National Academy of Indian Railways - Revision history

AgnesOppen5: added info

2026-02-14T18:01:16Z

added info

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:31, 14 February 2026
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Short description\|Training institute in Vadodara, India}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2015}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2015}}
	{{Use Indian English\|date=November 2015}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=November 2015}}
	{{Infobox Institute		{{Infobox Institute
	\| name = National Academy of Indian Railways ~~(NAIR), Vadodara~~		\| name = National Academy of Indian Railways
	\| image = ~~Palace for web~~.~~jpg~~		\| image = File:Indian Railways.png
	\| image_size =		\| image_size = 120px
	\| image_name =		\| image_name =
	\| caption =		\| caption = Official Emblem of Indian Railways
	\| established = 1930		\| established = {{start date and age\|1930}}
	\| mission =		\| mission = *[[Civil Service]] Training
	*[[Civil Service]] Training
	*[[Engineering]] Training		*[[Engineering]] Training
	*[[Medical]] Training		*[[Medical]] Training
	~~\| director =~~
	\| head_label =		\| head_label =
	\| head =		\| head = [[Indian Railways]]
	\| faculty =		\| faculty =
	\| staff =		\| staff =
Line 21:		Line 20:
	\| debt =		\| debt =
	\| location = [[Vadodara]]		\| location = [[Vadodara]]
			\| mapframe = Yes
			\| coordinates = {{coord\|22.2806\|73.2002\|type:edu_region:IN_source:enwiki\|display=title}}
	\| address =		\| address =
	\| website = [https://~~www.~~nair.indianrailways.gov.in ~~NAIR website]~~		\| website = https://nair.indianrailways.gov.in/
	}}		}}

	The '''National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara''' formerly '''Railway Staff College''' is a Centralised [[Civil Service\|civil service]] , [[engineering]] and [[medical]] training institute for [[Civil Service]] , [[Engineering]] and [[Medical]] Officers of [[Indian Railway Personnel Service]] , [[Indian Railway Stores Service]] and [[Indian Railway Medical Services]] cadre headed by a Director General and ~~manned~~ by an faculty of experienced Railway Managers and Experts. Starting with the initial training of Officers Trainees inducted as Central [[Civil Services]], [[Engineering]] and [[Medical]] professionals that form the backbone of [[Indian Railways]], the Academy also conducts, mid-service mandatory or theme based ''in service'' Management Courses for all Officers of IR and courses for Officers of other Group A Central Services, Public Sector and Foreign Railways. The Academy is housed in the sprawling 55 acres campus of the Pratap Vilas Palace at Lalbaug, [[Vadodara]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/index.jsp\|title=National Academy of Indian Managers and Managers and experts\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>		The '''National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara''' formerly '''Railway Staff College''' and historically the '''Pratap Vilas Palace''', is a Centralised [[Civil Service\|civil service]], [[engineering]] and [[medical]] training institute for [[Civil Service]], [[Engineering]] and [[Medical]] Officers of [[Indian Railway Personnel Service]], [[Indian Railway Stores Service]] and [[Indian Railway Medical Services]] cadre headed by a Director General and staffed by a faculty of experienced Railway Managers and Experts. Starting with the initial training of Officers Trainees inducted as Central [[Civil Services]], [[Engineering]] and [[Medical]] professionals that form the backbone of [[Indian Railways]], the Academy also conducts, mid-service mandatory or theme based ''in service'' Management Courses for all Officers of IR and courses for Officers of other Group A Central Services, Public Sector and Foreign Railways. The Academy is housed in the sprawling 55 acres campus of the Pratap Vilas Palace at Lalbaug, [[Vadodara]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/index.jsp\|title=National Academy of Indian Managers and Managers and experts\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
Line 35:		Line 36:

	== Courses ==		== Courses ==
	Indian Railways employs over 1.25 million personnel including 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers. The Academy is the apex institution for Management Training of all Railway Officers and Centralised & Professional Training for Officers of Accounts, Personnel, Stores and Medical departments including the centralized training of newly recruited [[Indian Railway Accounts Service\|IRAS]], [[Indian Railway Personnel Service\|IRPS]], [[Indian Railway Stores Service\|IRSS]] and [[Indian Railway ~~Medical Services~~\|IRMS]] Trainee officers.		Indian Railways employs over 1.25 million personnel including 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers. The Academy is the apex institution for Management Training of all Railway Officers and Centralised & Professional Training for Officers of Accounts, Personnel, Stores and Medical departments including the centralized training of newly recruited [[Indian Railway Accounts Service\|IRAS]], [[Indian Railway Personnel Service\|IRPS]], [[Indian Railway Stores Service\|IRSS]] and [[Indian Railway Health Service\|IRHS]] (erstwhile [[Indian railway medical service\|IRMS]]) Trainee officers.

