HYDERABAD: The Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET) is celebrating its 52nd Annual Day tomorrow at its premises at Tarnaka in Secunderabad.
Sudesh Kumar, Member (Electrical) of the Railway Board, will be the chief guest while MS Jayant, General Manager of South Central Railway, will preside over the function.
IRISET, established in 1957, has has grown into a premier institute imparting advanced training in the field of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications. It provides training to officers and staff of Indian Railways and currently trains over 2,100 railway personnel in 80 courses annually. It also trains engineers from public sector undertakings and private firms involved in railway signaling.
IRISET has been recognised by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) as a leading training institution.
Trainees from Syria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Tanzania, Turkey and Ghana received training at the institute.
The Railway Board has decided to upgrade IRISET to a world-class institute and an action plan has been drawn with the help of consultants towards this goal.