Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications
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The Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications is an Institute based on Signal Engineering and Telecommunications. Located in Secunderabad
, this institute is run by the Ministry of Railways (India)
, Indian Railways
in 1957 as a subsidy of Indian Railways.
It caters to the specialized training needs of the Indian Railways' superwisors and officers in Railway Signalling and Telecommunication. It also trains officials of Foreign Railways.
Secunderabad
Secunderabad popularly known as the twin city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh north of Hyderabad. Named after Sikandar Jah, the third Nizam of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Secunderabad was founded in 1806 AD as a British cantonment...
, this institute is run by the Ministry of Railways (India)
Ministry of Railways (India)
The Ministry of Railways in India is in charge of the Indian Railways, an organisation that operates as a monopoly in rail transport in India. Dinesh Trivedi is the current minister responsible for railways....
, Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
in 1957 as a subsidy of Indian Railways.
It caters to the specialized training needs of the Indian Railways' superwisors and officers in Railway Signalling and Telecommunication. It also trains officials of Foreign Railways.
Overview
In the first year of its existence it was concerned only with imparting training to Apprentices JE( junior engineers) Signal and Apprentice JE (junior engineers) Telecommunication , but subsequently, in view of the rapid developments in the field of Signaling and Telecommunication, several specialised technical training needs of Officers and Staff of Signal and Telecommunication Department in Signal Engineering, Telecommunications Technology, Electronics and Information Technology Training have also been introduced. Facilities available in this Institute are also extended to foreign nationals.Related Institutes
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