Rail Sector

“The Conference noted with appreciation the valuable role of the Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD) in arranging courses for railway personnel from South and South-East Asia to assist in the development of the Trans-Asian Railways network”

 

The first Meeting of the chief executives of railways of BIMSTEC countries was held at New Delhi on 20-21 September 2004. The Meeting was jointly organised by the Ministry of Railways, Government of India and the Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD), New Delhi. The participants included representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UN-ESCAP and AITD. The meeting noted that changes in technology and the operating environment require far-reaching transformations in the skill-set of the railway personnel. Some of the member countries having smaller railway systems do not have the necessary wherewithal to support training institutions in all disciplines. There is, therefore, need to pool regional resources for this purpose. A major initiative in this regard was the offer of the Indian Railways to train the railway personnel from the member countries free of cost with AITD coordinating in the matter. With this objective, this programme is being conducted by AITD on issues related to rail transport and has successfully completed 21 such training courses.

 

Course	Topic	Date
21st	Operational Practices for Carriage of Freight Traffic on Railways	Feb 2017
20th	Trans Asian Network and Connectivity	Sep 2016
19th	Integrated Transport and Logistics	Mar 2016
18th	Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Railways and the Financial and Productivity Gains therefrom	Oct 2015
17th	Intermodal Choices : Role of Railways	Sep 2014
16th	Costing and Pricing of Rail Transport Services	Feb 2014
15th	Development of Dry Ports	Nov 2013
14th	Public Private Partnership (PPP)	Mar 2013
13th	Information Technology and its Application on Railways	Nov 2011
12th	Preservation of Railway Heritage	Dec 2010
11th	Development of Rail Infrastructure : Financing and Project Management	Feb 2010
10th	Maintenance of Diesel Locomotives	Mar 2009
9th	Developing Bankable PPP Projects for Infrastructure Development	Nov 2008
8th	Design and Maintenance of Passenger Coaches	Sep 2008
7th	Passenger Coach Designs and their Maintenance	Feb 2008
6th	Public Private Partnership in the Development of Rail Infrastructure	Apr 2007
5th	Information Technology and its Application on Railways	Dec 2006
4th	Trans-Asian Railway Network in Member Countries	Aug 2006
3rd	Trans-Asian Railway Network in Member Countries	Apr 2006
2nd	Resource Mobilisation and Financial Management in the Railways	Aug 2005
1st	Multimodal Transport	Apr 2005