Minister of Railways inaugurates Global Technology Conference
May 04, 2017: Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu recently inaugurated the Global Technology Conference (International Conference on Development & Adaptation of Advance Technology for Railways), keeping up with the agenda of the Indian Railways to augment the pace of its operational improvements through technological adaptations.
Chairman, Railway Board, AK Mital and other Railway Board Members, DG Research Design & Standards Organization (RDSO) and GM Northern Railway RK Kulshreshta and senior officials were also present on the occasion.
Research Design & Standards Organization (RDSO) is the nodal organization for this Conference, supported by Ministry of Railways and by Institute of Rolling Stock Engineers (IRSE) and Institution of Railway Signal & Telecommunication Engineers (IRSTE). The Conference is focusing on critical areas of Indian Railways - reliability, safety and customer service.
Speaking on the occasion, Prabhu said that Indian Railways needs to evolve as per the technological advancement across the world. He added that in past 3 years, railways investments have been stepped up. Railways investment shall lead to spin off benefits to other sectors.
He further said that India is a big market for the global suppliers of technology and railways is also looking for co operation from the global suppliers of technology and would welcome their solution if they are feasible and cost effective in Indian context.
With four lead thrust areas viz. safety, reliability, capacity enhancement and customer service, the Global Technological Conference envisages bringing in new perspectives and insights in planning for future rail transportation growth in the country and for assessing contemporary global technologies relevant to adoption on IR. The conference is featuring technical sessions, presentations, and table-top exhibits, besides wide opportunities for several industries networking too.
Besides the knowledge takeaways, it is envisaged that the conference would enable the emergence of a multi-disciplinary logistics interface and eco-systems that would enable the Indian Railways to deliver new levels of value along with modernization. Several experts from rail transportation development and allied technological industries, academia and research fraternity across the world are presenting presentations and interacting with experts of Indian Railways (IR) for identification of appropriate cutting edge technologies and systems available worldwide for adaptation and deployment on IR and Public Sector Units of the IR.
