Centre of Excellence to be established for next-generation transportation systems

By OEM Update Editorial January 2, 2020 6:21 pm IST

The National Rail Transport Institute (NRTI), a deemed-to-be-university under the Ministry of Railways, signed a MoU with the University of Birmingham in Rail Bhawan, New Delhi on 18^th December 2019 to set up its first Centre of Excellence for next-generation transportation systems. The MoU was signed by Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board and Chancellor of NRTI, and Professor Clive Roberts, Head of the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) at the University of Birmingham.

Indian Railways is a founding partner of this centre and would provide proprietary data, professional expertise, spare equipment and other available resources directly or through its Centralised Training Institutes and research organisations. The centre would also invite partnerships from other industry and academic organisations as it develops in the future.