Indian Railway confers Ashoka Award.

On 12^th Oct, Mr. Rajeev Roushan, Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer (Freight) who is stationed at the Head Quarter of the Eastern Railway, has been awarded with the prestigious Ashoka Award 2025 at Indian Habitat Centre in New Delhi for his trailblazing innovation – the Machine Vision Inspection System (MVIS) of Rolling Stock jointly developed  by the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, DFC, M/s L2M. Alongside, installation & improvising of Hot Axle Box Detector (HABD) and operation of Truck on Train (TOT) service over DFC network during his Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFCCIL) tenure.

This award is given every year by the Charles Walter’s Society for Innovation & Research (CWSIR) who is an independent Research & Innovation Society promoting and support Research & Innovation through human resource development including Science & technology, Academics, Literature etc. The Honour of Ashoka Award is a prestigious recognition dedicated exclusively to accomplished bureaucrats who have demonstrated commendable excellence in judiciary, policing, public administration, governance etc. Mr. Rajeev Roushan was shortlisted among 200 nominees by jury.  

Such improvisation of HABDs and development of MVIS in DFC are being followed by Indian Railways. These technologies helped to save many accidents enroute. It is well known that MVIS is an automated way side equipment inspection system consisting of high speed cameras, servers and software which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse data and generate alert for rolling stock defects while in motion with actual images, position of the rolling stock with number etc. Also improvised web portal of HABD what developed by him during tenure of DFC is used by Indian Railways which helped to analyse the trend of rolling stock failure for future action plan and improvements.   

This is not the first feather in his cap. He was earlier honoured with the National Award on 30th April 2019 in Mumbai by the Hon’ble Minister for Railways for creating a path-breaking software that made railway operations paperless during Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO) tenure. He also received an Annual DFC Award in year 2023 for his commendable work in developing wayside equipments on DFC track.

At present, Mr. Roushan is working under Mr. Milind K Deouskar, General Manager of Eastern Railway and Mr. Parmanand Sharma PCME/ER, who is continuing his service with devotion for better improvements in Eastern Railway in regard to installation of way side equipments, operation of freight trains etc. From driving digital transformation to engineering innovation, Mr. Rajeev Roushan is continuing to redefine excellence in Indian Railways. His journey is not just an achievement but an inspiration for generations of innovators. It is the pride moment of Eastern Railway. We salute his vision, passion, and extraordinary contributions that make the nation proud.

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