Session -1. Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and heavy Axle

Load – Design Aspects

Sr. No.

Name of Speaker & Designation

Paper Title

1.1

Hitesh Khanna, Director (Works)

Ircon International Ltd.,

Anish Kumar, CPM, IRICON

Semi High-speed Trains on Indian Railways network:Track and Vehicle side demand

1.2

Ramesh Pinjani, Sr. Prof/Bridge-2/ IRICEN, Pune

Important track design parameters to cater semi high speed & heavier axle loads trains

1.3

Sandip Kumar Saha, DEN/East/Ranchi/SER

Effect of Temperature gradient on High speed track with Track-Bridge interaction

1.4

Yerramshetty Srinivas, ADEN/ARK,

ECoR, R. P. Singh, Asst. Professor/ Track- III, IRICEN, Pune

Stress Assessment in Railway Foundation System for semi High Speed & High Axle Loads TrainsSpeed & High Axle Loads Trains

1.5

M. Suyambullingam,

Chief Engineer / S. Railway.

Retrofitting of Well Foundation- Design to carry Heavy Axle Load Trains & PSC beamsTrains & PSC beams

1.6

Shri Amit Kumar Roy

Chief Project Manager/RVNL

Sub grade improvement using stone column for semi high speed and heavy axle load – A case study on actual implementation on doubling work of Kharagpur Division

1.7

Akshay Singh Rathore, IRSE(P) 2015,

Shashank Kulshreshtha, IRSE(P)2015, Vikas Yadav, IRSE(P) 2015,

R.P. Singh, Asst. Professor Track,

IRICEN, Pune

Issues related with compaction during construction of New Railway Embankment For Heavy Axle Loads

1.8

Mohammad Islam, ADEN/JTJ/MAS/ Southern Railway, Chennai-003

Dynamic Analysis of Vehicle- Structure interaction in Indian Railways BOXN25 Wagon – Steel Plate Girder  Bridge under Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Load

1.9

Nitin Garg, XEN/TP/NCR

Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and heavy Axle Load – Design Aspects

1.10

Sandeep Sharma, ED/Tract-II/RDSO Pranav Kumar, Director/Trach-IV/RDSO Ritu Raj, Dy. Director/EF/RDSO

S. K. Avasthi, RDSO Dy. Dir./CS/RDSO

Design and Development of Wider & Heavier PSC Sleeper and Fastening System for suitable for Semi-high speed and heavy Axle Load

1.11

Vipul Kumar, ED/Track-I/RDSO

Ajay Kumar, Director/Track -II/RDSO

Challenges in Design & Maintenance of Track Structure for Mixed Traffic Regime on IR


 

Session -2. Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle

Load –  Maintenance Aspects

Sr. No.

Name of  Author & Designation

Topic of Paper

2.1

J. S. MUNDREY, Consultant in Track Technology, Formerly Advisor Civil Engineering, Railway Board

REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE APPROACH TO TRACK MAINTENANCE ON INDIAN RAILWAYS

2.2

M. M. Agarwal, Former Chief Engineer/ NR & Former Executive Director/IPWE K. K. Miglani, Former Dy. Chief Engineer(Track), NR

Challenges & possible solutions for appropriate Track technology for mixed traffic regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Loads based on global experience.

2.3

Dr. Florian Auer

Senior Expert Track Technology

Sustainable maintenance of  High- speed lines with mixed traffic

2.4

Narayan Rangaraj, Professor, Industrial

Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay

R. Vidyadhar, MTech Student, Industrial

Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay

Ayush Agrawal, Associate ITS Engineer,

ITS Planner and Engineers, Hyderabad

Simulation of Mix-traffic Railway Networks carrying Semi High Speed passenger trains and High Axle Load freight trains.

2.5

Pradeep Kumar Garg, CE/TMC/C..Rly.

