Indian Railway Board Lifeline to the Nation

'PRESIDENT, IRCA TECHNICAL PAPER COMPETITION, 2015'

<> FIRST ROUND OF EVALUATION

SL.NO.	TECHNICAL PAPER	UNIT	INCHARGE
1.	COILED SPRING USED IN COACHING STOCK	AJMER	Y.K.JHA, SSE/NC
2.	WHEEL IMPACT LOAD DETECTOR	BHILAI	SIBA PRASAD BEHERA, SSE/NC
3.	WAGON FOR SALT TRANSPORTATION	BOUNDAMUNDA	J.P.YADAV, SSE/NC
4.	EFFECT ON TOP SIDE BEARERS OF CASNUB TROLLEY WAGONS AFTER FITMENT OF PU(POLYURETHANE) SIDE BEARERS	CHITPUR	S.K.ROY, SSE/NC
5.	WORKING OF NEUTRAL CONTROL AT DBWS	DIBRUGARH	B.BORDOLOI, SSE/NC
6.	CASE STUDY OF A CRACKED BOGIE FRAME	GORAKHPUR	P.K.SRIVASTAV, SSE/NC
7.	(i) SIDE FRAME WITH MODIFIED INNER JAW TO SUIT CASNUB NLB, NARROW JAW BOGIES WITH 37 MM PACKING (ii) ANTI SHIFTING ARRANGEMENTS ON 37 MM PACKING PIECE OF CASNUB TROLLEYS	GOLDEN ROCK	A.RADHAKRISHNAN, SSE/NC
8.	ACTIVITIES OF JE/NC OFFICE, GOOTY, GUNTAKAL DIVISION, S.C.RLY.	GOOTY	DILIP KUMAR MAHTO, JE/NC
9.	टेकनिकल पेपर कम्पिटीशन आई.आर.सी.ए. (एन.सी), नई दिल्ली	JAMALPUR	N.K.SRIVASTAV, SSE/NC
10.	A DAY WITH NC STAFF	JOLARPETT	PRAKASH KUMAR SAHU, JE/NC
11.	A STUDY ON CONTROL DISCHARGE TOILET SYSTEM	LALAGUDA	G.BHAVANI PRASAD, SSE/NC
12.	HISTORY OF LLHM WORKSHOP	LILUAH	JAYDEB CHAKRABORTY, SSE/NC
13.	FIELD ISSUES PERTAINING TO BMBS	MUGHALSARAI	ASHISH KUMAR KESRI, SSE/NC
14.	(i) AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM (ii) MODIFICATION OF FIRMENT	MATUNGA	JOEL JEO JAMES, SSE/NC
15.	LOWER SPRING SUSPENSION BEAM OUT OF ALIGNMENT	MYSORE	R.NANDAN, SSE/NC
16.	(i) RUNNING OF DUE/ OVERDUE POH CTRB IN FREIGHT STOCK (ii) SIDE FRAME KEY BOLT OF CANSUB TROLLEY	NEW GUWAHATI	J.J.BORA, JE/NC
17.	AN INNOVATIVE DEVICE IMPROVISED TO EASE RIVETING WORK	NAIHATI	DEBABRATA DAS, SSE/NC
18.	ICF COACHES DIMENSIONAL CHECK	PERAMBUR	P.PARTHSARTHY, SSE/NC
19.	DEFINITION OF TRAIN PARTING	SATNA	U.K.PRASAD, JE/NC
20.	AN EXPERIMENT TO SIMPLIFY THE NC WORKING (SICK LINE/ROH) THROUGH ACCESS DATA BASE	TONDIARPETT	S.BALASUBRAMANIUM, SSE/NC
21.	BIOLOGICAL TOILET SYSTEM OF INDIAN RAILWAYS	TIRUPATI	G.YESHURATHANAM, SSE/NC
22.	REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION OF PANTRY CARS	HUBLI	T.C.JAMES, SSE/NC
23.	DOOR OPERATING MECHANISM FOR HOPPER WAGON TYPE 'BOBRN'	VISAKHAPATTNAM	V.JAYRAJ, SSE/NC

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In ‘President IRCA Technical Paper Competition - 2014-15’, 49 entries pertaining to case studies, experiments or real life troubleshooting experiences were submitted by different Neutral Control Units over Indian Railways. Out of these 23 entries were shortlisted in the first round of evaluation. In the second round of evaluation 9 entries were shortlisted. These are:

SL.NO.	TECHNICAL PAPER	UNIT	INCHARGE
1.	COILED SPRING USED IN COACHING STOCK	AJMER	Y.K.JHA, SSE/NC
2.	EFFECT ON TOP SIDE BEARERS OF CASNUB TROLLEY WAGONS AFTER FITMENT OF PU(POLYURETHANE) SIDE BEARERS	CHITPUR	S.K.ROY, SSE/NC
3.	(i) SIDE FRAME WITH MODIFIED INNER JAW TO SUIT CASNUB NLB, NARROW JAW BOGIES WITH 37 MM PACKING (ii) ANTI SHIFTING ARRANGEMENTS ON 37 MM PACKING PIECE OF CASNUB TROLLEYS	GOLDEN ROCK	A.RADHAKRISHNAN, SSE/NC
4.	(CASE STUDY)/ KHARAGPUR WORKSHOP/ S.E.RAILWAY	KHARAGPUR	AKSHAY CHAUDHARY, SSE/NC
5.	HISTORY OF LILUAH WORKSHOP	LILUAH	JAYDEB CHAKRABORTY, SSE/NC
6.	FIELD ISSUES PERTAINING TO BMBS	MUGHALSARAI	ASHISH KUMAR KESRI, SSE/NC
7.	(i) AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM (ii) MODIFICATION OF FIRMENT	MATUNGA	JOEL JEO JAMES, SSE/NC
8.	LOWER SPRING SUSPENSION BEAM OUT OF ALIGNMENT	MYSORE	R.NANDAN, SSE/NC
9.	REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION OF PANTRY CARS	HUBLI	T.C.JAMES, SSE/NC

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FIRST PRIZE
UNIT	INCHARGE	TECHNICAL PAPER
LILUAH WORKSHOP	JAYDEB CHAKRABORTI, SSE/ NC	‘LILUAH WORKSHOP – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE’
SECOND PRIZE
UNIT	INCHARGE	TECHNICAL PAPER
MUGHALSARAI	ASHISH KUMAR KESRI, SSE/NC	‘BOGIE MOUNTED BRAKE SYSTEM: RELATED FIELD ISSUES’
APPRECIATION
UNIT	INCHARGE	TECHNICAL PAPER
CHITPUR	S.K.ROY, SSE/NC	‘CASNUB TROLLEY WAGONS: EFFECT ON TOP SIDE BEARERS POST POLYURETHANE PADS FITMENT’
KHARAGPUR	AKSHAY CHAUDHARY, SSE/NC	‘KHARAGPUR WORKSHOP – A CASE STUDY’

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