Centres of Railway Research and their area of focus
Q. Which of the following Centres of Railway Research are correctly matched to their research areas?
1) CRR, IIT Roorkee - Environmental Engineering
2) CRR, IIT Kanpur - Geo-Tech Engineering
3) CRR, Mumbai University - Civil Infrastructure of High Speed Rail- Published on 29 Aug 16a. 2, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: 1, 2
The assigned areas of the Centres of Railway Research (CRRs) include:
- CRR, IIT Roorkee: Civil Infrastructure of High Speed Rail, Bridges and structures, Track management system, Environmental Engineering, Rail wheel dynamics, etc.
- CRR, IIT Kanpur : Geo-Tech Engineering, Advanced Fuel efficient systems, Fire Safety Management, Advanced electronics, High speed Rolling stock design, Advanced Signalling and Fog vision etc.
- CRR, IIT Madras: Structural Health Monitoring of Railway Infrastructure, Intelligent transportation, Computer vision and imaging, reliability engineering, energy management etc.
- CRR, Mumbai University: Research related to Heavy Haul Technology, High-Speed Technologies, Energy Efficient Traction Power Supply Systems, Track Research, etc. The CRR will in due course also offer degree programme, post graduate programmes and PhD programme in research areas related to Railways and will also involve students in research projects and offer course electives related to Railway technology. Mumbai University’s academic council has recently approved an undergraduate course in Railway Engineering for the current academic year at the Railway Research Centre at their Ratnagiri sub-campus.
