Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications

In the first year of its existence it was concerned only with imparting training to Apprentices JE( junior engineers) Signal and Apprentice JE (junior engineers) Telecommunication, but subsequently, in view of the rapid developments in the field of Signaling and Telecommunication, several specialised technical training needs of Officers and Staff of Signal and Telecommunication Department in Signal Engineering, Telecommunications Technology, Electronics and Information Technology Training have also been introduced. Facilities available in this Institute are also extended to foreign nationals. ==Related Institutes==

The IRISET is one of six Centralised Training Institutes that share the task of training of officers. The other Centralised Training Institutes are: • Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune for civil engineers, • Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering, Nasik for Electrical Engineers, • Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering & Jamalpur Gymkhana, Jamalpur for mechanical engineers • Indian Railways Institute of Signal and Telecommunications Engineering, Secunderabad for engineers of S&T department, • RPF Academy Lucknow, for officers of Railway Protection Force and • As the alma mater the Railway Staff College (Now called National Academy of Indian Railways), Vadodara functions as the apex training institute for the officers of all departments in general and Accounts, Personnel, Stores, Traffic and Medical departments in particular. ==External links==