The Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET) has drawn up a comprehensive plan to train all Signal &Telecom officers in all railway zones across the country by March 31, 2026, to accelerate the roll-out of ‘Kavach’, the indigenously developed automatic train protection system.
Director General Sharad Kumar Srivastava informed that eight additional one-week crash courses have been scheduled this year, while six specialised training programmes focusing on ‘Loco Kavach’ fitment were organised for officers and supervisors from electric loco-sheds.
Senior officials across the zones are currently taking part in the appreciation programs on Kavach since July, and in-house training has commenced for all faculty members to build internal capacity and future readiness. The training on Kavach has expanded its reach with programmes for cross-functional departments and the industry stakeholders, he said.
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for ATP-Kavach at the institute, in the meantime, continues to lead innovations such as Development of the Kavach-Electronic Interlocking interface, advancements in radio communication, standardisation of braking algorithms, virtual reality based simulations etc., said the DG.