Issues involved in the maintenance of track carrying heavy axle loads in reference to Deep Screening

2.6

Md Tanveer Khan, ADEN/BWN, HWH

Diuv., ER Sushil Kumar, SSE(P.Way)/BWN, HWH Div., ER Rajesh

Kumar, SSE(P.Way)/BWN, HWH

Division, ER and Avinash Jain, Sr. DEN/2/HWH, ER

Maintenance of Points and Crossings under Mixed Traffic Scenario of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Loads challenges, problems and their innovative solutions

2.7

N. R.   Bairawa, SSE(TR) ADI, W.Rly.

Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Loads and Maintenance Challenges

2.8

Saurabh Singh, AXEN/TMS, NCR, Allahabad, R.P. Singh Asstt. Prof.-III/ Track, IRICEN, Pune

Assessment of Indian Railways Track Ballast in the Regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Load Requirement

2.9

AKHIL AGARWAL, Dy./CE/LAND/NR

Facing challenges under Mixed Traffic Regime of Semi High Speed and Heavy Axle Load & their impart on Track

2.10

A. V. Mittal, Dy.CE/P&D/NR

Engineering Applications of a Drone in Railway Organization

2.11

Vipul Kumar Ed/Track/RDSO

CHALLENGES IN DESIGN & MAINTENANCE OF TRACK STRUCTURE FOR MIXED TRAFFIC REGIME ON IR

3.  Miscellaneous (Bridges)

Sr. No.

Name of Author & Designation

Topic of Paper

3.1

S.N Agarwal, GM/SER K. C Swami, CBE/WR

Avinash Kumar, Dy. CE/D/WR

Strengthening of damaged PSC bridge girders with Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer “CFRP” System

3.2

Ajit Pandit, CAO/Con-3/NFR(Con.)

R P Jingar CE/Con-1/NFR(Con.)

S Kamei Dy. CE/Con-2/DBRT, NFR (Construction)

Use of Spherical Bearings in Railway Bridges- Bogibeel Bridge Project

3.3

A. K. Yadav, CAO/C/NFR

S. P. Deshmukh, Dy. CE/C/Bairabi, NFR

Instrumentation and Monitoring During Construction of Tunnels in Bairabi-Sairang NL Project

3.4

Satish Kumar

AGM/ER & MD/KMRCL

Challenges of Tunnelling in East - West Metro Kolkata Tunnelling Below Colvin Court

Building

3.5

A.   Saibab, CE/E/NFR

M.  Subash, Dy. CE/C/NFR

Challenges in Design and construction of the World’s Tallest Railway Bridge in Jiribam-Imphal New Railway Line (North-East Frontier Railway)

3.6

M. Suyambulingam, CBE/SR Ram Kishore, Dy. CE/ROB/MAS

G. Radhakrishnan, SSE/Bridge/MDU

“Elevated Road-cum-Rail Crossings” (Precast Tunnel type RC box) An article by

3.7

Rajesh Prasad,

CPM (M) & GGM/RVNL/Kolkata PIU

Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring System for live monitoring of the cable forces at Barddhaman ROB

3.8

Pradeep Ahirkar , Sr DEN/Co/BRC

Box pushing work under Relieving Girder at higher speed

3.  Miscellaneous (Other than Bridges)

Sr. No.

Name of Author & Designation

Topic of Paper

4.1

Harpal Singh, CE/Con-8/Maligaon,

B.N.Bhaskar, Dy CE/Con/Agartala, Koteshwar Ponnala,  AEE/Udaipur

Use of Modern Retrofitting Techniques in Udaipur Staion Building of  Agartala-Sabroom New Line Project of  NFR.

4.2

Subodh Jain, ME (Retd.) Rly. Board

Vipul Kumar, ED/Track/RDSO

Design and Development of Ballastless Track with Indigenous Fastening System

4.3

Anupam Avasthi, Sr. DEN

Kohei Nagai, Associate Professor

Shingo Asamoto, Associate Professor

Seishi Goto, Professor Emeritus

Study of Possible causes of Premature Cracking of Sleepers in Indian Railways

4.4

Sai Singh Khongrymmai, Dy. CE/NFR/ AGTL, Harpal Singh, CE/NFR? Maligaon, Supriya Dutta, JE/Works/NFR/ Agartala

