Project On Central Railway

SOUTHERN RAILWAY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (SRITC)

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FA & CAO

FA & CAO/G

Sr.EDPM

SSA/A

SE/Gr.I

SSA/S

SE/Gr.II

AEDPM

JE/Gr.I

PROGRAMME R

JE/Gr.II

GS

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Total Staff Strength of SRITC Sanction - 77 Actual

- 69

Age Profile Less than 40 years 01 Less than 45 years 21 Less than 50 years 32 Less than 55 years 11 Less than 60 Years 04 Earliest retirement Jan 2010.* *more VRS likely on account of reduction from 25years to 20 years for VRS Eligibility

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Grade wise Staff strength Designation Scale of pay Sanctioned Actual

Vacancy

strength JE(IT)Gr.II

5000-8000

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39

4

JE(IT)Gr.I

5500-9000

17

17

NIL

SE(IT)Gr.II

6500-10500

12

9

3

SE(IT)Gr.I

7450-11500

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04

01

*GS System (Ex cadre) 5500-9000 (To be regularized) Sanct - 10

Actual - 6

Vacant - 4

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Grade Wise Age Profile Age

JE GrII 5000-8000

JE Gr.I 5500-9000

SE Gr.II 6500-10500

Se.Gr.I 7450-11500

Less than 40

0

1

0

0

Less than 45

12

7

1

0

Less than 50

23

4

4

2

Less than 55

3

4

3

1

55-58

1

1

1

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In the 6th Pay commission the Grades 5000-8000 and 5500 have been placed in the Revised scale of 9300-34800 with grade pay of Rs.4200. Grade 6500-10500 have been placed in 9300-34800 with grade pay of Rs.4600. along with the grade 7450-11500 in Revised scale 9300-34800 Whose grade pay will also be Rs.4600. There will be only two distinct grade Pay i.e. 4200 and 4600 in the same pay band Rs.9300-34800. 5

Band Pay

Grade Pay

Sanctioned Strength

Actual

Vacancy

9300-34800

4200

60

56

4

9300-34800

4600

17

13

4

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Gender wise Staff Strength

Male Staff 38 Female staff 31 Total 69 Staff with more than 20 years service 58 Less than 20 years of service 11 7

Educational qualification of staff in SRITC Graduate 62 Computer Related - 05 Non-Computer - 57 Diploma Holders 01

Non-Graduates Total

06 69

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On Voluntary retirement

05 Approx

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On Child care leave

19 Approx

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Staff likelyonto leave Who are already long leave 04railways

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Total Net Strength left over

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New cadre to be known as IT Cadre Functions, Duties and responsibilities Data capturing to be done by user dept. themselves. EDP centres will transform into resource centres and Nodal agency for service providers for all IT activities of Zonal Railway 10

Functions, Duties and responsibilities EDP centers are to be organized into (Contd.) Computer system Management section 

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Responsible for installation, maintenance, and efficient management of Computer systems including Hardware and Software on the railway. Technical Clearance of Computerization Proposals on the Railway Liaison/Coordination with Maintenance contractors Database Maintenance/Administration section Management of data base availability Planning and creating databases Managing storage based design Managing security backup and recovery Database tuning Assistance in software maintenance, Rectification of Minor Problems and minor modification required in the application software. Liaison/Coordination with software maintenance contractors

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Functions, Duties and responsibilities (Contd.) 

Computer Network Management section       

Managing network administration for LAN/WAN Rectification of network problems Liaison/coordination with concerned authorities for unlinking Maintenance of networking Ensuring optimum band width over the network Investigation/rectification of data loss over the network Plug cases of data collision

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Functions, Duties and responsibilities (Contd.)  Application Co-ordination section    

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Co-ordination with relevant user departments and handling of related policy matters Effecting improvements in the system Certification of applications, modules and overall supervision of implementation of various applications\ Implementation online applications developed in the RDBMS environment with the association of user department. Liaison/coordination with the Application developers

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Functions, Duties and responsibilities (Contd.)  Training Coordination section 

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Preparation of Standard training input for staff and arranging training of IT personnel Training of user department Managing IT Learning centre Co-ordination with training agencies, bodies and associations.

