Iitk Professor Is Chairman Of Technology Scientific Discipline Mission For Indian Railways

Prof. due north southward Vyas of Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Kanpur has been appointed Chairman of a novel trunk called Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR).
It was reported inwards media here.

This is a remarkable initiatory of the Railways. First of all, the goals are ambitious together with soundless achievable. To develop applied scientific discipline for Railways inside the country, together with non merely solve immediate problems, which is of course, important, but await at a longer term horizon, safety, high speed trains, state-of-the-art signalling, together with everything else. The funding leverages interrogation funds from multiple ministries, therefore giving to a greater extent than people a stake inwards its success, together with brand certain that the projection has practiced funding. Then they are involving academic institutions, which is the best house to larn the long-term interrogation done. Railways has been supporting diverse projects inwards dissimilar IITs together with other places inwards the final decade or so. They stimulate got been pleasantly surprised past times sort of output they were able to arrive at at a really depression investment. This has given them confidence of involving academic institutions on a much larger scale.

And best of all, they couldn't stimulate got selected a improve leader for this project. Prof. Vyas is no stranger to Railways, having led the Railway Technology Mission inwards IIT Kanpur several years agone when IIT Kanpur was given several projects related to security issues inwards Indian Railways. And nether his leadership, many technologies were developed together with many solutions were invented for safer performance of Railways. He has the correct sort of leadership experience, having led the Rajasthan Technical University for 2 years.

And, to us, the fans of Indian Railways, his presence inwards Delhi would live on a fantastic chance to give ideas for interrogation together with applied scientific discipline evolution too every bit incorporating latest applied scientific discipline into the performance of Indian Railways. Many times inwards the past, nosotros stimulate got felt that nosotros stimulate got many suggestions but they don't hand the correct ears. Prof. Vyas has an opened upward hear together with he believes inwards "let the practiced thoughts come upward from all directions."

Best wishes to Prof. Vyas on assuming a really of import role.