The Railway Minister pointed out that it is desirable that the knowledge about Railway systems does not remain confined to a few select, but all the enthusiasts, researchers, academician
ICTpost News Network
New Delhi: October 1, 2015
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal namely www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in which has aggregated most of the available knowledge about Indian Railways at one location and has also tried to encompass as much knowledge as possible, by linking websites, documents etc. for dissemination of knowledge on Indian Railways. This portal is an initiative of the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara. This portal is an aggregation of information, with links to resources of the Indian Railways, for the purpose of dissemination of knowledge, innovations and best practices. This initiative is in line with the Digital India campaign.
The Railway Minister pointed out that it is desirable that the knowledge about Railway systems does not remain confined to a few select, but all the enthusiasts, researchers, academicians and our own railway personnel contribute ideas, solutions, and schemes. The Minister said that we need to share best practices and innovations. This portal will be a comprehensive holistic platform as a one stop arrangement for everyone interested in Indian Railways in particular and Railways in General.
This Knowledge Portal features ?all subjects of Indian Railways, Railway Research and Development, use of ICT in Indian Railways, listing of major ?International Railway Journals, linking of existing Indian Railway Libraries and also World Railways in one web page. It has e-access to existing libraries of Railways, and all the libraries are being clustered to have a single interface through e-Granthalaya by NIC.
The Knowledge Portal Home Page also gives a brief of all the social media activities of the Indian Railway sites. It has web pages on fan clubs, heritage, and rail museums across the world. In short, it is a ?one stop arrangement for people who are interested in Indian Railways both from a strictly technical point of view as well as enthusiasts.
It is envisaged that it shall be a virtual learning point where people will be able to login to the website and go for off-line or online learning. There are lots of researchers in the country who are working on railway related topics and some of them are not fully updated of the technological developments taking place in the Railways. This website will be therefore herald an interactive platform with the training and academic experts across the country so that research scholars can have free access and get themselves introduced to the specialists in Railways who can help them in furthering their research on railway related topics.
The website has a modern design, with a very clean and simple layout. It is mobile and tablet friendly and is easily navigable.It has been an in house effort of IT Faculty of the Academy with bare minimum cost for website development, about Rs 70,000. It is an attempt to harmonize the efforts of enthusiasts involved in furthering the research on railways and generating innovative ideas for improving the Railways from within and outside.
