| Best Authors in IPWE International Technical Seminar | |||||
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Name & Designation | Topic | Rank | Location | Venue |
| Aug-24 | Shri Satya Prakash Dean/IRICEN/Pune | Determination of Longitudinal and Lateral Resistance of H- Beam Sleeper Track | 1st | Vol-1 S.No-3 |
Gandhinagar |
| Shri Sharad Kumar Agarwal Professor Br.-I/IRICEN | |||||
| Dr Sabyasachi Roy | |||||
| Shri Akash Khakre | |||||
| Sh. Anil Kalra | Review of inspection Protocol for LWR/CWR to Optimise Manpower and Maintenance Input Requirements | 2nd | Vol-1 S.No-5 |
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| Sh. Sivakumar A | |||||
| Sh. Vishvas Kumar Tyagi | Practices for Enhancing Fatigue Life of Rail Bolt Holes Using Cold Expansion Techniques | 3rd | Vol-1 S.N-10 |
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| Nov-23 | Shri Parmeshwar Funkwal, General Manager | Continuation of CWR through Station Yards-Experience of WR in laying and maintaining IR's Longest CWR | 1st | Session - III S.No-11 | Pune |
| Shri Harish Kumar, Sr. DEN Co/Vadodara/W.Rly | |||||
| Shri Chirag Mittal, Dy.CE/Vadodara/W.Rly | |||||
| Shri Abdul Gaffari, ADEN/Godhra/W.Rly | |||||
| Shri Satya Prakash Dean/IRICEN/Pune | Challenge in continuation of LWR on Long Bridges and their possible solutions | 2nd | Session - III S.No-12 |
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| Shri Sharad Kumar Agarwal, Professor Br.-1- IRICEN | |||||
| Dr. D.V.Subrahmanyam, CPM/RVNL | Innovative Techniques crafted by RVNL of Rail Fly Over, Pennar River Bridges and tunnelling in Projects of BZA divn, SW Rly | 3rd | Session - II S.No-10 |
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| Feb-23 | Shri Satya Prakash Dean/IRICEN/Pune | LWR on Open deck Steel Girder Bridges with H-Beam Sleepers | 1st | Session - 1 S.No-3 |
Kolkata |
| Shri Sharad Kumar Agarwal Professor Br.-I/IRICEN | |||||
| Shri B.P.Awasthi, PED/Infra-II/RDSO/LKO | Upgradation of existing Formation and Bridges approaches for traffic regime of Higher Speed and Higher Axle Load | 2nd | Session - 1 S.No-2 |
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| Shri M.K.Rajput, ED/Geotech, RDSO/LKO | |||||
| Shri S.K.Awasthi, Director/Geotech, RDSO/LKO | |||||
| Shri Rahul Srivastav GM/CRIS | Rail Drishti-Visual documentation of High Speed Rly Routes for insight and decision support | 3rd | Session - 1 S.No-5 |
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| Shri Amit Sharma, MATRIX | |||||
| Shri Swapnil Chaurasia, Sr. DEN/Hubli/SWR | Comprehensive Analysis of Curve Flattering and Yard Remodelling using Drone Surveys | Session - 3 S.No-15 |
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| Mar-22 | Shri Anil Kumar Gupta, MD - IPRCL | Alternate Financing for Accelerated Development of Rly in project execution and Maintenance | 1st | Udaipur | |
| Shri Bhupesh Kumar Swain, Manager-IRPCL | |||||
| Shri Veer Narayan, IRSE, SYSTRA | |||||
| Shri R.K.Shekhawat, Sr Professor, IRICEN/Pune | Curve Realignment - Software for Optimum Solution | 2nd | |||
| Shri A.A.Nizami, Sr Instructor (Computer), IRICEN | |||||
| Shri B.P.Awasthi, PED (Bridges), RDSO/LKO | Suitability of existing Rly Bridges for Higher Speed and Higher Axle Loads | 3rd | |||
| Shri R.K.Srivastava, ED (Steel), RDSO/LKO | |||||
| Shri Pradeep Kumar, Director/B&S, RDSO/LKO | |||||
| Mar-20 | Shri Anil Choudhary, Sr. Professor, IRICEN | Proper Method of Correcting Large Alignment Defects in Tangent Track | 1st | Session-I S.No-7 |
Goa |
| Shri Vikram Gupta, CE/Track Procurement/SCR | Faster Execution of Doubling Works - Station Yard the Bottlenecks | 2nd | Session-II S.No-1 |
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| Shri Rajiv Tanwar, Director/Track Mod./Rly Board | |||||
| Shri Akshya Jha, Chief Track Engineer | Improving Quality of AT welding on SC Rly - A Case study | 3rd | Session-IV S.No-6 |
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| Shri P.V.N. Naidu, ADEN /Lines/ Vijayawada | |||||
| Shri G.Kiran Babu, Sr. Instructor /TWTC/Vijayawada | |||||
| Shri A.Karthik Roy, JE/P.Way/HQ/SCR | |||||
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Session -1. Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and heavy Axle Load – Design Aspects |
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Sr. No. |
Name of Speaker & Designation |
Paper Title |
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1.1 |
Hitesh Khanna, Director (Works) Ircon International Ltd., Anish Kumar, CPM, IRICON |
