4th Advisory Council Meeting of the trust was held on 28th June 2022 via video conference, where Dr. Norimaki Kumagai, Fellow, Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Japan, Prof. K. E. Seetharam, visiting professor at the centre for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo, Japan Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi Director, IIT Roorkee, Prof. K N Satyanarayana Director, IIT Tirupati, Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay, Prof. K V Krishna Rao, Professor, IIT Bombay, Prof. Partha Pratim Chakravarti, Professor, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. David Koilpillai, Professor, IIT Madras, Prof. Amit Prashant, Officiating Director & Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Gandhi Nagar, Prof. Sukumar Mishra, Associate Dean, Research & Development, Professor, IIT Delhi, Shri Satish Agnihotri, Managing Director, NHSRCL along with senior officials of NHSRCL deliberated on the project proposals and road map for targeted innovative, indigenous, cost effective solutions related to HSR building in India.
 

Shri Satish Agnihotri, MD, NHSRCL, & Dr Norimachi Kumagai, Fellow, RTRI, Japan addressed the committee and discussed about the maiden HSR project in India and its technological aspects. During the meeting, Advisory Council reviewed the projects under implementation by HSRIC. Project conveners from collaborating Institutes i.e AMTDC (Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre), IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Gandhi Nagar, IIT Tirupati, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IISc Bangalore presented the progressions in Research & Development Projects to Advisory Council members.

 

Workshop on Development of a Scientific Model for Selecting a new HSR/Semi HSR Corridors in India High Speed Rail Innovation Center (HSRIC) conducted a workshop on 19.01.2022 with regards to HSRIC trust identified project “Development of a scientific model for selecting a new HSR/Semi HSR Corridors in India” which can be an instrument for identifying the potential corridors for HSR/Semi HSR systems in India in future.
 

Various experts from IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, Chubu University Japan, University of Tokyo, ADBI Institute and senior officials from NHSRCL attended the event and deliberated on the topic.