Authors

The list of papers finalized for IPWE technical seminar is as given below. Due to time constraint, generally first four papers will be presented in each technical session. However other authors should also be in readiness for presenting their paper, in case of non availability of authors/availability time.

As intimated earlier through SMS that the due to time constraint, only four papers will be presented in each technical session. The arrangement of presentation of technical papers of other authors on the display boards is made. However for this purpose authors interested for displaying their presentation should come prepared and inform in advance.

 

SN Topic Author Rly
Session 1: Management of P. way works through need based outsourcing
1 Outsourcing of Ultrasonic Testing of Rails/ Welds: Issues and challenges Satish Kumar Pandey ED/Track & A.K.Sharma ADE/Track
 
RDSO
2 Thoughts For Better ‘Dasha’ And ‘Disha’ Of Track Maintenance Cadre On Indian Railways Alok Kumar EDCE/G Railway Board 
3 Attracting Private investment in Setting up of Track Machine Overhauling (POH) facility –concept and financial modeling for a successful venture   Vivek Kumar Gupta ,
CE( TM) 
WR
4 Permanent way works- outsourcing should improve quality and increase productivity J S Mundrey Ret
5 Need based Outsourcing of Monsoon Patrolling V.Suriyamoorthy IRSE-2009 ADEN/VM &
Praveena.M IRSE(P)
SR
6 Management of  P. Way works  through need based outsourcing Pawan Kumar Sr. DEN/1/MGS  ECR
7 Management of P.Way works through need based outsourcing. Srinivas.Malladi, Div.Eng/Central/BZA SCR
8 Management of P. Way Works through need based outsourcing A.K.Samal Sr.DEN/Co/KGP SER
9 Need based to performance based outsourcing of P.Way maintenance activities.  K.V.Krishna Reddy, ADEN/GY SCR
Session 2: Management of P. way works through need based outsourcing
10 Options and Trends- Outsourcing of Maintenance of Permanent way Neeraj Agrawal GM/Civil DFCCIL
11 Track Maintenance Through Outsourcing - Shortcomings and Suggestions Mangal Bihari Vijay CTE &
Manoj Gupta DyCE/Track 
NWR
12 Management of P.Way Works through need based outsourcing Pankaj Kunwar, Sr.DEN(Co)/Ranchi
R.K. Verma, SSE(P.Way)/Bano
SER
13 Complete outsourcing of track maintenance in freight sections.  A K Patel, SrDEN/Coordination/CKP Rahul Singh, AEN/West/CKP SER
14 Maintenance of P.Way works through need based outsourcing.  A.Kannan SSE/P.WAY/HQ   SCR
15 An experience of outsourcing of P way gang,s activities on Western Railways A.M. Kaushal, Dy CE/TM &
I.S. Rajput AEN/TM
WR
16 Outsourcing of track related works.  B. Rama Rao, ADEN/HX SCR
17 Need based outsourcing of P.Way works on Indian Railways.  Arun Kumar Tiwari Dy.CE/Con/JBP SECR
Session 3: Design & Construction of Railway tunnels and related structures
18 Design aspects for tunnel construction.  Satish Kumar, IRSE, PCE &
Kamal Dev Ralh, IRSE CE/C
NCR
19 Managing Surprises in Tunnel Projects Vipul Kumar ED/Track II RDSO
20 Construction of Tunnel No. 7 From Face-2(Silchar end) In Extremely Soft Ground Conditions Under Lumding-Silchar Gauge Conversion Project of N.F.Railway A.S Garud CAO/Con 1,
Ajit Pandit CE/Con 1 &
Ajay Pradhan Dy CE/Con 2
NFR
21 Tunneling using conventional Drill Blast method: A case study of Karjat tunnel  SK Garg SPW IRICEN
22 Understanding rock mass behaviour and design of tunnels using soft computing techniques: a case study.  Shri. N.Brahma, IRSE, DyCE/Design & Smt. JV Anoosha, IRSE, AXEN/Design NFR
Session 4: Maintenance of Railway tunnels and related structures
23 Global Experience of design, Construction & maintenance of Railway Tunnels with special reference to Indian Railways M.M. Agarwal Former CE/NR & ED IPWE &
K.K.Miglani DyCE/Track
NR
24 Tunnel Inspection and Maintenance – A Practical Approach : Key provisions of RDSO Guidelines GE: G-0015 Brijesh Kumar, ED/ GE Sanjay Mishra, Director/GE RDSO
25 Tunnel ventilation and fire safety in Pir-Panjal tunnel T-80 of USBRL Project. Hitesh Khanna, Director/Woks,  Ircon International Ltd
26 Design, Construction & Maintenance of Railway Tunnels J.N. Laldas CTE ECoR
27 Hazard Rating System: A “Systems Approach” for improving safety of Railway Cuttings Brijesh Kumar, ED/ GE,
Sanjay Mishra, Director/GE & Samay Singh SSRE/GE
RDSO
Session 6: Presentation of papers by Members
28 Effect of flat tyre on 90 UTS rail: A case study in the Amguri-Safrai Section of Tinsukia Division B. Ashok, CTE/NFR &
R. K. Das, DyCE/TD/NFR
NFR
29 Green Building: A case study of New IRICEN Administrative Building NC Sharda SPT1/IRICEN, 
Suresh Pakhare DyCE/C/Pune/CR,
Gautam Kumar XEN/C/Pune/CR
IRICEN, CR
30 Construction of road under bridge by cut and cover method: a case study on Bikaner division of NWR.  N. K. Sharma, sr. DEN/Co/BKN & Vishal Gupta, Sr. DEN/North/BKN NWR
31 RUB by Cut & Cover Method using Relieving Girder Pankaj Soin Sr DEN/West/Ajmer NWR
32 Geosynthetics-Experience And Potential On Indian Railways System Asad M.Rizvi, Director/GE RDSO