Assets
People!
 Partnership & MoU
IRISET has partnered with premier institutes to achieve
excellence in training and human resource
development.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur for
Consultancy on Centre for Safety Critical Software
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad for
MTech Program for in service IRSSE officers
Osmania University College of Engineering (OUCE),
Hyderabad for Joint M Tech/ME program for IRSSE
Probationary officers
MoU with National Knowledge Network for
connectivity, knowledge sharing and collaborative
research programs
CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL
SOFTWARE FOR SIGNALLING
Consultancy Agreement was signed in April 2015 for setting up Centre for
Safety Critical Software with IIT, Kharagpur.

Boadly,the scope of work includes:

Identification and documentation of the
qualifications and training requirements of
the Signalling & Telecommunication
personnel to be posted at the centre.
Work out detailed syllabus for imparting
training in Software Engineering, Reliability
Engineering, Safety Standards including
CENELEC, Software Testing, Verification and
Validation, Version control, Safety cases etc
CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL
SOFTWARE FOR SIGNALLING
Specification and configuration of
Safety Critical Data Centre that
includes architecture,
specifications for data centre
infrastructure, servers, networking
hardware, work stations etc.
Suggest Software Verification tools
to be procured and set up at the
Centre
 CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL
SOFTWARE FOR SIGNALLING
The technology in Signalling and Train
Control systems has been under
transformation
The current technology is based on
computer controlled software embedded
systems and communication technology.
Signalling and Communication future
technologies are getting more and more
integrated.
to manage the life cycle of these advance
& complex systems, the setting up of the
Centre for Safety Critical Software for
CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE OF CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE AT IRISET
WITH ACCESS TO ZONAL RAILWAYS, RDSO, CORE
 MoU with Indian Institute of
Technology Hyderabad
IRISET has formalised an MoU with Indian
Institute of Technology, Hyderabad for
Master of Technology programme to be
offered by IIT, Hyderabad to select officers
of Indian Railways (primarily of IRSSE
cadre) in line with the principles of
Industry-Academic co-operation.
The MoU has been approved by Rly Board
and is likely to be signed next week
MoU with Indian Institute of
Technology Hyderabad
Key objectives of the programme
To offer Master of Technology to Officers of Indian
Railways by IIT Hyderabad through a 2- Year Post-
graduate programme at par with IIT Hyderabads own
campus students so that the level of instructions
imparted to them are the best and latest in the
mainstream of engineering education in the country.

To help IRISET in updating its capability for introducing

courses in engineering technologies specifically useful
to Indian Railways.

To increase interaction and cooperation between these

two organizations as a pioneering Industry Institute
collaboration for larger benefit to both the academia
 MoU with Osmania University
College of Engineering (OUCE),
Hyderabad
Joint Post Graduate M.Tech / M.E Degree
Programme for IRSSE Probationary Officers of
Indian Railways who undergo exhaustive training
programme at IRISET aimed to prepare them to
shoulder the responsibility of a specialized job of
Signal & Telecom engineers
The Proposal has been approved by Board of
Studies of Osmania University College of
Engineering, (OUCE), Hyderabad and by the
Academic Council, OUCE on 29th July, 2015.
MoU proposal is under approval process of the
Osmania University which thereafter will need
Railway Boards approval
National Knowledge
Network
A MoU has been signed with National
Knowledge Network (NKN) for providing 100
Mbps connectivity to IRISET.
The last mile connectivity is provided by
RailTel Corporation and the MPLS port of 100
Mbps has been provisioned by National
Informatics Centre (NIC).
The service has been commissioned on 28th
July 2015
NKN is designed as a Smart Ultra High
Bandwidth network that seamlessly
Services Available to IRISET as
Part of NKN Community
Generic Services:
Internet, Intranet, Network Management Views, e-Mail, Messaging
Gateways, Caching Gateways, Domain Name System, Web Hosting,
Voice over IP, Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) Services, Video Portals, SMS
Gateway, Co-Location Services, Video Streaming etc.
Community Services:
Shared Storage, e-Mail List Software Application (LISTSERV),
Authentication Service, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Collaboration
Service, Content Delivery Service, International Collaborations with EU-
India Grid, Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development
(GLORIAD) etc.
Special Services:
Virtual Private Network Stitching Services (VPN@L2 (Virtual Private Wire
Service / Virtual Private LAN Service), VPN@L3) etc.
Services Available to IRISET as Part of
NKN Community
Virtual Library
Enables sharing of Journals, Books and
research papers

