Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday proposed to set up a “Malaviya Chair” for Railway Technology at IIT (BHU) and announced that the railways intends to set up an innovation council called “Kayakalp” for the purpose of business re-engineering and introducing a spirit of innovation in the public sector.
“Government of India has conferred a Bharat Ratna on Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya. To mark the centenary celebrations of Banaras Hindu Univ ersity, we propose to set up a Malaviya Chair for Railway Technology at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
This chair will help in development of new materials to be used in all assets of the railways,” Mr Prabhu said in Parliament.
He announced that the railways has decided to strengthen the RDSO (Research Design and Standards Organisation) to make it one of excellence in applied research. “RDSO would collaborate with institutions of repute. We will set up in 2015-16 four Railway Research Centres in universities for doing fundamental research,” Mr Prabhu said.
The railway minister stressed the need to invest in fundamental and applied research for seeking solutions to rail-specific issues.
The railways intends to set up a technology portal to invite innovative technological solutions, he said.
“A consortium of the ministry of railways, ministry of human resources development, ministry of science and
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