Semi High-speed Trains on Indian Railways network:Track and Vehicle side demand |
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1.2 |
Ramesh Pinjani, Sr. Prof/Bridge-2/ IRICEN, Pune |
Important track design parameters to cater semi high speed & heavier axle loads trains |
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1.3 |
Sandip Kumar Saha, DEN/East/Ranchi/SER |
Effect of Temperature gradient on High speed track with Track-Bridge interaction |
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1.4 |
Yerramshetty Srinivas, ADEN/ARK, ECoR, R. P. Singh, Asst. Professor/ Track- III, IRICEN, Pune |
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1.5 |
M. Suyambullingam, Chief Engineer / S. Railway. |
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1.6 |
Shri Amit Kumar Roy Chief Project Manager/RVNL |
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1.7 |
Akshay Singh Rathore, IRSE(P) 2015, Shashank Kulshreshtha, IRSE(P)2015, Vikas Yadav, IRSE(P) 2015, R.P. Singh, Asst. Professor Track, IRICEN, Pune |
Issues related with compaction during construction of New Railway Embankment For Heavy Axle Loads |
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1.8 |
Mohammad Islam, ADEN/JTJ/MAS/ Southern Railway, Chennai-003 |
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1.9 |
Nitin Garg, XEN/TP/NCR |
Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and heavy Axle Load – Design Aspects |
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1.10 |
Sandeep Sharma, ED/Tract-II/RDSO Pranav Kumar, Director/Trach-IV/RDSO Ritu Raj, Dy. Director/EF/RDSO S. K. Avasthi, RDSO Dy. Dir./CS/RDSO |
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1.11 |
Vipul Kumar, ED/Track-I/RDSO Ajay Kumar, Director/Track -II/RDSO |
Challenges in Design & Maintenance of Track Structure for Mixed Traffic Regime on IR |
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Session -2. Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Load – Maintenance Aspects |
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Sr. No. |
Name of Author & Designation |
Topic of Paper |
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2.1 |
J. S. MUNDREY, Consultant in Track Technology, Formerly Advisor Civil Engineering, Railway Board |
REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE APPROACH TO TRACK MAINTENANCE ON INDIAN RAILWAYS |
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2.2 |
M. M. Agarwal, Former Chief Engineer/ NR & Former Executive Director/IPWE K. K. Miglani, Former Dy. Chief Engineer(Track), NR |
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2.3 |
Dr. Florian Auer Senior Expert Track Technology |
Sustainable maintenance of High- speed lines with mixed traffic |
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2.4 |
Narayan Rangaraj, Professor, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay R. Vidyadhar, MTech Student, Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay Ayush Agrawal, Associate ITS Engineer, ITS Planner and Engineers, Hyderabad |
Simulation of Mix-traffic Railway Networks carrying Semi High Speed passenger trains and High Axle Load freight trains. |
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2.5 |
Pradeep Kumar Garg, CE/TMC/C..Rly. |
Issues involved in the maintenance of track carrying heavy axle loads in reference to Deep Screening |
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2.6 |
Md Tanveer Khan, ADEN/BWN, HWH Diuv., ER Sushil Kumar, SSE(P.Way)/BWN, HWH Div., ER Rajesh Kumar, SSE(P.Way)/BWN, HWH Division, ER and Avinash Jain, Sr. DEN/2/HWH, ER |
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2.7 |
N. R. Bairawa, SSE(TR) ADI, W.Rly. |
Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Loads and Maintenance Challenges |
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2.8 |
Saurabh Singh, AXEN/TMS, NCR, Allahabad, R.P. Singh Asstt. Prof.-III/ Track, IRICEN, Pune |
Assessment of Indian Railways Track Ballast in the Regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Load Requirement |
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2.9 |
AKHIL AGARWAL, Dy./CE/LAND/NR |
Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Load & their impart on Track |
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2.10 |
A. V. Mittal, Dy.CE/P&D/NR |
Engineering Applications of a Drone in Railway Organization |
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2.11 |
Vipul Kumar Ed/Track/RDSO |
