[LIS-Forum] Presentation on “Communication Systems in Indian Railways:Today and Tomorrow” on 11th May 2016 at 6.00 p.m.

Mohan Hr hrmohan at gmail.com
Wed May 4 01:59:29 IST 2016


Dear all,

Pl. find an invite for the presentation on  “Communication Systems in
Indian Railways:Today and Tomorrow” on 11th May 2016 at 6.00 p.m.

The pdf invite is available at
http://ieeecs-madras.managedbiz.com/pgms/2016/mm-160511-csir.pdf

To facilitate logistics, please pre-register at  https://goo.gl/o87xc1


INVITATION
=====================================================

Computer Society of India, Chennai Chapter
IEEE Madras Section
IEEE Computer Society, Madras Chapter
IEEE Communications Society, Madras Chapter

cordially invite you for a presentation on

“Communication Systems in Indian Railways:Today and Tomorrow”

by
Mr. R. Baskaran
Group General Manager
RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, Chennai

on Wednesday, 11th May 2016 at 6.00 p.m.

at
Seminar Hall, CSI Education Directorate, Taramani, Chennai – 600113
(Situated in the opposite lane to Indira Nagar MRTS Railway Station.
About 100 meters away from the Dharmambal Women’s Polytechnic &
Opposite to the Inst. of Mathematical Sciences and Inst. of Hotel
Management)


Dr. B. Srinivasan, Chairman, CSI Chennai Chapter
Dr. M. Atmanand, Chairman, IEEE Madras Section
Dr. P. Sakthivel, Chairman, IEEE CS Madras Chapter
Mr. P. Subramanian, IEEE COMSOC Madras Chapter

Programme
=========

6.00 p.m. : Tea & Fellowship
6.30 p.m. : Presentation
7.45 p.m. : Dinner

About the Presentation
=================

Communication Systems play a vital role in the growth of any
organization. Indian Railways (IR), one the largest passenger and
goods transportation network has been using the communication systems
for its tremendous growth during last 15 years.  IR uses the
communication systems broadly in the following three categories. --
Operational Communication Systems; Administrative communication
systems; and Emergency communication equipment. IR also uses Networked
Passenger Information Systems and continuously putting a lot of effort
in improving the technology to match the developments and growing user
needs and demands. IR is fast adopting itself to most of the
communication facilities which are getting shifted to IT based.
Emails, Messaging, Social networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp are
being extensively used now. While ERP is also getting implemented in
phases, Internet of Things (IoT) is likely to be the future for all
its operations. The presentation will cover various technologies which
are in use, challenges faced in implementing and maintaining and the
overall benefits derived by IR through Communication Systems..

About the Speaker
==============

Mr. R. Baskaran who hails from Kanyakumari District is an alumnus
College of Engineering Guindy with a degree in BE (ECE).  After
graduation he had taken up a job in ITI, Chennai, where he was
involved in developing “High Speed, Magnetically Suspended Rotor for
Uranium Enriching” for DRDL, Hyderabad, which is being used by Defence
even now for their Nuclear project.In 1986, he joined the Signal &
Telecom Department of Indian Railways through UPSC / Indian
Engineering Services examination. Since then he has been working in
various capacities in Railways at different places spanning 9 states.
In all his tenures, Mr. Baskaran has been successful in all his
postings and made a mark in major system improvement. Currently, Mr.
Baskaran is the Group General Manager at RailTel Corporation of India
Ltd, Chennai and is in-charge of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In his current
posting, Mr. Baskaran has achieved the distinction of being the market
leader in Retail Broad-band segment in RailTel, holding 60% of
business in All India level. For this achievement, RailTel has honored
him during the Annual Day Celebration on 23rd Sep 2015. Mr. Baskaran
is associated with two NGOs -- “V-SEED Society” and “Subbaiah
Muthammaal Charity Trust” involved in conducting large number of
Career Counselling Programmes for students.  He is also the
Joint-President of “CEG’83 Anna University Alumni Association”


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