Lok Sabha Question No. 191 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: IT Vision in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.191 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2015

## IT VISION IN RAILWAYS

- *191. SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways have set up an Information Technology Advisory Council to create an Information Technology(IT)  vision  for  the  Railways  and  identify  areas  to leverage  newer  technologies  to  improve  the  efficiency  of  its vast and complex network.
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the terms of reference and the composition of the Council;
- (c) the number of the meetings held by the Council; and
- (d) the time by which the Council is likely to submit its report to the Railways?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

(a) to (d)   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. ****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF STARRED  QUESTION  NO.191  BY  SHRI  MOHITE  PATIL  VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO AND SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 03.08.2015 REGARDING IT VISION IN RAILWAYS

(a)  &(b):  Yes,  Madam.  Fourteen  Member  Advisory  Council  has  been constituted  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Shri  Som  Mittal,  former President NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) and Member, Expert Committee on HR (Human Resource) policy  for  e-governance  set  up  by  National  e-Governance  Division (NeGD)  to  assist  in  the  drafting  of  the  IT  (Information  Technology) Vision for the Indian Railways.  The other Members of the Advisory Council are:

1.  Shri  Narendra  Karmakar-  Ex.  Professor,  TIFR  (Tata  Institute  of Fundamental Research) and expert in Super Computing.
2.   Shri  M.P.  Jaiswal,  Dean  and  Professor,  Information  Management, MDI (Management Development Institute) Gurgaon.
3.  Shri  Rajesh  Mathur,  Vice-President,  Association  of  Geospatial Industries.
4.  Additional  Member/C&IS(Computerization  &  Information  System), Railway Board.
5.   Managing  Director/CRIS(Centre  for  Railway  Information  System), Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
6.  CMD(Chairman & Managing Director), RailTel Corporation of Indian Ltd.
7.  Director(Operations)/CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
8.  Shri A.K. Valani, Sr. Director(e-Gov), Deity(Department of Electronics & Information Technology).
9. Dr. P.G. Diwakar, DDG(Deputy Director General), National Remote Sensing Centre(NRSC)

- 10.Chief Engineer/TMS(Track Management System), Northern Railway, New Delhi.
- 11.Executive  Director/Telecom(Development),  Railway  Board  New Delhi.
- 12.Executive Director(Computerization & Information System), Railway Board, New Delhi.
- 13.Shri Madhukar Sinha, Executive Director/Innovations.
- 14.Shri Akhilesh Mishra, Director Mechanical Engineering (Computerization & Information System).

## The terms of reference of the Council are as under:

- i) To  assist  in  developing  a  comprehensive  ICT  (Information  & Communication Technology) vision for Indian Railway which  is in line with the overall vision and  objectives  outlined for Railways;
2. ii) The ICT Vision to cover Information Technology, Communication and Telecom as well as Geospatial. The current ICT implementation to be reviewed & integrated into the new vision;
3. iii) To  specifically  integrate  and  cover  passenger  service,  freight services,  asset  management  and  train  operations,  safety  and security as well as operations/enterprise management of Railway;
4. iv) To  recommend  an  implementation  strategy  and  structure  to ensure timely complete execution of the vision.
- v) To  recommend  plan  for  effective  capacity  building,  change management and IT governance; and
6. vi) To  suggest  the  road  map  to  set  up  a  technology  portal  which would invite innovative technological solutions for Rail Specific issues.
7. (c): So far, five meetings of the Council has been held on 07.05.2015, 13.05.2015, 29.05.2015, 11.06.2015 & 02.07.2015.

(d): The Council is likely to submit its draft report by the end of August 2015.

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