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DIPLOMA COURSE OF IPWE

Admission Notice

The Institution organises a Diploma Course in 'Railway Engineering' for the Railwaymen as well as for the outsiders to update their knowledge of Railway Engineering.

The Diploma Course in Railway Engineering consists of two Semesters of six months each.  Semester I covers basic knowledge of Railway working in the fields of   General Management of Railways, Civil Engineering (Works); Civil Engineering (Track),  Civil Engineering ( Bridges),  Signal & Telecommunication Engineering; Operational Management,   Commercial Management,  Stores/Material Management, Personnel Management, Financial Management of Railways & Railway Accidents & Safety measures.

Semester II covers basic knowledge of Railway working in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and specialized knowledge of  Railway working in the fields of  Track Structure, Track Maintenance, Track Modernization, Works Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Survey & Construction of Railway lines, Railway sidings, and Disaster Management.

emester-II covers specialized knowledge of Permanent Way Engineering, which includes Track structure, its Maintenance and Modernisation, Works, Bridge Engineering, Survery and construction of Railway Lines, Railway Sidings, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Disaster Management.   
 

Ministry of Railways have extended certain incentives viz. in the case of Railway employees who possess Diploma Certificate in Railway Engineering will be considered additional qualification for promotion to Selection posts in Group 'C' category.

In the case of outsiders, the Railway Ministry has decided that passing of Diploma Course will be considered as an additional qualification for recruitment to various technical posts of Railways by Railway Recruitment Boards.

The fees for Semester I of Diploma Course is Rs.1000 for railwaymen and  Rs.1500 for outsiders. The fees for Semester II is Rs.1400 for railwaymen and Rs.1900 for outsiders. In addition, there is a fee of Rs.1000 for optional contact classes. Contact Classes are normally held every year in the month of October at Indian Social Institute, 10, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

The Diploma course in Railway Engineering was started in 1997. The course has been very popular and uptil March, 2008,   17208 students have enrolled to the course. Out of these 3438 have successfully completed the course and hold the Diploma in Railway Engineering.

The examination of Semester-I is usually held in February and of Semester-II in December each year at six centres viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Secunderabad, Chennai and Lucknow.

Admission for next course will commence in July 2008.
 

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