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I graduated in Electrical Engineering from University of Roorkee in the year 1976 and joined Indian Railways in the year 1977 through UPSC exam IRSEE-76. Worked in different position most importantly:
Electric Locomotive Maintenance and Operation in SER as Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer/ Rolling Stock TATA, BIA and BNDM, Operation CKP, Dy. CEE/OP and RS at HQ, Chief Electrical Loco Engineer/HQ
Divisional Railway Manager Ratlam
Executive Director/Power Supply and EMU/RDSO
Chief Electrical Engineer/ECR, NR, CR, Kolkata Metro
Adviser/Railway Electrification/Railway Board
Director/IRIEENs
Superannuated from Indian Railways on 30th June 2013
De-mystifying designations of posts advertised for SSE and JE in Mechanical by RRB
Last updated on October 2nd, 2014 at 11:58 am It is difficult for a non-railwaymen to understand the designations mentioned in the vacancies advertisement for SSE and JE by RRB. There is no doubt that with the un-employment environment as existing, the job profile does not matter for many a candidates. But there are many […]
De-mystifying designations of posts advertised for SSE and JE in Civil by RRB
Last updated on October 2nd, 2014 at 12:04 pm It is difficult for a non-railwayman to understand the designations mentioned in the vacancies advertisement for SSE and JE by RRB. There is no doubt that with the un-employment environment as existing, the job profile does not matter for many a candidates. But there are many […]
‘EARTHING’, a must for every one to understand its importance for Electrical Safety
Last updated on September 29th, 2015 at 06:05 am The word ‘earthing’ is used in UK whereas ‘grounding’ in US but meaning the same. Earthing has a significance in electrical engineering to the fact that earth has very high capacitance of .0007 F, a very high value assuming it be infinity, and not to cause any […]
Get ready to prepare for SSE/JE RRB Competitive Examination
Last updated on June 29th, 2015 at 08:05 am Advertisement for the competitive examination by different RRB to fill up Senior Section Engineer and Junior Engineer in different Railways is out on date 20th Sept. 2014. The examination will be held on 14th Dec. 2014 for Junior Engineer and 21st Dec. 2014 for Senior Section Engineer. […]
Power Supply System of Indian Railway Coaches
Last updated on September 30th, 2014 at 03:15 am Indian Railways have 46,038 various types of coaches (excluding EMUs and MEMU coaches) and around 3000 of new coaches are being added annually to the system. There are two classes of the coaches called conventional and LHB being manufactured at ICF/Perambur and RCF/Kapurthala respectively. There are […]
Cooking by Induction Heating for Indian Railways
Journey by train is leisure time with nothing to do and a desire for munching all the time. This has called upon the need for mobile catering facility to supply hot and fresh food to the passenger. For this purpose, Indian Railway runs Pantry car in all important trains. There are two types of pantry […]
Can wind flow of moving train generate energy?
Last updated on September 17th, 2014 at 01:18 am There was a news the other day that moving train wind flow can generate energy and a patent has also been registered. The news if to be believed speaks The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has sent the Railways Ministry into a tizzy over an idea it […]
Standards method of Symbol for Units of Measurement
Conventions 1. The symbol derived by the name of the scientist is in upper case letters e.g. Voltage – V, Ampere –A, Power – W, Newton – N, Energy-J ( Joule), Charge – Q (Coulomb), Capacitance – F (Farad), Inductance – H (Henry), Conductance – S(Siemens), Magnetic Flux Density – T (Tesla), Thermodynamic Temperature – K […]
Has Indian Railway learnt any lesson post May 2013?
There was news the other day that there exist 2.25 lakhs vacancies in Indian Railways in different safety categories such as Assistant Loco Pilot, Station Master, Guard and Maintenance staff, etc. along with focusing the post of Member Electrical lying vacant since 1st Aug 2014 and many posts of General Manager (top most post at the […]
FDI in Railways – what for?
Last updated on September 9th, 2014 at 04:01 pm Talks of FDI in Railways had been going around immediately after the new Govt. took over and now the government notified the liberalized FDI norms for the Railways, permitting 100 per cent foreign direct investment through the automatic route in several areas, including high-speed trains. http://dipp.nic.in/English/acts_rules/Press_Notes/pn8_2014.pdf Other segments of […]