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Sun Storage 2 Procured in 2001 Cluster node(server) HP Server 2 Procured in 1996 UPS 30 KVA 2 PCs 51 Line Matrix Printer 2

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Major activities of SRITC 

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To process as many jobs as possible at any given time to have efficient use of multi programming facility and thereby maximizing computer usage. To co-ordinate with HCL CE’s and extend maximum assistance to monitor the ROLIN network. To initiate periodical proposals for AMC for the Hard wares in EDPC To initiate proposals for procurement of consumables To Check and certify the quality of stationeries from Stores System day to day maintenance including backup and restoration. Maintenance of log books and registers for various console activities and system maintenance activities by the AMC vendors. Processing of user input data which involve validation of input, ARD updating, generation and printing of Final outputs as per the requirement of the various user departments. Applications processed in Batches (COBOL in HP/UX) Freight Accounting ,Coaching, Wagon Census (For SR & 16 SWR)

Activities … • Employee Payment Module (PRIME) • Leave Module(PRIME) • Settlement Module(PRIME) • Loans & Advances Module(PRIME) • AFRES Modules • Operating Statistics • Material Management System • Financial Management System(FMIS) • Freight Accounting System • Passenger Statistical Information System • Labour Summary & WGR System

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Project: Extension of RDBMS Application on Zonal Railway- Phase-II

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Implementation of RDBMS based applications AFRES & PRIME on 4 divisions viz. PGT,MDU, TVC & TPJ Divisions of Southern Railway at a sanctioned cost of Rs.255.88 Lakhs on the name of ‘Extension of RDBMS Phase-II.

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The hardware database servers to be procured should be such as to cater to all the requirements of all SDT applications at HQ & Divisions and the impending replacement of existing servers of HQ EDP centre. An element for integration with Railway Board has also been provided for in the estimate. The works for Railway Board component will be clubbed with one of the zonal Railway for speedier execution and the debit to the extent provided for in the above estimate will be passed on to your Railway. Element for training has also been provided for in the estimate for imparting adequate training to the users to make them familiar with RDBMS and its applications.

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Budget Outlay 30000 25000 20000

Anticipatedcost

15000

Outlayexpected Outlayproposed

10000

Balancew ork Actual

5000 0

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Figures in ooo’s Anticipated cos Outlay expecte Outlay propose Balance work Actual

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 25588 25588 25588 25588 12200 10000 22000 22100 10000 12000 100 1000 3388 3588 3488 2488 212 0 7000 100

Original estimate- Rs.2,74,33,197/Division

Amount in Rs.

Sr.EDPM/MAS

27,77,401

CPO

5,22,106

TPJ

NIL

MDU

11,59,702

TVC

9,04,111

PGT

9,59,789

Total expenditure up to Jun-08 – Rs.73,23,079/22

Financial Progress Original sanctioned amount

25588

Exp. Incurred till 2007-08

7323

Budget Outlay allotted for the 2008-09

1000

Exp. Incurred Upto Jun-08

2

(Figures in ooo’s)

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AFRES Division HQrs

Implemented A

Under Development B (except Cash, Pay, E-Suspense,)

A except E-suspense

B

MAS Division

A

B

TPJ Division

A except E-suspense

B

PGT Division

A except E-suspense

B

TVC Division

A except E-suspense

B

MDU Division

A

B

WST PER

A. PF, Internal Check Pension, NPS, E&S-Suspense, B. Books, Cash, Pay, Traffic Accounts, Budget, Finance, Costing, Works Contract, Inspection, Asset accounting 24

PRIME Division

Implemented

Under Development

HQrs

A

B

WST PER

A

B

MAS Division

A

B

TPJ Division

A

B

PGT Division

A

B

TVC Division

A

B

MDU Division

A

B

A. Pay ro ll Emp. I nformat Leave ion,

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Applications with SRITC

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Software and Data base

List of Data Bases Maintained By EDP Centre AFRES & PRIME Databases of HQs AFRES & PRIME Databases of MAS Division. AFRES & PRIME Databases of Workshops and W&S Accounts Office. IMMS Stores Accounts Database. EMIS and Mechanical MIS Databases 27

Exchange

CENTRAL STATION

18 CORE SINGLEMODE

PARCEL OFFICE

NJO PER

Exchange

NGO (M)

