Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune

About Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune

Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN) is the Centralised Training Institute for the IRSE officers of the Indian Railway. IRSE officers are mainly Civil Engineers and they are recruited through the Engineering Service Examination (ESE), conducted every year by the UPSC.

IRICEN started in 1959 as the Permanent Way Training School for the entry level Civil Engineers. In year 2003, the institute is certified as ISO 9001-2000 training institute.

The institute is responsible for most of the training courses for the officers of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).

Read about IRSE Cadre and UPSC Batch wise details

After Recruitment, the IRSE probationers are given 18 months’ intensive training in various training institutes of Indian Railways.

Most of the training for IRSE officers is imparted by the Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN), Pune.

The institute also imparts training for the engineers from various railways of the developing countries as well as other government departments, private organisations.

How to Reach IRICEN, Pune

IRICEN is located in the historical and cultural city of Pune, Maharashtra. It is within 3 km of Pune Railway Station and can be reached within 8 minutes by road.

Contact:

Address: 11-B, South Main Road, Koregaon Park, Pune, Maharashtra 411001.

Email: mail@iricen.gov.in

Phone: 020-26123436

Location: Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

Location: IRICEN HOSTEL

Infrastructure available at IRICEN

IRICEN is most advanced training institute in its infrastructure, which includes a well-stocked technical library, technology enabled smart class rooms, advanced computer centre, material testing laboratory, model room and rail museum. Most of the classrooms on IRICEN’s campus are technology enabled and they are smart class rooms.

The institute is having most well maintained hostels. The mess and recreational facilities for the trainee officers are also world class.

(1) Green Building at Koregaon Park:-

Classrooms – 5 Nos; capacity -190,
Conference Hall – capacity-36
Committee Room – capacity- 25
Auditorium – capacity- 220
Library – About 40,000 Books, 60 Periodicals and Journals (National & International), IRICEN Journals and Publications
Reading room – seating capacity- 64
Hostel – 120 rooms
Sports Complex and Swimming Pool
PRS for Railway pass reservation (Non cash transaction)

(2) Laboratory in IRICEN

Soil testing lab (28 parameters),
Cement and Concrete testing lab (19 parameters),
Ultra Sonic Flaw Detection (USFD),
Ballast Testing lab (5 parameters),
ND Testing (9 tests),
SURVEY equipment’s and hands on (4 parameters)

(3) Senior Supervisor Training Wing near Pune Railway Station (SSTW):

Classrooms – 3 Nos; Total Capacity-120 (one room with computers),
Conference hall -30 capacity
Auditorium – 100 capacity
Library with Reading room of seating capacity- 25
Hostel – 60 rooms

Calendar of Training Courses at IRICEN

You can check and enroll here for various ongoing and future training programs planned by IRICEN, the Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering.

Ongoing Course: Check for ongoing courses by IRICEN
Forthcoming Course: Check for Forthcoming Courses

Calendar of Courses 2020: Check Here for all courses

How to get admission in Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering?

IRICEN is not a normal degree college or university. It imparts training for the officers’ of the Indian Railways and engineers of the other organisations and countries.

Only Railway officers and staff can get training in this institute. Most of training courses are for Railway Track, Bridges, Tunnels, Level Crossings, Buildings, Water Supply, Drainages, P-Way Material and civil engineering related topics.

Main training areas for civil engineers

Bridges & Structures
Geo-Technical Engineering
Quality Assurance (Civil)
Track Design
Track Machines and Monitoring
P-way Works

Railway officers are recruited through Engineering Service Examination (ESE) and Civil Service Examination (CSE) by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). And Railway staffs are recruited through various Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB).

Training Resources’ for IRSE Officers at IRICEN

For all the Codes, Manuals & Guidelines… Click Here

Track Related : Code & Manuals- Source

Bridge Related: Code & Manuals- Source

Work Related : Code & Manuals- Source

Other important Code & Manuals-

Softwares for Railway Civil Engineers developed by IRICEN

Design Discharge Calculation using Flood Estimation Reports of CWC

Simple Curve Realignment

4 Point Versine Correction & 3 Point Versine Value

Ground Improvement, Ver 4

Software For Track Surfacing, Ver 6.1

New Version of Software for Curves Realignment (Dec 2014)
For calculating the solutions for disturbed curves
Windows 8 Editions

Layout calculations 2013
For calculating the lengths and other details required for layouts. This programme has been written in visual basic 2008 and require .Net Framework & Chart. User should read the installation instructions before installing the program.

Rail Stresses

New Software for Curves Calculation 2013

Gang Strength formula of 2010

Program for Calculation of Earthwork
For computing the earthwork for new lines as well as widening of cess

Speed on Curves
For calculating the permissible speeds on curves

Track Surfacing
Program for track surfacing

Track Geometry Index Analyser
For analysing Track Geometry Index

Mix Design
For concrete mix design

Track Diagram

Program on Realignment of Curves
Note: Please use any angle between 10 degrees to 45 degrees for the initial station inclination to get the proper plot of the curve

Program on Analysis of results of TRC to get the tamping requirement
Note: The password for importing the file into the programme is CEtmc

Ring 150 Masonry arch bridge analysis software