Akhilesh Yadav
Director/Signal, Research Design & Standards Organisation, Indian Railways
17 years of wide ranging experience in Railway Signalling systems & applications. Expertise in managing roles with technical, commercial & managerial responsibilities for mid to large size projects for suburban and mainline railways. Experienced in managing assignments in complete range of system life cycle, i.e., conception, design, development, manufacturing, construction, testing and maintenance of operational assets. Significant experience in planning, tendering, procurement & contract management.
Currently working on developing & standardising signalling equipment & systems for use on Indian Railway network.
Successfully led multiple signalling renewals projects in Indian Railways. Experienced in providing functional lead in signalling design, possessions planning, test & commission planning, contract administration and asset management of operational railway including faulting and renewals planning.
Successfully interfaced with other railway disciplines like Track, Civils, OHE and Electricals in all the above activities. Led multi-disciplinary teams for accident investigations involving signal passed at danger, derailment etc.
Recently worked on design packages of major Signalling Renewal Schemes of Network Rail UK. Work involved development of project specifications, design specifications, Scheme plan Review, Interlocking Controls design, Review of schematics like location area plans, TFMs, Datalinks and Detailed designs.
Specialties:
Multiple competency certifications from IRSE(UK) for rail signalling as below.
*Principles Signalling designer
*Signalling Schemes designer
*Signalling Design Verifier.
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51 contactsRDSO is the central organization of Indian Railways focussed on research, designs & standardization activities for equipments & systems to be used all over Indian Railways. Currently working on design & development of modern signalling equipments like digital axle counters, block proving by axle counters, universal failsafe block interface, fog vision system etc.
2005 - 2009Working with ATKINS on secondment from Indian Railways. Responsibilities include Signalling Schemes development, Specifications development, Interlocking Logic Design, Detailed design and Independent Verification work for various international (Mainly UK Railway) projects. Worked on following Major Signalling projects:
*Manchester South Resignalling (Interlocking Controls Design/ Scheme Plan)
*Basingstoke Resignalling (Interlocking Design, Detailed Circuits Design)
*Rugby and Nuneaton Resignalling (Design Specifications, Scheme Plan, Schematics and Drawings related with detailed design)
*Birmingham International tunback facilty (Project specification, Scheme Plan)
*Newport area Signalling Renwal project (Engineering Design Requirements Specification, Interlocking Controls Design)
1992 - 2005Engineering management of Rail signalling systems involving design, maintenance, construction, testing & commissioning of systems.
*Joined Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) in 1992 though All India Engineering Services Exam ( www.upsc.gov.in )
*Trained in Signal Engineering at Indian Railway Institute of signal Engineering ( www.iriset.ac.in )
*Trained in Railway System, Interfaces and Management at Railway Staff College ( www.rscbrc.ac.in )
*Lifetime member of institution of Railway Signal & Telecom Engineers, India, ( www.irsteindia.com )