Virtual Classroom
The NKN platform enables delivery of effective
distance education programs where teachers
and learners can interact in real time

Network Technology Test-Bed

It provides a test-bed for testing and
validation of services before they are made
available to the production network
Training Infrastructure-
Augmentation
Impetus on Practical Skill and
Competency based training and
trouble shooting
Augmentation of infrastructure for
training & skill development by
commissioning latest S&T
equipments in New Signal & Telecom
Lab facility.
New facility building has 3 floors
(G+2). With 3800 sq metres of floor
 NEW S&T LABORATORY & E-
LEARNING CENTRE

Building G+2
Total floor area : 3800 Sq
Meters
 E-Learning Reloaded
To facilitate anywhere, anytime, interactive learning
through electronic multi-media supported by telecom
infrastructure, IRISET has expanded its activities
beyond conventional training systems by establishing
an E-learning Centre.
New training modules are added to the E-learning
Portal. On date 29 training modules on Signalling and
Telecom subjects are available on the portal.
New facility has a seating capacity for 80 trainees
( Clients on twin sharing) and augmented with
advance projection system and interactive panel with
podcasting functionality.
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The centre also provides facility to conduct on-line
 E-LEARNING CENTRE

E-learning session in progress

Virtual Classroom
A virtual classroom for distance
learning via Video Conferencing
between IRISET & Zonal S&T Training
Centres (STTCs) on Indian Railways
Targeted at skill development of
Artisan staff (ESMs , TCMs etc)
Facilitates interaction in real time
between IRISET faculty and trainees at
STTCs.
Virtual Classroom Training
Centres
 VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

Virtual Classroom session screenshot

New Signal Labs
Electronic Interlocking Lab
Train Protection Warning Signal
lab
LED signal Lab
Digital Axle Counter Lab
Block using UFSBI & Digital
Radio Modem with Voice & Data
Transmission, Solid State Block
Proving by Axle Counter
 New Signal Labs
Electronic Interlocking
Laboratory has been equipped
with Electronic Interlocking system
of M/s. Medha make and FAT set
up of M/s. Westrace , M/s Medha,
and Microlok II.

TPWS LAB:
Train Protection & Warning
System of M/s. Ansaldo,
Training model is installed in
this lab which is on ETCS level
1.
 New Signal Labs
LED Signal Lab:
The Lab is equipped with LED Signals of most of the
manufacturers. LED Signal Units of seven different
manufacturers are provided

Digital Axle Counter Lab:

Equipped with MSDAC of Frauscher
ACS2000 & SSDACs of CEL-710P and
GG-Tronics-G36 make. This lab also
houses Block using UFSBI & Digital
Radio modem with Voice & Data
transmission/reception facility and
also solid state block proving by axle
counter as per latest RDSO
specifications.
 New Telecommunications
Labs

Computer Networking Lab

Disaster Management VSAT system
Voice Over Internet Protocol Telephony
and Interoperability testing Lab
Mobile Train Radio Communication-
VHF communication & GSM-R Lab
 New Telecommunications
Labs
Computer Networking Lab
The lab has a capacity to
provide Hands-on training
to 36 participants.
A TCP/IP network
comprising of 3 LANs
connected with different
make of routers and
packet tracer application
is provided Unified PRS/UTS setup
with last mile
connectivity on copper
and fibre are provided.
Trouble shooting and
network performance
metrics are
demonstrated
New Telecommunications Labs

Disaster Management Communication

for Voice & Data on VSAT
New Telecommunications Labs
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Telephony System VoIP PBX is setup on Open
Source Asterisk
Communication Server
installed on general
purpose PC hardware with
Redhat Linux open source
operating system
FreePBX open source
client is used to configure
and manage the services
on the server
The VoIP PBX is integrated with ISDN
Interoperability
Exchange of Tadiran Telecom, HiPath PBX
of Siemens, NGN switch of IR/RailTel and
GSM/GSM-R gateway using Matrix
gateway (PRI to IP interface) to provide
seamless connectivity
 New Telecommunications
Labs
Mobile Train Radio Communication
Global System for Mobile for
Railways

