IIT Kanpur's project SIMRAN gets clearance in rail budget

Updated on: Saturday, February 26, 2011

Years of wait finally bore fruit for Kanpur IIT today with the Rail Budget presented in Parliament approving its Satellite Imaging For Rail Navigation (SIMRAN) project, that would help passengers locate their train on the net or on their mobile phones.
"One of the 12 railway projects bagged in 2005 by the institution, the project had long been ready but we were not getting the Railway Ministry's clearance," Chief of the Project and HoD of Mechanical Engineering, IIT N S Vyas told.
    
The SIMRAN project will be implemented simultaneously on about 10,000 trains across the country
    
Once implemented, the system would help passengers get the precise location of their train on the move, Vyas said.

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