The College of Engineering,Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college situated in Chennai,India. It is Asia's oldest technical institution,founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe.
Jamalpur is a city in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated 9 km from the Munger city centre. Jamalpur is a part of Munger-Jamalpur twin cities.It is main railhead for reaching Munger city.
Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) was a programme by which candidates are selected by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) India,to train in the undergraduate program in mechanical engineering at the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,Jamalpur. This programme started in 1927 and is one of the oldest in India.
The Jamalpur Gymkhana,often referred to as Gymkhana by its members,is a hostel for young apprentice officers of the Indian Railways in Jamalpur,Bihar,India. It is also a club like any other Gymkhana. The difference is that membership to this club is restricted only to those who spend their formative years in its corridors. It is difficult to talk about Gymkhana without quickly moving on to the anecdotal history of its members - current and past,referred to as Gymmies by its inmates.
The Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE) was founded in 1888 as a technical school and commenced training Mechanical Officers for Indian Railways in 1927. It is the oldest of the five Centralised Training Institutes (CTIs) for training officers for Indian Railways. IRIMEE is located at Jamalpur in the Munger district of Bihar,on the Patna-Bhagalpur rail route. IRIMEE provides theoretical and practical training for a four-year undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering as well as professional courses to officers and supervisors of Indian Railways. There are also courses for non-railway organizations and foreign railways.
The Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering,abbreviated as IRSME,is one of the group 'A' central engineering services of the Indian railways. The officers of this service are responsible for managing the Mechanical Engineering Division of the Indian Railways. Till 2019,IRSME officers were drawn from the Combined Engineering Service Examination (ESE) and Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission. All appointments to the Group 'A' services are made by the president of India.
The Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is an annual combined standardized exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit officers to various engineering services under the Government of India. It is held in four categories:Civil,Mechanical,Electrical,and Electronics &Telecommunication. The exam has three stages comprising objective,subjective and personality tests. The various services are often informally known as Indian Engineering Services (IES).
Jamalpur Locomotive Workshop is a railway workshop established on February 8,1862,as the first fully-fledged railway workshop facility in India. It was started by the East Indian Railway Company (EIR) as a result of the so-called "Railway Age" in India,which began in 1854.
The Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunication,Secunderabad is an Institute based on Signal Engineering and Telecommunications. Located in Secunderabad,this institute is run by the Ministry of Railways (India),Indian Railways in 1957 as a subsidiary of Indian Railways.
The Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering (IRIEEN),Nashik,was set up by Indian Railways at Nashik in Maharashtra for imparting training to newly appointed officers of the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers,recruited through an Engineering Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission,New Delhi. The institute was set up in 1988 at Nashik,Maharashtra. The institute is headed by the director. He is assisted by a team of nine faculty members who have practical experience as well as technical qualifications.
Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN),Pune is the training institute for the Civil engineers of the Indian Railways. The institute had a modest start in 1959 as the Permanent Way Training School for training entry level Civil engineers. It is now a Centralised Training Institute and trains officers of the IRSE cadre of the Indian Railways.
Nikhil Nanda is an Indian industrialist,serving as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Escorts Kubota Limited,an Indian multinational engineering conglomerate that specialises in Agricultural,Construction and Railways equipment and machinery. He is a third-generation entrepreneur,is the grandson of Har Prasad Nanda,who founded the company in 1944,and son of Rajan Nanda,who served as the CMD of the group till August 2018.
Jabalpur Engineering College (JEC) is an institute located in Jabalpur,Madhya Pradesh,India. It is the oldest technical institution in central India and the 15th-oldest in India. It is the first institute of India to have started the Electronics &Telecommunication engineering education in the country,and also the last educational institution to be set up by the British in India. The Government of Madhya Pradesh is in the process of converting it into a Technical University.
Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) between November 2009 and December 2014 as Chairman of Space Commission,Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of ISRO. Prior to this,he was the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (2007-2009) and Director of National Remote Sensing Agency (2005-2008) of the Department of Space. He had a brief stint of five years (2000-2005) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences as Director of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS). Under his leadership of ISRO,India became the first country to reach Mars in its first attempt.
Chandrathil Gouri Krishnadas Nair is an Indian technocrat,teacher and metallurgical scientist known for his contributions in the field of aeronautical metallurgy. Dr Nair was given the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India for his contributions to science and technology in 2001.
Satish Kumar Kaura is an Indian technocrat,industrialist and the founder of Samtel Group,where he holds the post of the chairman. He is also the chairman and managing director of Samcor Glass Limited and the executive director of Samtel Colour Limited. An elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE),Kaura is the first recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2004,for his contributions to Indian industrial sector.
Durga Shanker Mishra is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is the current Chief Secretary to Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary and Chairman of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
Abhay Karandikar is an Indian educator,engineer and advisor,and philosopher best known for his work in telecommunication sector in India.Currently,he is serving as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology,Government of India from October 2023 onwards.Previously,he served as the Director of Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur from April 2018 to September 2023.Prior to that,Karandikar has held a number of positions including Dean and Institute chair professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay;Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and TSDSI. He was one of the founding members of Telecom Standards Development Society of India and appointed as its first Vice Chairman from 2014 to 2016,and then was appointed its Chairman from 2016 to 2018. He was chairman of the committee to give recommendations to Government of India on size,scope and quantum of spectrum for experimental spectrum license for 5G.
Suneet Sharma is the 2nd Chairman &Chief Executive Officer,Railway Board,Indian Railways and the ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. Sharma is a Central Government Engineer of IRSME cadre of the 1982 batch.
Prof. Siddheshwari Prasad Chakravarti was an Indian engineer,researcher,and educator. He was known as the father of electronics and telecommunications engineering in India.
