Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune (IRCEN) is the training institute for the Civil engineers of the Indian Railways. The institute had a modest start in 1959 as the Permanent Way Training School for training entry level Civil engineers. It is now a Centralised Training Institute and trains officers of the IRSE cadre of the Indian Railways.[1]

Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune
Established1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Location
Coordinates18°56′42″N 72°50′01″E / 18.94505°N 72.83352°E / 18.94505; 72.83352
Websitewww.iricen.gov.in

Located in the city of Pune, IRICEN imparts training to up to 100 engineers/ managers at a time. Engineers from railways of the developing countries as well as other government departments/private organisations are also trained. The training programmes are generally residential in nature. Available infrastructure for conducting various training programmes includes a well-stocked technical library, computer centre, material testing laboratory, model room/ museum, hostel, mess and recreational facilities for the trainee officers.

The institute also trains railway engineers for other agencies including RITES, IRCON, NTPC, MRVC etc.

Sister organizations

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The IRICEN is one of six Centralised Training Institutes that share the task of training of officers. The other Centralised Training Institutes are:

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