CHALLENGES IN DESIGN & MAINTENANCE OF TRACK STRUCTURE FOR MIXED TRAFFIC REGIME ON IR |
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3. Miscellaneous (Bridges) |
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Sr. No. |
Name of Author & Designation |
Topic of Paper |
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3.1 |
S.N Agarwal, GM/SER K. C Swami, CBE/WR Avinash Kumar, Dy. CE/D/WR |
Strengthening of damaged PSC bridge girders with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer “CFRP” System |
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3.2 |
Ajit Pandit, CAO/Con-3/NFR(Con.) R P Jingar CE/Con-1/NFR(Con.) S Kamei Dy. CE/Con-2/DBRT, NFR (Construction) |
Use of Spherical Bearings in Railway Bridges- Bogibeel Bridge Project |
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3.3 |
A. K. Yadav, CAO/C/NFR S. P. Deshmukh, Dy. CE/C/Bairabi, NFR |
Instrumentation and Monitoring During Construction of Tunnels in Bairabi-Sairang NL Project |
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3.4 |
Satish Kumar AGM/ER & MD/KMRCL |
Challenges of Tunnelling in East - West Metro Kolkata Tunnelling Below Colvin Court Building |
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3.5 |
A. Saibab, CE/E/NFR M. Subash, Dy. CE/C/NFR |
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3.6 |
M. Suyambulingam, CBE/SR Ram Kishore, Dy. CE/ROB/MAS G. Radhakrishnan, SSE/Bridge/MDU |
“Elevated Road-cum-Rail Crossings” (Precast Tunnel type RC box) An article by |
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3.7 |
Rajesh Prasad, CPM (M) & GGM/RVNL/Kolkata PIU |
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3.8 |
Pradeep Ahirkar , Sr DEN/Co/BRC |
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3. Miscellaneous (Other than Bridges) |
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Sr. No. |
Name of Author & Designation |
Topic of Paper |
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4.1 |
Harpal Singh, CE/Con-8/Maligaon, B.N.Bhaskar, Dy CE/Con/Agartala, Koteshwar Ponnala, AEE/Udaipur |
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4.2 |
Subodh Jain, ME (Retd.) Rly. Board Vipul Kumar, ED/Track/RDSO |
Design and Development of Ballastless Track with Indigenous Fastening System |
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4.3 |
Anupam Avasthi, Sr. DEN Kohei Nagai, Associate Professor Shingo Asamoto, Associate Professor Seishi Goto, Professor Emeritus |
Study of Possible causes of Premature Cracking of Sleepers in Indian Railways |
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4.4 |
Sai Singh Khongrymmai, Dy. CE/NFR/ AGTL, Harpal Singh, CE/NFR? Maligaon, Supriya Dutta, JE/Works/NFR/ Agartala |
Mechanised Blending and Laying of Blanketing Material along with application of Geo-textile and Geo- grids in formation of Agartala- Sabroom of NF Railway Project |
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4.5 |
A. K. Yadav, CAO/C/NFR P. Deshmukh, Dy. CE/C/Bhairabi/NFR |
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4.6 |
LUV SEHGAL Graduate Research Assistant, RailTEC, UIUC AMIT GARG, Graduate Research Assistant, RailTEC, UIUC and Chief Engineer, Indian Railways VIJAY SEHGAL CAO (Construction), WCR Dr WILLIAM BUTTLAR Prof., Department of Civil and Environmental Engg, UIUC |
HOT MIX ASPHALT IN BALLASTED RAILWAY TRACK: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND INFERENCES |
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4.7 |
Surendra Bansal, DEAN, IRICEN PavanTotla, Anuj Sharma, Aindrila Roy, Bishawajeet Das, Shoyeb Ahmad |
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4.8 |
Sharad Kumar Agarwal, Prof. Br. IRICEN, PA Vikramjeet Singh, SohanlalKag, Alok Kumar, Sanjeev Dangi, B.E. Final Year, E&TC, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune Isha Agarwal, B.Des, IIT Guwahati |
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4.9 |
Anil Choudhary, Director/Track Machine- III,RDSO Aqil Mohsin, SSE/Mechanical/TMM, RDSO Kavindra Nath Rai, SSE/Engg/TMM,RDSO |
AUTO RAIL PANEL LINKER (For Automatic Linking of 20 Rail Panel During Unloading) |
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4.10 |
Niranjan Kumar, SSE(Mobility), Rly. Board S K Srivastava, ED(Mobility)CE, Rly. Board |
Economics of TRR/TBR/TSR vis- à-vis CTR in Mixed Traffic Regime |
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4.11 |
N. Kaushal Kishore, CE/TP/WCR/Jabalpur |
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