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HSR Innovation Center

Introduction

National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) formed a High Speed Rail Innovation Centre Trust (HSRIC) to undertake targeted and applied collaborative research to solve issues raised by rail industry and to enhance railway safety, reliability, productivity, efficiency & sustainability ensuring customer satisfaction. The trust was registered on 22nd January 2019.

The trust aims to leverage Indian technical capabilities and develop indigenous capabilities in relevant fields of High Speed Railways to develop professional expertise in all aspects of High Speed Railways so as to provide innovative, indigenous, cost effective solutions, technological guidance, strategic analysis, advice to the Indian Rail Transportation industry on significant challenges & opportunities and eco-friendly & environmentally sustainable solutions. It also contributes to the development of HSR specific standards in India.

HSR Innovation Centre is managed by a Board of Trustees chaired by Managing Director, NHSRCL and supported by Executive Council, which is assisted by the Advisory Council to review the progress of ongoing R&D projects as well to deliberate upon the nature of projects to be undertaken by the Innovation Centre. The Advisory council comprises the persons of eminence from industry, academia and research institutes both from India and abroad like IITs, University of Tokyo & JR East. The Trust has adopted a collaborative approach for funding, execution of research projects etc.

At present, the Innovation Centre Trust is implementing following projects in different streams in collaboration with academic/research Institutes in India :

  1. Design, Civil & Buildings: Developing of Reinforced Earth (RE) Retaining wall & RE Abutments for HSR & Railway applications and another project on Optimization of High-Speed Railway (HSR) Viaduct design.

  2. Electrical: Developing indigenous simulation model for design validation of Power Supply System & OHE(Overhead Equipment)

  3. Track: Detailed Study on Cement Asphalt Mortar (CAM) for High Speed Railway Track

Vision

To undertake research, development in relevant fields of High-Speed Rail technology by leveraging Indian technical capabilities so as to contribute to rail transportation, happier society and self-reliant nation through development of indigenous capabilities & cost-effective solutions.

Mission

Six missions are:

i. To undertake targeted, applied collaborative research to solve issues raised by rail industry participants or other entities so as to enhance railway safety, reliability, productivity, efficiency & sustainability ensuring customer satisfaction.
ii. To leverage Indian technical capabilities and develop indigenous capabilities in relevant fields of High Speed Railway, including ancillarisation.
iii. To develop necessary testing infrastructure & expertise to assess and validate indigenous solutions and use the best science available in an ethical way.
iv. To develop professional expertise in all aspects of High Speed Railways so as to provide innovative, indigenous, cost effective solutions, technological guidance, strategic analysis, advice to the Indian Rail transportation Industry on significant challenges and opportunities today and in the future.
v. To contribute to development of HSR specific standards in India.
vi. To promote transgenerational environmental equity and provide eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable solutions.