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Thursday, June 30, 2022

NAIR - National Academy of Indian Railways








NAIR


  • NAIR stands for National Academy of Indian Railways

  • Headed by Director General (the equivalent of General Manager Rank)

  • Present DG - Dr Amitabh Ojha, IRSEE (since March 2022)

  • DG is the administrative head of all the 8 Centralized Training Institutes of Indian Railways

  • Also acts as the technical head for all other training institutes/centres on the entire network of Indian Railways.


Genesis of NAIR


  • The setting of Railway Staff College at Dehradun 

  • Recommended by the Indian Railway Committee under the chairmanship of Sir William Mitchell Acworth (famous Acworth Committee) with 10 members including 3 Indians viz. Shri V.S.Srinivasa Sastri, Sri Purshottam Das Thakurdas and Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee. 

  • But it was closed down and IMA - Indian Military Academy came up on the same campus at Dehradun. 

  • The Railway Staff College was relocated to Vadodara in 1952

  • First Principal - Shri P C Bahl in 1952

  • Erstwhile Railway Staff College

  • Situated at Vadodara, the cultural capital of Gujarat (since 1952)

  • Originally started as a Transportation School

  • Apex Training Institute of Indian Railways 


Pratap Vilas Palace: 


  • Administrative Building of NAIR - Pratap Vilas Palace, Vadodara

  •  Pratap Vilas Palace was built by Maharaja Sayaji Rao for his eldest son Fatehsingh Rao. Construction started in 1908 and was completed in 1914 and  named after the son of Fatehsingh Rao i.e., Pratapsingh Rao 

  • Also known as Lalbaugh Palace or Prince’s Palace

  • Leased by the then British Government to Indian Railways for their use

  • 1964 - Indian Railways Purchased the property for Rs. 24.38 Lakhs. 

  • IGB certified as well as ISO 

  • Campus spread over 43 acres of lush green forest and lawns

  • Trains Probationary Officers of IRMS - Indian Railways Management Service 

  • Classroom sessions, Online sessions and blended mode 


The Major Training Programmes are as follows. 


  1. Foundation programmes for Probationary officers of IRMS

  2. Induction programmes for Probationary officers of IRMS

  3. Centralized training for Probationary officers of IRMS 

  4. Foundation Programmes for Group-B Officers of all Railway departments

  5. Induction Programmes for Group-B Officers of Stores and Personnel departments of Indian Railways.

  6. Training under ‘Strategic Leadership Programme’, ‘Strategic Management Programme’ and ‘Strategic Action Leadership Programmes’.

  7. Advanced Management Programme (AMP) for senior-level in-service Railway officers.

  8. Management Development Programme (MDP) for mid-level in-service Railway officers.

  9. Functional courses are specific to various departments of Indian Railways.

  10. Training of Trainers for Senior Instructors of various Training Institutes in Indian Railways

  11. Training programmes for foreign nationals under various schemes/tie-ups.

  12. Training programmes for Non-Railway organizations.

  13. Special Courses.

  14. Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Webinars.


Material for MCQ

  1. Prior to Vadodara, Railway Staff College was established in Dehradun

  2. The former name of NAIR - Railway Staff College

  3. NAIR stands for National Academy of Indian Railways

  4. DG stands for Director-General

  5. DG, NAIR is the administrative head of all 8 CTIs in Indian Railways

  6. CTI stands for Centralized Training Institute

  7. Administrative palace of NAIR is located at Pratap Vilas Palace, Vadodara

  8. NAIR is situated at Vadodara, the cultural capital of Gujarat

  9. Pratap Vilas Palace was constructed by Shri Sayaji Rao Gaekwad, ruler of Maharaja of Baroda

  10. First Principal - Shri P C Bahl

  11. Present DG of NAIR - Dr Amitabh Ozha


CTIs - Centralized Training Institutes

 

SN

CTI

Location

Headed by

Dept

1

NAIR

National Academy of Indian Railways

Vadodara

Director General

General for all Depts Personnel,

 Stores & Medical in particular

2

IRICEN

Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

Pune

Director General

Civil Engineering

3

IRISET

Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering & Telecommunications

Secunderabad

Director General

S & T

4

IRIFM

Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management

Secunderabad

Director General

Accounts

5

IRIMEE

Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

Jamalpur

Director General

Mechanical

6

IRIEE

Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engineering

Nasik

Director General

Electrical

7

IRITM

Indian Railway Institute of Traffic Management

Lucknow

Director General

Traffic

8

JRRPFA

Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy, Lucknow

Lucknow

Dy. Inspector General

Security


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