V K Yadav was the chief guest at the 9th R K Vir Memorial lecture held virtually
The ninth R K Vir Memorial lecture was held in New Delhi virtually, organised by IREE along with IET-DLN, IEEE Delhi Section, TEMS IEEE Delhi chapter, WIE AG Delhi, IEI Delhi state.
This year V K Yadav, former chairman of the Railway Board was the chief guest, N Venkatesan, former member-electrical, Railway Board and Rajesh Tiwari, former member-traction were the guests of honour. S K Kashyup, the general manager presented the key note lecture.
Kashyup presented key insights on ‘Newer Trends in Electric Locomotive Technology on IR’. And, in his lecture, elaborated on various trends of electric locomotives. He highlighted the key role of locomotive units of Indian Railways and also focussed on the future plans and vision of IR, technological advancements, indigenous manufacturing, et al.
Pramod Kumar, principal chief electrical engineer and secretary of IREE, gave the vote of thanks.