Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have finally released the indicative advertisement for Junior Engineer (JE) recruitment. The application process will begin from January 2, 2019. With more than 14,000 vacancies at stake, it is expected that the number of applications will be humongous. Hence, it becomes all the more imperative for candidates to check the eligibility criteria carefully and apply only after confirming their eligibility for the posts advertised.

The total number of vacancies advertised is 14,033 out of which 13,034 are for Junior Engineer. 49 vacancies are for Junior Engineer (Information Technology), 456 vacancies are for Depot Material Superintendent, and 494 vacancies are for Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant.

Candidates applying for these posts should not be younger than 18 years and older than 33 years. Age relaxation on upper age will be permitted as per the detailed CEN published on the RRB website.

For the post of Junior Engineer, a candidate should have a diploma or a degree in Engineering. For Junior Engineer IT post, a candidate should have a PGDCA/ B.Sc. Computer Science/ BCA/ B.Tech. (Information Technology)/ B.Tech. (Computer Science)/ DOEACC ‘B’ Level course of 3 years duration or equivalent from a recognized University.

In case of Depot Material Superintendent, an applicant should have a diploma or a degree in engineering.

Finally, for the post of Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant, candidate should have a Bachelor degree in Science with Physics and Chemistry with minimum 45 per cent marks.

To make trains more safe by eliminating human errors, Central Railway has developed an AI-powered robot which would click pictures and record videos of the under-gears of trains and send them to engineers for repairs and maintenance.

The mechanical branch of Central Railway’s Nagpur division has developed the robot named USTAAD (Undergear Surveillance Through Artificial Intelligence Assisted Droid), which examines parts of the coach in real time with a HD camera and transmits them over WiFi.

“It captures video and still photographs of the under-gear parts of the coaches in real time and transmit them over WiFi. The engineers can see these videos on big screen as well as record them. The camera of the robot can be rotated in any direction as per command given by the engineers,” Central Railway spokesperson Sunil Udasi said.

“He can also zoom on the spot in case of any doubt. It is equipped with LED flood light and able to capture the videos in low light as well as in dark mode. By use of this robot the chances of mistake and any deficiency overlooked by human eye can be eliminated thus reducing chances of human error,” he added.

With the help of USTAAD, engineers can easily see and examine areas which are hard to see and hard to approach such as cramped or narrow spaces between under-gear parts, he said.

Railways is now considering using USTAAD across zones, once tested more minutely, the official said.

As many as 14,000 vacancies will be announced by Indian Railways for Junior Engineer (JE) post. ‘The official notification will be released on Saturday,’ said Angaraj Mohan, Executive Director, Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to NDTV.

Searches on the said RRB JE recruitment started on Wednesday after a job notification, which looks like an official railway notice, was shared on social media. The notification, which shows it to be from the weekly edition of Employment News (dated December 29 to January 4), reads that the registration process will begin on January 2.

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Candidates are suggested to follow the official website for updates regarding this job.

Under this recruitment, railways will select candidates for Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent, Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant, Senior Section Engineer and Chief Depot Material Superintendent.

Indian Railways will recruit Junior Engineers after three years span. In 2015, the RRBs had released the notice in June for more than 2000 vacancies.

The RRBs are currently engaged in the selection process for close to 1.3 lakh Group C and Group D posts. The first stage selection for both the recruitment, advertised through CEN 01/ 2018 and CEN 02/ 2018, is over. While results for group C exam has been declared, the results for the Group D exam is expected soon.

Railway Recruitment Board or RRB of the Indian Railways will release the answer key of Group D exams in January first week. RRB official Angaraj Mohan confirmed to NDTV that the results are also expected in the month of January next year. Meanwhile, the Indian Railways has achieved a milestone of holding examination for over one crore candidates for recruitment to Level-1 or Group D posts.

“We are planning to release the answer keys in January first week. The results of this examination is expected by the last week of same month,” the official told NDTV.

The RRB Group answer keys will be released on the official websites of various regional RRBs.

Last week, the Boards, which are the official hiring agencies of India’s largest employer, have released the revised RRB ALP results.

According to the Indian Railways, in all, 1.89 crore candidates registered for this examination to compete for recruitment against 62,907 vacancies of Group D posts.

The RRB Group D admit cards for the Computer-Based Tests were made available on the official websites of the concerned Boards four days prior to the examination.

The examination was held in over 400 centres, according to a statement from the Indian Railways earlier.

Each day 3 to 4 lakh candidates appeared at the examination and the attendance has been over 60%, added the statement. The RRB Group D exams started in September 17, 2018 and completed in December, 2018.

Elaborate arrangements have been made by Indian Railways for this unprecedented scale of examinations.

The examination was online and each center was equipped with modern electronic devices so as to be as candidate friendly as possible.

“To ensure free and fair examination CCTV cameras have been installed in the examination halls. Apart from trained invigilators flying squads have been deputed to visit centers so that there is no unfair means adopted by any candidate,” the Railways said in another statement.

To help candidates reach the test centers, Google link map has been provided on the admit card.

An alert railways signalman Tuesday averted a train accident as the Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express was halted soon after the detection of a crack on the railway track in Odisha’s Rayagada district, a Railways official said.

The crack was spotted by signalman Baishnav Gouda near Singapur Road station rear Rayagada and he immediately informed the station master, he said.

When the train was approaching, I sensed the track created more sound than usual. I inspected it and spotted a crack on the rail track. Immediately I informed the station master not to clear the line, Mr Gouda said.

