Railway Staff College
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The Railway Staff College is the management training institute for the officers of the Indian Railways
. The college trains not only newly appointed officers but also senior managers and executives. The college also trains officers of other Group A services of the Government of India
The college is currently housed in the Pratap Vilas Palace, Vadodara
, Dehradun District
, and then shifted to its present regal sylvan surroundings at Vadodara, in 1952. It is housed in the Pratap Vilas Palace (built in 1914 AD) surrounded by lush green lawns and designed by C.F. Stevens in the renaissance style. The property comprising 55 acres (222,577.3 m²) of garden and wooded land, enlivened by the calls of peacocks and migratory birds, was purchased from the Gaikwads (erstwhile rulers) of Vadodara.
An efficient transport infrastructure is a very crucial asset for social and economic development of a country. Personal mobility for work, study and leisure, efficient and economical distribution of resources and produce are the essential requirements of modern day living. Recognizing this the tenth five year plan gives importance to increasing the operational efficiency, productivity of existing assets and major policy reforms including rationalization of freight and fare structure to facilitate our qualitative reform and development of railway system to face the major challenges which are before the Indian Railways today.
Human resource is the most important resource of any organization whose efficiency determines success. Therefore, development of this resource is of prime concern for Indian Railways.
Indian Railways employs over 6.0 lakhs group ‘D’ staff, about 9 lakhs group ‘C’ staff and 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers including over 3000 medical officers. The training of non-gazetted staff is organised at various System, Technical and Divisional Zonal Training Schools on the Zonal Railways itself. There are 169 training centres located across the railway system for meeting the training needs of non-gazetted staff. Training of officers is conducted at six Centralised Training Institutes (CTIs), e.g.
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....
. The college trains not only newly appointed officers but also senior managers and executives. The college also trains officers of other Group A services of the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
The college is currently housed in the Pratap Vilas Palace, Vadodara
Vadodara
Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
History
The college was founded in 1930 at Prem NagarPrem Nagar, Uttaranchal
Prem Nagar is a village in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India. It was named after Ral Bahadur Prem Nath.Following the creation of the Indian Military College in 1922 in the nearby village of Garhi, the Indian Military Academy was founded in 1932 in Prem Nagar on the grounds of the Railway...
, Dehradun District
Dehradun district
There are five railway stations in Dehradun:* Raiwala* Rishikesh* Doiwala* Harrawala* DehradunAirport...
, and then shifted to its present regal sylvan surroundings at Vadodara, in 1952. It is housed in the Pratap Vilas Palace (built in 1914 AD) surrounded by lush green lawns and designed by C.F. Stevens in the renaissance style. The property comprising 55 acres (222,577.3 m²) of garden and wooded land, enlivened by the calls of peacocks and migratory birds, was purchased from the Gaikwads (erstwhile rulers) of Vadodara.
The Apex Institute
Indian Railways is a very important segment of the country's transport infrastructure celebrating 150 glorious years of their existence and keeping pace with changing times the railways will be an integral part of India's infrastructure planning for the new millennium. The Indian Railways have a competent, hard working and highly skilled workforce of about 1.5 million with tremendous potential to excel in almost all the professional areas even on a global basis.An efficient transport infrastructure is a very crucial asset for social and economic development of a country. Personal mobility for work, study and leisure, efficient and economical distribution of resources and produce are the essential requirements of modern day living. Recognizing this the tenth five year plan gives importance to increasing the operational efficiency, productivity of existing assets and major policy reforms including rationalization of freight and fare structure to facilitate our qualitative reform and development of railway system to face the major challenges which are before the Indian Railways today.
Human resource is the most important resource of any organization whose efficiency determines success. Therefore, development of this resource is of prime concern for Indian Railways.
Indian Railways employs over 6.0 lakhs group ‘D’ staff, about 9 lakhs group ‘C’ staff and 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers including over 3000 medical officers. The training of non-gazetted staff is organised at various System, Technical and Divisional Zonal Training Schools on the Zonal Railways itself. There are 169 training centres located across the railway system for meeting the training needs of non-gazetted staff. Training of officers is conducted at six Centralised Training Institutes (CTIs), e.g.
- Indian Railway Institute of Civil EngineeringIndian Railway Institute of Civil EngineeringIRICEN is the training institute for the Civil engineers of the Indian Railways. The institute had a modest start in 1959 as the Permanent Way Training School for training entry level Civil engineers...
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for civil engineers, - Indian Railway Institute of Signal and Telecommunications Engineering, SecunderabadSecunderabadSecunderabad 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...
for engineers of S&T department, - Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering & Jamalpur GymkhanaJamalpur GymkhanaThe Jamalpur Gymkhana , often referred to as Gymkhana by its members, is a hostel for young apprentice officers of the Indian Railways. It is also a club like any other Gymkhana. The difference is that membership to this club is restricted only to those who spend their formative years in its...
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for mechanical engineers - Indian Railway Institute of Electrical EngineeringIndian Railway Institute of Electrical EngineeringIndian Railways has set up this Institute at Nasik Road for imparting training to newly appointed officers of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers , recruited through Indian Engineering Services Examination conducted by UPSC, New Delhi...
, Nasik for Electrical Engineers, - RPF Academy LucknowLucknowLucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, for officers of Railway Protection Force and - As the alma mater the Railway Staff College, Vadodara functions as the apex training institute for the officers of all departments in general and Accounts, Personnel, Stores, Traffic and Medical departments in particular.