The members of Institute of Indian Railway Electrical Engineers (IREE), South Central Railway (SCR) Chapter celebrated 7th Railway Electrical Engineers Day Celebrations at Electric Loco Shed, Lallaguda, South Central Railway today i.e., 3rd February,2018. Vinod Kumar Yadav, General Manager, SCR was the chief guest and John Thomas, Additional General Manager was the guest of honour. A.A.Phadke, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer and Chairperson of IREE presided over the function.
The Electrical Engineers Day is celebrated as a mark of its remembrance for the 1stever electric train was run on 3rd Feb, 1925 from Boribander (Now known as Mumbai CST) to Kurla on 1500v DC on Great India Peninsula Railway.
Vinod Kumar Yadav stated that Electrical Engineering has got bright future ahead in the Railways as the emphasis is laid in the recent Budget for Railway Electrification all over the Railway network. SCR is placed at top position over Indian Railways in terms of achieving Energy conservation awards continuously for three years with the efforts made by Electrical Department and should maintain the same in forth coming years, General Manager said.