Mechanised Blending and Laying of Blanketing Material along with application of Geo-textile and Geo- grids in formation of Agartala- Sabroom of NF Railway Project

4.5

A. K. Yadav, CAO/C/NFR

P. Deshmukh, Dy. CE/C/Bhairabi/NFR

HIGH EMBANKMNT V/S VIADUCT- A CASE STUDY

4.6

LUV SEHGAL

Graduate Research Assistant, RailTEC, UIUC AMIT GARG,

Graduate Research Assistant, RailTEC, UIUC

and Chief Engineer, Indian Railways

VIJAY SEHGAL

CAO (Construction), WCR Dr WILLIAM BUTTLAR

Prof., Department of Civil and Environmental

Engg, UIUC

HOT MIX ASPHALT IN BALLASTED RAILWAY TRACK: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND INFERENCES

4.7

Surendra Bansal, DEAN, IRICEN

PavanTotla, Anuj Sharma, Aindrila Roy, Bishawajeet Das, Shoyeb Ahmad

Strategy and It’s Implementation For Growth and Sustainability of Infrastructure and Operation: A Case Review of Indian Railways

4.8

Sharad Kumar Agarwal, Prof. Br. IRICEN, PA

Vikramjeet Singh, SohanlalKag, Alok Kumar, Sanjeev Dangi,

B.E. Final Year, E&TC, Symbiosis Institute of

Technology, Pune

Isha Agarwal, B.Des, IIT Guwahati

Development of Noncontact Displacement Sensor at IRICEN

4.9

Anil Choudhary, Director/Track Machine-

III,RDSO Aqil Mohsin, SSE/Mechanical/TMM, RDSO Kavindra Nath Rai,

SSE/Engg/TMM,RDSO

AUTO RAIL PANEL LINKER (For Automatic Linking of 20 Rail Panel During Unloading)

4.10

Niranjan Kumar, SSE(Mobility), Rly. Board

S K Srivastava, ED(Mobility)CE, Rly. Board

Economics of TRR/TBR/TSR vis- à-vis CTR in Mixed Traffic Regime

4.11

N. Kaushal Kishore, CE/TP/WCR/Jabalpur

Handling Alignmernt Adversity 

 