6 CORE MM MMC 6 CORE SINGLEMODE NGO(A) MM FIBER SM FIBER Existing FO Cable 28

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Recent Activities ... •

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Re-organization of Data entry activities done. Implemented AFRES and PRIME at MTP Implemented AFRES – E-suspense module at CN/MS. Finance module work is on Integration of Various systems at CN/MS being made. Bifurcation of Salem Division accounts from PGT division Implementation of Operating Statistics at Trichy statistical office Introduction of Settlement module at Chennai division In-house training conducted for EDP staff on Oracle and for MTP staff on AFRES.

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• VI Pay commission software developed • Web enabling of Contractor /supplier bills done • Finance Module being implemented in W/PER and HQ • Books & Budget module under implementation

Recent Activities …

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hern Railway views on the future scenario 

Data Centre concept to be introduced for integrating various Applications by different User Departments.

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IT centre shall be the only agency for Software Development and maintenance. Development of systems by individual departments must be banned.

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Training in IT shall be with IT Centres only.

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All existing Applications may be converted as Web based Applications

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Material procurement cycle and utilization cycle may be fully computerized with Data sharing across Railways

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Performance/Systems Audit System may be introduced

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Zonal EDP Centre shall be take care of the 32 implementation of AFRES & PRIME modules, which is

Review of Cadre polity of EDP Centre 

The ban on the creation of new posts in IT cadre may be lifted

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The order on the freezing of the Cadre Strength may be reviewed.

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New grades with Rs.4800, Rs.5400 be introduced for Database Administrator and Network Administrator.

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IT Centre Staff should be given training ASP - .net, ADO - .net, VB - .net, Core Java and J2EEE to develop new Web Based Applications and reconcile the existing Applications

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IT Centre Staff acquiring Additional qualification such as OCP, MCSE, CCNA, CCNP, RHCE or SUN and HP certified may be given incentives.

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Gazetted cadre positions and policy review  

HOD Level may be created to Manage IT Centre in Zonal Level IT Managers and Assistant IT Managers may be created 33 at HQRS, Divisional and Workshop Level

Review of Cadre polity of EDP Centre Cond… 

The formation of cadre as per new cadre policy status 

The nomenclature “Data Processing Superintendent” mentioned in VI PC orders may require a review in view of existing designation. After the implementation of VI PC, the IT cadre is having only two Grades

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New Designations like Jr.Software Engineer, Sr.Software Engineer, Application Co-coordinator, Database Administrator, Network administrator may be introduced wit Rs.4200, Rs.4600, Rs.4800 and Rs.5400 grade pay

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Additional Posts may be permitted for the following 

Migrating COBOL applications into RDBMS applications and Web Based applications and for their maintenance.

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Installing Database Server Software, Creating, Configuring, Managing DATABASEs and Performance Tuning.

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Configuring Switches (VLAN, Spanning TREE), Enabling Security features, Managing NETWORKs 34 and Performance Tuning

Future Role of EDP as IT Enabler 

Road map for short-term, medium and long-term IT infusion in the working of Railway 

Periodic Renewal/Upgradations of IT assets like Hardware, Software required by EDP

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Upgrading the existing ROLIN network to Divisions of SR and other Zones similar to RAILNET with higher bandwidth using Railway OFC network available across the Indian railway, also maintain the Data and Network Security.

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Performance audit for usefulness to ultimate user / customer needs to be done periodically

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A clear training policy for IT should be formed with adequate fund backup

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Committed funds for IT spending for HW/SW procurement

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Service provider in the areas of Information dissemination

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Information (DATA) Storage/Retrieval Service as DATA Centre and Web Based Services

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35 Information Technology Budget Monitoring (procurement

FUture Role of EDP as IT Enabler Cond… 

Coordinating role of EDP Centres in these activities 

Managing of User Databases using GRID computing and DATA Centre concepts. No individual department shall develop and maintain any application.

