Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications

Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications

Established	1958
Faculty	19^[1]
Location	Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Website	IRISET

The Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunication 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' supervisors 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

The IRISET is one of six Centralised Training Institutes that share the task of training of officers. The other Centralised Training Institutes are:

Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune for civil engineers,
Indian Railway Institute of Signal and Telecommunications Engineering, Secunderabad for engineers of S&T department,
Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering & Jamalpur Gymkhana, Jamalpur for mechanical engineers
Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik for Electrical Engineers,
RPF Academy Lucknow, 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.

External links

Official website of the IRISET

References

↑ http://www.iriset.ac.in:8080/web/insti

South Central Railway zone

Administration	Indian Railways Ministry of Railways Railway Board

History	Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways History of rail transport in India Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

Divisions	Guntur Nanded Vijayawada Hyderabad Secunderabad Guntakal

Sections / Branch lines	Bhimavaram–Narasapuram branch line Vijayawada–Nidadavolu loop line Tenali–Repalle branch line Gudivada–Machilipatnam branch line Samalkot–Kakinada Port branch line

Major stations	Guntakal Junction Guntur Junction Hyderabad Deccan Kacheguda Kazipet Hazur Sahib Nanded Rajahmundry Secunderabad Junction Vijayawada Junction Tirupati

Named trains	Andhra Pradesh Express Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express Ajanta Express Charminar Express Dakshin Express Devagiri Express Falaknuma Express Godavari Express Golconda Express Goutami Express Hussainsagar Express Krishna Express Manikarnika Express Narayanadri Express Pinakini Express Ratnachal Express Sabari Express Sachkhand Express Satavahana Express Secunderabad Rajdhani Express Visakhapatnam – Secunderabad Garib Rath Express Tirumala Express Venkatadri Express Machilipatnam Express

Indian rail subsidiaries	Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Rail Land Development Authority Central Organisation for Railway Electrification

Institutes	Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications

Transits	Hyderabad MMTS Hyderabad Metro Rail

See also	Trains of South Central Railway (India) Rail transport in India

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