TECHNICAL PAPERS
Sr. NoTopicAuthorDownload
Technical Session - I Optimizing and improving output of track machines during traffic blocks
1 A precious Commodity Deserves High Level Technical and Managerial input J.S. Mundrey (President- Rail Consult India)  
2 Optimization of NTC and associated track machines in mechanized track laying in DFCC Project Veer Narayan VP/ PMC,Rlys and Metro, Systra India, D. K. Singh GGM/DFCCIL  
3 Increasing the Productivity of Track Machines: An Invention or Discovery? Vijay Pandey Dy. CE /Track II /WCR, Rahul Jaipuriyar Ex. DGM /WCR  
4 Design mode tamping of track using trimble gedo vorsys measuring trolley- A case study in BPQ-KZJ Section of South Central Railways Akshay Kumar Jha chief track engineer, D.S.Rama Rao Sr. Divisional Engineer/North/SC Division, P.Devender SSE/PWay/SW/SC  
5 Effect of using Longer Measuring Chord in Tamping Machine Praveen Yadav, XEN/C/JU/NWR  
6 Innovation in BCM Machine to Optimise and Improving output during traffic Blocks M.K.Gupta Chief Engineer/Track machines, Pankaj Soin DyCE. TMC.II  
7 Proper method of correcting large alignment defect in Tangent Track Requiring multiple round of tamping Anil Choudhary Sr. Professor/IRICEN  
Technical Session - II Accelerated construction of Doubling Projects
1 Faster Execution of Doubling Works- Station Yards the Bottlenecks Vikram Gupta Chief Engineer/Track Procurement/SCR, Rajiv Tanwar Director/ Track Modernisation/ Railway Board  
2 Acceleration Using Modern Technologies: Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) & Seismic Refraction Survey Rajneesh Saroj Dy. Chief Project Manager/NHSRCL,Mumbai/CR  
3 Role of detailed Plan-Profile sheets in safe and Time bound Construction of Dedicated Freight Track Corridors in Mumbai Suburban Area Rajeev Tyagi, Anurag Rastogi Mumbai(South)DFCCIL  
4 Case study on Accelerated Construction of Danea –Ranchi Road doubling project of Dhanbad Division Sitesh Kumar Singh Chief Engineer/Construction\South East,Ashutosh Chourasia Dy. Chief Engineer/ Construction/ECR  
5 Accelerated construction by avoiding delays in doubling projects S.K.Sinha (Ex-IRSE) Project Director/IRCON  
6 Making Doubling Projects “Gatimaan” Arvind Jain CRS/Central Circle/Mumbai, Naresh Lalwani, Principal Chief Safety Officer/WR/Mumbai  
Technical Session - III Accelerated construction of Doubling Projects
1 Importance of Bridge Drawings in Speedy Execution of Doubling Projects and their Fast Track Approvals Shrirang Kamble Dy. CE(C)/Design/CR, Pradeep Bansode XEN(C)/Design/CR  
2 Pre-Engineered or Pre-Fabricated Building, the time saving nouveau solution to speedy building construction over Railway Projects Mona Srivastav, Chief Engineer/NR, Kaushal Sharma XEN/C/TKJ/NR  
3 Innovative ways for Track Works in Yards for Faster Commissioning of Doubling/Tripling on SC Railway Hemant Kumar Bhagoria Chief Engineer/Br.Rehab./SCR, Ch. Srinivasulu Rtd SSE/C/PW/SCR,J. Rajkumar, SSE/C/Works/Akola/SCR  
4 Faster Construction Methods in Launching of Open Web Girders on EDFC Atul B Khare Chief General Manager/DFCCIL, Sanjay Singh Chief Bridge Engineer Systra  
5 Suggested measures for Accelerated Construction of Doubling Projects in Indian Railway R. Shekhawat Senior Professor(Projects)/IRICEN/Pune, B. N. Bhaskar Chief Engineer/Con.- 1/NFR/Maligaon  
6 New Mechanized construction techniques for fast paced Construction of Railway Projects Ashutosh Rankawat Executive Directo/DFCCIL, Sanjay Gupta Chief General Manager/Ahmedabad/DFCCIL  
7 Accelerated construction of Doubling Projects A Template For Survey & Planning Anang Pal Malik  
Technical Session - IV Miscellaneous
1 Why IR need high strength rails Vipul Kumar, Chief Project Director,NR  
2 Independent Project Management Audit Sudhir Kumar Chief Commissioner of Railway safety (Retd.), Shashank Vaidya Director/Gem Engineering/Mumbai  
3 Analysis of performance of improved SEJ (T6902) in the field - Manoj Arora CTE/WR, Vaibhav Saklecha Divisional Engineer (South)/Ratlam/WR, Kamlesh More sse(Metallurgy)/CCG/WR  
4 Construction of hybrid pile foundations: a case study of hybrid pile foundation p3 of bridge no. 43 at Bakkal of USBRL project Praveen Kumar IRSE 2009 Senior Safety Officer/Engg./Safety Organisation/NR  
