You dont need an IIT background to deliver the best engineering systems.The core Bangalore Metro civil,electrical and electronics team just proved it.With the exception of a couple of members,they're all from non-IIT backgrounds but have delivered arguably the most modern Metro in the country.
Shankar A S,Brajendra Kumar,Mahesh S M and R Kamalakaran are the brains behind the signalling,telecom and automation.They told TOI: Delhi Metro is impressed by the automation here and decided to take the automatic fare collection (AFC) model from us for its next phase.The model has not been implemented anywhere in the world.An official from the Asia Pacific region called to learn how it can be implemented there.
After buying the smart card at stations,commuters can approach any SBI ATM and top up their cards without having to wait in queue.We integrated the Metro rail and banking computer systems that hasnt been done anywhere else.Give one instruction the first time and just forget about having to go to any station to buy a ticket.Its seamless travel, they said.
This team also set up the automatic train protection and supervision system in which the train senses a train in front and comes to a halt.Electrical engineer B Gopinath Mallya and his team set up the third rail system which carries the electricity for the train.Kolkata had the third rail first in the country.Our system transfers energy from one train to the other automatically.Its the best in the world, he said.
N P Sharma,Renuka Prasad and V S Prasad are the brains behind the structural design.Weve set up design parameters for tracks,power,kinetic structure,third rail,curvature,train section,tilts at curves,depots,pre-engineered buildings and buildings on piles.We built a prototype,set standards and a manual for the Metro rail here which can be replicated in all the other phases, they said with a hint of pride in their voices.
PRETTY GOOD,HUH A proud moment and much to smile about,the men who comprise the core Metro team review their work at the M G Road station on Friday
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