RDSO - Research Designs and Standards Organisation
Genesis of RDSO:
- Till Independence, most of the designs and manufacture
of Railway equipment were entrusted to Foreign countries.
- To enforce standardisation and coordination amongst
various railway systems, the Indian
Railway Conference Association (IRCA) was set up in 1903.
- CSO - Central Standards Office was
set up at Shimla in the year 1930 for the preparation of designs, standards and specifications.
- After Independence, a new organisation called Railway Testing and Research Centre (RTRC) was
set up in 1952 at Lucknow, for testing
and conducting applied research for the development of railway rolling stock,
permanent way etc.
- The Central Standards Office (CSO) and the Railway
Testing and Research Centre (RTRC) were integrated into a single unit
named RDSO - Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in 1957,
under the Ministry of Railways at Lucknow.
Salient features:
- Located at Lucknow
- The status of RDSO has been changed from an ’Attached
Office’ to ’Zonal Railway’ since 01.01.2003.
- Sole R&D organisation of IR
- Technical advisor to Railway Board, Zonal Railways and
Production Units
- Headed
by a Director General ( GM equivalent Rank - HAG +)
- Assisted
by Special Director General (Engineering),
Special Director General (Vendor Development), Additional Director
General, Principal Executive Directors and Executive Directors, heading
different directorates.
- Total Directorates - 32
- All the directorates of RDSO, except Quality Assurance
field Units, are located at Lucknow.
- Liaison Cells at Bangalore, Bhopal, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Jaipur, Hyderabad and New Delhi.
Functions of RDSO:
- Development of new and improved designs.
- Development, adoption, and absorption of
new technology for use on Indian Railways.
- Development of standards for materials
and products specially needed by Indian Railways.
- The technical investigation, statutory
clearances, testing and providing consultancy services.
- Inspection of critical and safety items of rolling
stock, locomotives, signalling & telecommunication equipment and track
components.
Governing
Council:
- Chairman: Chairman
& CEO, Railway Board
- Members: Member Finance, Member
(Infrastructure), Member (Traction & Rolling Stock), Director General
(Staff), Member (Operation & Business Development), Addl. Members
(Plg) and Director General,/RDSO
- Member Secretary: Executive Director E&R/Railway
Board
Functions:
- To identify
and approve the R&D projects for technology development on Indian
Railways.
- To review the progress of projects
- To determine the quantum of direct
investment in technology development within the overall allocation of
funds under the Plan
Head ’Railway Research’. -1800
- To give direction for improving the working of RDSO.
CBRR -
Central Board of Railway Research
- Chairman - Director General, RDSO
- Member Secretary - Additional Director General, RDSO
- Members: AM (Civil Engg.), AM (Mech. Engg.) AM(Signal),
AM(Traffic), AM(Finance), Adviser (Infra), ED(E&R), ED(Planning)
- Consists of Non-Railway Members such as Scientists,
Technologists, Engineers and Senior executives of other research
organisations, academic institutions and industrial units related to
Railways.
Functions of CBRR:
1. Recommend the programme of research on IR
2. Review the research programme from time to time
3. Coordination and assistance from other research
bodies
4. Review the ongoing projects from the technical
angle
CAMTECH
- Stands
for Centre for Advanced Maintenance TECHnology
- Headquarters: Gwalior
- The subsidiary organisation under the administrative control of RDSO(Research, Designs
& Standards Organisation), Lucknow.
- CAMTECH
Directorate headed by PED (PHOD Rank in HAG Officer)
Objectives:
- Serving
4 Technical Departments of Indian Railways i.e., Civil, Mechanical,
Electrical, and S&T
- Upgrade
maintenance technologies and methodologies and achieve improvement in
productivity and performance of all Railway Assets and Manpower.
- Carries
out in-depth studies of maintenance problems, identifies and helps Zonal
Railways to implement possible solutions.
- Imparts
Training
- Prepares
Maintenance Manuals, Handbooks, Technical instructions, guidelines,
pamphlets, and video films for maintenance of all
4 Technical Departments of Indian Railways i.e., Civil, Mechanical,
Electrical and S&T
Key
Takeaways for MCQ - RDSO
1. RDSO stands for Research Designs and Standards Organisation.
2. RDSO Headquarters: Lucknow
3. RDSO headed by Director General (GM Rank - HAG+)
4. RDSO is the Sole R&D organisation of IR
5.
Technical
advisor to Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Production Units
6.
The status of RDSO has
been changed from an ’Attached Office’ to ’Zonal Railway’ since 01.01.2003.
7.
IRCA was set up in 1903 and
closed in 2022
8.
IRCA stands for Indian
Railway Conference Association
9.
CSO - Central Standards
Office set up in 1930 at Shimla - the predecessor of RDSO
10.
Railway
Testing and Research Centre (RTRC) was set up in 1952 at Lucknow - predecessor
of RDSO
11.
CSO and
RTRC - integrated into a single unit named RDSO in 1957
12.
CBRR stands for Central Board of
Railway Research
13.
Liaison
Cells at Bangalore, Bhopal, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Hyderabad and New Delhi.
14.
Plan
Head number for Railway Research - 1800
15.
CAMTECH stands for Centre for Advanced Maintenance TECHnology.
16.
CAMTECH Headquarters:
Gwalior
17.
CAMTECH is a Subsidiary
Organisation of RDSO
18.
CAMTECH is Headed by PED
(HAG rank)
19.
CAMTECH serves all 4
technical departments i.e., Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and S&T
20.
PED stands for Principal
Executive Director
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