Financing Railway Projects, IT Revolution in Railways, IRAS Training | Vineet Dwivedi | S3 EP05

In this episode of Sushasan, Vineet Dwivedi talks about the Indian Railway Account Services in detail. We further discuss the importance of building Systems in large organizations like Railways, recent IT reforms in Railways and much more. Vineet Dwivedi, is a 1998 batch Indian Railway Account Services officer. He briefly worked at SAIL, Bokaro Steel plant and Indian Forest Services before joining the Railways. He has held important portfolios across different divisions of Railways and also went on a deputation to Centre For Railway Information Systems (CRIS), New Delhi. He is currently posted as Executive Director (Finance) in Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO). 0:00 - Precap 1:07 - Introduction 2:32 - key motivation to join Civil Services 5:39 - Why did you leave Forest Services and join Civil Services? 9:34 - Advice for the new age Civil Service Aspirants 12:01 - Benefits of IRMS 13:40 - Roles and Responsibilities of IRAS Officers 17:50 - Is Financial Modelling a part of your job? 19:37 - Who decides the price of tickets in Railways? 21:58 - What happens in the 2 years of training? 27:19 - Is there any field training in Railways? 29:13 - How does Railways keep IRAS officers updated? 35:05 - Types of Services in Railways 37:48 - How do Railways make financial decisions? 41:36 - Financing Technology in Vande Bharat Trains 46:07 - How has the Railway budget allocation changed after 2017? 52:01 - What is a Traffic Account in Railways? 55:20 - What were the challenges in implementing automated systems? 58:34 - What were the positive outcomes of implementing automated systems? 1:00:46 - How did I implement biometric attendance at my office? 1:06:16 - What is CRIS? 1:10:26 - What is the AIMS system? 1:21:17 - Challenges in creating AIMS 1:26:52 - RDSO and its mandate 1:27:57 - What kind of technology is RDSO currently working on? 1:29:02 - Kawach: A technology developed by RDSO 1:31:58 - Your Role and Responsibilities 1:33:02 - Some Personal Questions to Mr. Vineet Dwivedi 1:42:22 - Rapid Fire Round 1:44:17 - Final Thoughts 1:45:32 - Conclusion Subscribe to Sushasan on your preferred platform to stay updated and catch more engaging conversations: Instagram:  / sushasanthepodcast   YouTube:    / @sushasanthepodcast   Linkedin:   / sushasan-the-podcast   #GovernmentInitiatives #Sushasan #governance