5 Deterministic Approach to Assess the Track Modulus in Shake Down State of Track Ballast S.K. Agarwal, Prof. Birdge, IRICEN, Md. Ubaid ADEN/BDC/ERly  
6 Improving quality of AT Welding on S.C. Rly- A case study Akshay Jha chief track engineer, P.V.N. Naidu ADEN/LINES/Vijaywada, G. Kiran Babu Sr.Instructor/TWTC/Vijaywada, A Karthik Roy JE/PWay/HQ/SCR  
7 International Practices in Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Development Saibaba Ankala Chief Engineer/IR  
8 Various methods of Rail Flash Butt Welding on IR and their merits & demerits for capacity enhancement works including doubling projects Saibaba Ankala Chief Engineer/IR  
Technical Session V: Presentations by Trade &Industry
1 Advantages of tensile fabric structures in accelerating the doubling projects (Tensile Roofing Structures) Priyanka Latwal, Raja Kishore Dash Low and Bonar  
2 Stabilization of railway track using of geogrid and geotextile Sonal Kulkarni manager/Maccaferri Env Sol Pvt Ltd., P.V. Rao Sr. Vice President Rail Infra, Taha Masvi Dy. Manager/Estimation/Howe Engineering Projects(India) Pvt. Ltd,Ratnakar R. Mahajan Regional Technical Manager/ISEAP/Maccaferri Env Sol Pvt Ltd.  
3 Environment friendly construction and Waste management in Khurja – Dadri section of Dedicated Freight Corridor: A Sustainable Approach Md. Tanveer Khan Project Manager (Engineering)/DFCCIL/Eastern Corridor/Noida, Ashish Kumar Environment Manager/Tata Projects Limited (JV)  
4 Hexagon Railway Solutions Ashok Sharma Vice President/Hexagon  
5 Accelerate the construction of track V. N. Singh Director/Operation Phooltas Transrail Limited  
6 FEM Analysis of Railway Embankment with Enhanced Load Capacity on Poor Subgrades Arghadeep Das Gupta, Abhineet Godayal, Surada yadava Rao Spar Geo InfraPvt. Ltd. India  
Papers to be published without Presentation
1 Optimizing and Improving Output of Ballast Cleaning Machine (BCM) S. K Srivastava DRM/BKN, M. M. Upadhyaya Sr DEN/C/BKN  
2 Fast pace deep screening of turnouts by BCM after slewing the adjacent main line and extensive use of JCB for removing obstruction Anant Kumar Sr.DEN/South/BRC  
3 A step towards improving BCM operation efficiency and the track maintenance system Raghavendra Pratap Singh Project Manager/National High Speed Rail Corporation, Deepankar Choudhry Institute Chair Professor/Department of Civil Engineering/IIT Bombay  
4 Geocell: An Emerging Technique of Soil Reinforcement in Civil Engineering Field & Faster way of soil Stabilization Akhil Kumar Agarwal & Rajesh Kumar Garg (Chief Engineers/NR)  
5 A Case Study: “Balance Doubling Between Lucknow- Sultanpur-Varanasi (148Km doubling Work)” and Critical Issues Observed Sunil Kumar (IRSE-99 Batch, Dy. Chief Engineer TP/NR)  
6 New railway line and doubling projects - Giving New Direction N. R. Bhairava AEN/JND/WR  
7 Accelerated construction of doubling project H.S.Yadav CAO/C-2/NFR Guwahati, B.N. Bhaskar CE/C-1/NFR Guwahati  
8 Proposal for Standardization of Tunnel Cross Section, design and Drawings in Indian Railways Mr. Avijit Majumder Dy CE/CON/Design-2/Maligaon, Mr. Koteshwar Ponnala Dy CE/CON/Design-1/Maligaon, Mr. Manas Ranjan Mohapatro, JE/CON/Design-1/Maligaon  
9 Accelerated construction of Doubling/Multiple Line Projects Sri J.N.Lal Das, Retd. PCE/S.E.Rly, Ex- CAO/Con./E.C. Rly  
10 Influence of Non-Linear Behavior of Track Fastening System on Track Modulus Valji Shinde Pursuing Ph.D. Sinhgad College of Engineering/Vadgaon (Bk) Pune, Dr. S. S. Sarawade Professor/Mechanical Engineering Department/M.E.S. College of Engineering/Pune, Prof. S. K. Agarwal Bridge Engineering Department IRICEN/Pune  
11 Convergence of MGNREGS with Railways and thereby Utilizing for Permanent way Activities Pratham Agarwal (Assistant Executive Engineer, Construction, CR)  
12 Slope Erosion Control and Protection System adopted in Eastern DFCCIL Project for Railway Formation for speedy Construction Atul B Khare, Chief General Manager/ DFCCIL  
13 Optimising use of traffic blocks with integrated approach and block management system P Srinivas, DRM/Vijayawada  
14 Planning of Doubling Project for Accelerated Construction C.M. Gupta Sr. Professor/Br.2. IRICEN/Pune