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Planning and procuring of Hardware and Software based on user requirement within GMs powers

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Up keeping of Network and Professional management of network peripherals by facilitate management by external vendors

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Training will be given to Staffs of User Departments for efficient use of Applications

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Audit Trails will be introduced for monitoring the Application and Database Changes 36

Future Role of EDP as IT Enabler Contd… 

Taking the advantage of outside developments in the IT field and adopting them in Railway working 

WIFI (wireless Network) may be introduced where physical cabling is not possible

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Bar Code Technology can be used for Parcel and Luggage as well as for Historical data and Tractability and retrieval.

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RF ID Technology may be utilized in monitoring of Materials movements, TTE and TC transactions.

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Biometric/Smart card system may be introduced in Gate Attendance

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Handheld devices like PDAs may be introduced in shop floors and TTES and TCs transactions and also for Parcel and luggage transactions for easy data capturing and handling. Engineering department MIS to be integrated with 37 other Systems like AFRES and PRIME

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Identification of Powers and Authority Required for EDP 

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Identification of powers and authority required for EDP Centres to effectively serve as a tool of IT catalyst 

IT Training to be managed by Sr.EDPM with separate fund and powers.

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Adequate fund and authority to decide AMC and spares procurement

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Sr.EDPM need to have powers for obtaining membership to professional bodies/conferences

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Sr.EDPMs shall have powers for small external Software Developments

Manning of Sr.EDPM post 

Shall be manned by qualified (MCA/MBA/BE Computer science)

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Shall be sufficiently senior to co-ordinate with User Departments and Finance.

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Shall have a definite minimum tenure of 3 years and maximum of 4 years.

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Roles and Responsibilities to be well defined.

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Identification of Powers and Authority Required for EDP 

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Engagement of professionals from market 

Only for specialised Application Development with short duration and no maintenance contract for Software Applications.

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External Training Institutions for training IT centre staff in latest Technology

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Consultancy for Network where S&T department is not able to cater to.

Coordinating role in development of softwares for use in the Zonal Railway 

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Con

Being a pioneer/nodal agency in software development, EDP center can play a vital role in new software development

Powers for works in PH17 

General Mangers shall have powers to sanction works under plan head 17 upto 5 crores for replacement of Computer Hardware and NETWORKS. 

No powers to sanction new application development.It 39 shall be uniform all over railways.

Issues of maintenance of system, Training needs 

Issues of maintenance of system, Training needs can Sr.EDPM play the role of training managers in Zonal Railways for IT? 

MTBF (Failure) rates are high due to non-replacement of computer hardware in time for want of funds

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AMC for all assets including Network assets is required

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General Conditions of the Contract for IT products may be made uniform

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Gazetted and Non-Gazetted staff may be permitted to attend seminars and conferences on IT to update the recent trends in the field

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Necessary infrastructure for training of users in Packages and Modules may be created in the IT Centre

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IT enabled Applications areas outside traditional Applications are

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IT enabled applications areas outside traditional applications areas – suggestions 

Office automation with digital signature, file sharing, digitization of letters and circulars with proper indexing and traceability

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Computerization of Receipt & Dispatch of materials and documents

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Information sharing through email and electronic data transfer between user departments/Officers to reduce delay

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Software may be procured for maintain version control, this will avoid duplicate work.

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Key Roles to be performed by Zonal EDP 

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Database Administration 

Installing of Oracle Database and Client Software

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Creating and Configuring and Managing Oracle Databases

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Backup and Recovery of Oracle databases

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Managing the AFRES & PRIME Oracle Databases of Hqrs, Chennai Division, PER Offices

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Managing Engine Operating System Database

System Administration(Sun Servers, SUN Cluster Node, Windows) 

Monitoring and Managing Sun Servers

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Monitoring and Managing Sun Cluster Nodes

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Monitoring and Managing Windows Servers 42

Key Roles Taking care of by Zonal EDP Cond… 

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Application Development 

Designing, Developing of new Applications and Implementing & Managing the Applications

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Customizing the existing Applications to incorporate the Board Orders and based on User request

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Bug fixing the existing and Trouble shooting.

Training Sessions being conducted by Southern Railway Zonal IT Centre (Computer Learning Center) 

Training in Oracle SQL*Plus and Oracle Forms & Reports

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Training sessions to efficiently handle the AFRES, PRIME Modules and other Applications.

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Training sessions to efficiently handle the Engine operating System Module

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Training in Office Applications 43

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