March 2026 deadline set to train all s & t officers on Kavach

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 in all 31, 2026, 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-wheek crash courses have been sure Scheduled this year, while six specialized training programs focusing on ‘loco kavas Organized 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 Has Has Commenced For All Faculty Memeers to Build Internal Capacity and Futures Readiness. The training on kavach has expanded its reach with programs for cross-fractional departments and the industry stakeholders, He Said.

The centers of excellence (coe) for atp-kavach at the institute, in the meantime, continues to lead innovations such as development of the kavach-ectronic interfaces, advanesements in radioMunition, Standardisation of Braking Algorithms, Virtual Reality Based Simulations etc., said the dg.

Two New Electronic Interlocking (Ei) Labs Were Commissioned This year and integrated Block Working With Ei Systems has been facilitated. This has ben collaborated with kavach Oms (original equipment manufacturers) to ensure compatibility with various systems to accelerate deployment nationwide. A new state-of-the-lat lte lab with advanced hands-on tools, deployment of an asterisk-based voip extledge using using open- Source Technologies, Better Simulation facilities and Software Ups Made.

Mr. Srivastava said this year, 172 programs was help to train 4,531 personnel. About 624 Industry Professionals have also also been trained in Railway Signalling, Telecom and Kavach Technologies. Iriset has also also signed pacts with six more engineering institutions, introducing railway signaling and kavach modules into b.tech curricula, said a press release.