IRISET to host 66th annual day tomorrow

The Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET) will host its annual day event on November 26  at its premises for completing 66 years of existence.
The event organises keynote addresses by eminent personalities and top managements, followed by the distribution of awards to meritorious trainees and the release of a Technical Magazine. The attendees at the function include faculty and staff of the institute, trainees, dignitaries from the Ministry of Railways and representatives from Industry and Zonal Railways and media. IRISET is one of the eight Centralised Training Institutes of Indian Railways specialised in imparting training on railway signalling and telecommunication systems. The training imparted by the institute plays a unique role in shaping the railway signalling and telecommunication engineers. It trains the new recruits into the system either through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) or Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) selections.
The initial training spanning around six months lays emphasis on the fundamentals of railway signalling, safety in train operations and hands-on exposure in the laboratories.  The signal and telecommunication supervisors inducted into the Indian Railway System are mandated to undergo refresher courses at a periodicity of every four years. During the refresher course training, the latest developments in technology and review of safety protocols in train working would be emphasised. The institute also conducts specialised training on customised content with reference to different technologies and systems available.  It trains around 500 students.
On average 5,170 officers and supervisors are trained at the institute in a year.  So far, IRISET has trained 1,07,671 railway personnel since its inception. In the year 2022, the Centre of Excellence (CoE) was established in the institute to carry out research work on Kavach-Indian Railways Automatic Train Protection Systems. The executives of public sector undertakings like Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) and representatives of Metro Railways are also trained in the institute.