798 vacancies will be filled by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force, online registration for which will begin on January 1. Applications have been invited from eligible male and female candidates for the post of Constable (Ancillary) in different trades for vacancies available under various zones of RPF. Applicants must have cleared class 10 exam from a recognized board and must be in the age group of 18-25 years. Those awaiting the final result are not eligible to apply for this recruitment.

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10% of the vacancies will be filled by female candidates except those in Railway Protection Special Force.

Candidates will be selected on the basis of computer based test, physical efficiency test, physical measurement test, trade test and document verification. The computer based test will be held in 15 regional languages as well and the standard of the exam will be class 10.

The computer based test is expected to be held in February/ March.

‘Free sleeper Class Railway Pass admissible to SC/ ST candidates will be part of e-call letter when they are called for various stages of selection viz. CBT/ PET/ PMT/ Trade Test/ DV (as applicable) as per the details of the valid Caste certificate furnished in ONLINE application,’ reads the job notification.

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the Indian Railways, is offering 50 per cent discount on fares on Maharajas’ Express. “Now when you make direct bookings on the website, you pay for one and get flat 50% discount on your companion’s bookings!,” said IRCTC on microblogging website-Twitter. The payment for the first adult will be as per the normal terms and the second adult availing 50 per cent discount will have to make full non refundable payment, according to the IRCTC Maharajas’ Express website.

Under this offer, on ticket booking of first adult on twin sharing at full cost, the second adult sharing the same cabin will get 50 per cent flat discount on the adult cost, according to the website. The discount offer on Maharajas’ Express is applicable for all nationalities. However, the discount scheme is not transferable and cannot be clubbed with any other offers.

Maharajas’ Express has 23 carriages and runs on five circuits, covering destinations like Delhi, Agra, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Varanasi, Mysore among others. The train features five carriages for deluxe cabins, six for junior suites, two for suites and one for a grand presidential suite. In-house movies and live television keep passengers entertained through the royal journey, said Maharajas’ Express. Prices of cabins and suites of the luxury train start from $2,910 and goes up to $26,070.

IRCTC is also offering a 50 per cent discount on fare on Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train. The train starts from Delhi and covers destinations such as Bodh Gaya, Rajgir (Nalanda), Varanasi (Sarnath), Lumbini, Kushinagar, Sravasti and Agra, according to IRCTC.

A man committed suicide along with his two sons by jumping in front of a speeding train in West Bengal’s East Bardhaman district, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said on Tuesday.

The incident took place in East Bardhaman district’s Masagram railway station in the wee hours of Tuesday.

“Rakesh Singh (28) jumped in front of a train at Masagram station, taking with him his two children, Ajay Singh (5) and Bijoy Singh (3). All three were hit by the train and died on the spot,” an officer from the Kamarkundu GRPS said.

“Their bodies have been recovered and sent for autopsy. Primary investigation suggests the man committed suicide due to disputes with his wife and other family members,” he said.

The police said that none of the family members have been called for interrogation as no complaint has been lodged in the case so far.

Union minister Piyush Goyal along with the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will dedicate to the nation on December 15 India’s first railway university and third such in the world after Russia and China, a senior official of the national transporter said Friday. The National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI) in Vadodara, Gujarat opened its doors to the first batch of 103 students from 20 states in two fully-residential undergraduate courses in September this year.

Two under-graduate programmes — B.Sc. in Transportation Technology and BBA programme in Transportation Management — started, while the university aims to start masters programme from 2019-20 academic session in areas such as Transportation and Systems Design, Transport Systems Engineering, Transport Policy and Economics, among others.

“It is a matter of great pride that such a unique institute offering such diverse courses will be dedicated to the nation on December 15,” the official said. The student body is highly diverse with 17 girls and 86 boys coming from 20 states. Forty-one students are admitted in BBA — Transportation Management — and 62 students in B.Sc (Transportation Technology) programme.

Kevadiya, a small town with a population of 6,788 people and just 3.5 km from the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, is all set to get its own railway station, sources involved in the planning told mews agency PTI.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are slated to lay the foundation stone for the same on December 15, they said.

The Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is located in Gujarat’s Narmada district and to reach it, one has to reach Kevadiya first.

“During the first 11 days of its opening, the monument has already been visited by around 1.3 lakh tourists. This is great news for tourism in the state. However, this area is plagued by connectivity issues and we needed to address that. This will be a modern railway station and will see huge footfall. Other than a boost in tourism, the project will lead to development in the area, create employment among other things,” a source said.

Currently, there is no direct air or train connectivity to Kevadiya. The nearest stations to Kevadiya are Vadodara (71.94 km), Bharuch (75.36 km) and Ankleshwar (77.95 km). A smaller station, Miyagam Karjan is 63.02 km from the town.

By air, one has to take a flight to Surat. Kevadiya is 83 km from Surat. From the Ahmedabad airport, the Statue of Unity is almost 200 km away.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Governor Om Prakash Kohli will also be present at the foundation stone laying function, the source added.

The statue is being touted as the latest in Gujarat’s list of tourist attractions and the government is keen to ensure that no stone is left unturned to ensure a regular tourist inflow, the sources said.

In fact, the Gujarat government has written to the chief ministers of all states to consider setting up guest houses near the Statue of Unity and a few states have already shown interest, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Gujarat’s minister for Education, Law, Justice and Civil Aviation said in Kolkata on yesterday.

The Gujarat government built the 180-feet statue of Sardar Patel at a cost of around Rs. 3,000 crore.

On an average, 15,000 visitors visit the statue every day, according to the state government.