BTS, e-BSC, TRAU, Cab Radio and

RC associated Power
Supply
GSM R Radio Commander View
 Automation of
Library
Library Management System has been
deployed to automate the process of the
Library
Bar coded inventory of books/journals and
issue of Bar coded Photo ID cards.
IRISET has a repository of 40,000 books
and 50 journals.
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) can
be accessed through RAILNET using a
web browser.
AUTOMATED LIBRARY
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Library Management System with Photo ID and Bar Code Printer

COMPUTER BASED TUTORIALS
IN LIBRARY

The present collection of CBTs has about

200 titles
Training Assessment and
Evaluation
On-line training assessment and
evaluation tool deployed for conducting
online examination
Existing E-learning centre IT infrastructure
is leveraged(Thin Clients/Desktop PCs)
System facilitates generation of various
types of reports for assessing the
performance of trainees and the program
Training Assessment and
Evaluation
Creation of Tests-Multiple Choice, Short answer, Fill in the
blanks, Ordered sets
Automated correction of questions- Multiple Choice, Short
answer, Fill in the blanks, Ordered sets
Report- Detailed exam result report to exam takers, Class
performance report, individual score cards, individual answer
sheets, exam usage reports
Support for essay questions, multimedia questions Audio,
Video and Picture
Social media integration.
Collaboration options for exam creation
Scoring/Grading of questions, Randomize questions, Marking
question for review during the exam
 PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

Courses Trainees

60 1985

140 142 3917 3907

131 3574
116
3001
80 2051

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Courses conducted Trainees
Courses Projected Trainees Projected
Knowledge Management
Initiatives
IRISET is significantly contributing to
integrate the knowledge available across
multiple disparate entities on Indian
Railways through the Knowledge Portal
www.indianrailways-knowledgeportal.com
IRISET as a technology & knowledge
partner is helping National Academy of
Indian Railways to integrate all the
libraries across all the CTIs, Railway
Board, Zonal Railways, RDSO and other
institutes through a common platform
 Road Ahead
Focus on Training Productivity and
efficiency
Microsoft Sharepoint deployment
Collaboration, Document Sharing , Portal
Management
Scheduling, Yammer
Android App to access E-learning
content from smartphone
A Smart Classroom & Cyber Security
Lab is planned for development
 IRISET Training Process Flow

Trainings People Development Knowledge Development

Knowledge
Knowledge Mgmt
Mgmt
Classroom
Classroom &
& Labs
Labs Cross-domain
Cross-domain training
training Articles
Articles
Leadership
Leadership
OEM/End-user
OEM/End-user training
training Paper
Paper publications
publications
Development
Development
Cross-functional
Cross-functional Knowledge
Knowledge transfer
transfer
E-Learning
E-Learning portal
portal training
training (OEMs)
(OEMs)

IRISET Academy
Additional
Additional
training
training needs
needs

Improvement
Continuous Improvement
New Joinees Application
Application
Needs
Training Needs
Identification

Plan

Tech
Tech &
& Domain
Identification

Certification
Assessment

Training Plan

Domain

Certification
Assessment

Personnel
Personnel
Soft
Soft Skills

Trained
Skills Well-Trained,

Trained
Training

Non-IR Certified, Highly

Training

Tools

Continuous
Personnel Tools Productive
Resources
Culture
Culture

Process/Quality
Process/Quality
Experienced
Personnel Pre- Induction Induction & Training Post- Induction
Training
Training Visiting
Visiting
Education,
Education, Research,
Research, CSCS
CSCS team
team OEMs
OEMs SMEs
SMEs
Aids
Aids Faculty
Faculty

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 CONCLUSION
The initiatives so taken will enable IRISET to
be in the forefront of knowhow of technology
development in the core area of Signalling and
Telecommunications.
It will enable IRISET to upgrade the existing
courses, formulate new and richer programs,
enhance teaching/training capabilities thereby
enhancing the learning in terms of knowledge,
skill development and competency building.
The effort made by IRISET will bridge the
knowing doing gap among the railway
personnel and is expected to make them
confident and competent to handle new
THANK YOU