Railway Board Director General (Human Resources) Naveen Gulati visits RCF

Kapurthala, April 6, 2024: Naveen Gulati, Director General (Human Resources) Railway Board, today visited Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala where on his arrival ,he was greeted by General Manager of  RCF,  S. Srinivas and other Senior Officers.

On arrival at RCF, Naveen Gulati inspected the coach manufacturing processes in the workshop. He examined various types of  coaches being made by RCF viz. LHB AC Coaches , MEMU with 3 Phase Electrics etc.. He also inspected the Vande Metro coaches which are being built by RCF,   first time over Indian Railways . Manufacturing of above coaches are targeted for substantial production in current fiscal. Shri Gulati also examined the bogie components in Bogie Shop and their applications in coach bogies. He praised RCF infrastructure for speedy manufacturing of coaches and also gave his valuable advice in the process. 

He held a purposeful meeting with General Manager and Senior officers on core issues pertaining to Human Resources, production output and manufacturing of new types of coaches in current fiscal. 

Gulati, who is Director General of Railway’s Human Resources department held meeting with recognized unions/associations of RCF in which issues pertaining to staff and their welfare were discussed.  He stressed upon the importance of cordial relations between unions and administration and at the same time reaching out to them to cooperate  in increasing the production of coaches.

While applauding RCF’s record coach production in 2023-24,  Naveen Gulati appreciated RCF’s contribution in making Indian Railways attuned to world standards and stressed upon RCF to work hard to conserve its apex position in designing and manufacturing. He applauded RCF for its technological developments in coach manufacturing and advised RCF to follow the best practices to enhance its production as  Railway Board is keen to provide every assistance to it in this field .