1st Human Resources Round Table Conference of Indian Railways

1st Human Resources Round Table Conference of Indian Railways

Question: Indian Railway manufacturing unit is not located in …
(a) Kapurthala
(b) Banglore
(c) Bela
(d) Patna
Ans: (d)

  • Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated Indian Railways’ 1st HR Round Table Conference on June 8, 2017.
  • The Conference was organized around three themes i.e. Stakeholders Expectations from HR, The Future of Work – HR Role and Creativity Within Constraints
    Each theme was in form of a Roundtable discussion amongst HR experts and leaders of industry.
  • The participants came from all parts of the country including Ministry of Railways and its public sector organizations.
  • Indian Railways is the biggest civilian employer in the country spanning the length and breadth of the sub-continent within strength of over 13 lakh employees.
  • The employees are spread over 10 departments in 17 Zones, 6 Production Units and 68 Divisions.
  • The service of the Indian Railways are 24X7 and the work content varies from high precision engineering to customer interface and train operations with many departments working in a coordinated manner.
  • Improving the productivity of the human resources through inter-change of ideas with various stakeholders, HR practitioners and academics was the aim of the Conference.

Reference:
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