	Nearly 100 courses for about 3800 officer trainees are planned in 2016. 120 courses were conducted in 2015.		Nearly 100 courses for about 3800 officer trainees are planned in 2016. 120 courses were conducted in 2015.
Line 46:		Line 47:
	* IRITM-[[Indian Railways Institute of Transportation Management]], [[Lucknow]]		* IRITM-[[Indian Railways Institute of Transportation Management]], [[Lucknow]]
	* [[Railway Protection Force Academy\|Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy]] [[Lucknow]]		* [[Railway Protection Force Academy\|Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy]] [[Lucknow]]
	* [~~http://Centralized%20Training%20Academy%20For%20Railway%20Accounts~~ Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts]~~{{dead link\|date=February 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}~~ [[Secunderabad]].		* [[Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts]] [[Secunderabad]].
	The training of non-gazetted staff is conducted at 55 Main Training Centers and 222 Other Training Centers (i.e., Area Training Centers, Basic Training Centers, Divisional Training Centers, Multi Disciplinary Training Centers etc.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in/index.php/training-institutes\|title=Training Institutes on Indian Railways\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>		The training of non-gazetted staff is conducted at 55 Main Training Centers and 222 Other Training Centers (i.e., Area Training Centers, Basic Training Centers, Divisional Training Centers, Multi Disciplinary Training Centers etc.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in/index.php/training-institutes\|title=Training Institutes on Indian Railways\|last=\|first=\|date=\|website=\|publisher=\|access-date=}}</ref>

Line 59:		Line 60:
	== Training programmes ==		== Training programmes ==

	===Centralized Training for IRAS, IRSS, IRPS & ~~IRMS~~===		===Centralized Training for IRAS, IRSS, IRPS & IRHS===

	The Academy is the ‘Centralised Training Institute’, for Officer Trainees assigned to ‘[[Indian Railway Accounts Service]]’, [[Indian Railway Personnel Service]]’, ‘[[Indian Railway Stores Service]]’ and Indian Railway Medical Service’ by [[Union Public Service Commission\|UPSC]]. Training includes class room inputs, field training and visits to other CTIs. Officer Trainees of [[IRAS]] also attend short term Professional modules at [[Indian Audit and Accounts Service\|National Academy of Audit and Accounts]], [[Shimla]], National Institute of Financial Management, [[Faridabad]], [[National Academy of Direct Taxes]] [[Nagpur]] and Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts (C-TARA) [[Secunderabad]], for discipline specific modules.		The Academy is the ‘Centralised Training Institute’, for Officer Trainees assigned to ‘[[Indian Railway Accounts Service]]’, [[Indian Railway Personnel Service]]’, ‘[[Indian Railway Stores Service]]’ and Indian Railway Medical Service’ by [[Union Public Service Commission\|UPSC]]. Training includes class room inputs, field training and visits to other CTIs. Officer Trainees of [[Indian Railway Accounts Service\|IRAS]] also attend short term Professional modules at [[Indian Audit and Accounts Service\|National Academy of Audit and Accounts]], [[Shimla]], National Institute of Financial Management, [[Faridabad]], [[National Academy of Direct Taxes]] [[Nagpur]] and Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts (C-TARA) [[Secunderabad]], for discipline specific modules.

	===Foundation & Induction Programmes for Group A and B Officers===		===Foundation & Induction Programmes for Group A and B Officers===

	~~The Foundation and Induction are~~ combined programme for Officer Trainees of 9 Organized Central Group A Civil & Engineering Services ~~which manage~~ Indian Railways~~. Shorter Foundation~~ and ~~Induction programmes are conducted separately~~ for Officer Trainees of IRMS, the Organised Central Group A Medical Service which manages the health services on the Indian Railways ~~Network~~. ~~Foundation Programmes for~~ recently promoted Group ~~‘B’ Officers~~ of all departments ~~provides an overview of~~ Railways. ~~Induction programmes are conducted for Group ‘B’~~ officers of Stores, Accounts and Personnel departments. Group B ~~Officers of~~ other departments attend induction courses at respective CTIs.		It is a combined programme for Officer Trainees of nine Organized Central Group A Civil & Engineering Services that are responsible for managing Indian Railways and the foundation and induction courses for them. In the case of Officer Trainees of the Indian Railway Medical Service (IRMS), the Organised Central Group A Medical Service, which manages the health services on the Indian Railways network, shorter Foundation and Induction programmes are conducted separately. In order to provide an overview of the railways to recently promoted Group 'B' officers of all departments, the Railways Foundation Programmes are offered. For officers of the Stores, Accounts, and Personnel departments, induction programmes are held as part of their induction process. During the induction courses, Group B officers from other departments attend induction courses held at their respective CTIs.

	====Mid Service Training====		====Mid Service Training====
	Offered in two formats 1. General inputs of interest to all Managers at various stages in their career.		Offered in two formats:
	2. Function or subject specific inputs only to relevant set of Managers.
			# General inputs of interest to all Managers at various stages in their career.
			# Function or subject specific inputs only to relevant set of Managers.

	====Special Courses====		====Special Courses====
Line 366:		Line 369:

	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/ Official website]		*[http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/ Official website] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928190350/https://nair.indianrailways.gov.in/ \|date=28 September 2022 }}
	*[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mgt_ser/training_circulars/2013/Name_Change_RSC.pdf]		*[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mgt_ser/training_circulars/2013/Name_Change_RSC.pdf]
	{{Indian Railways}}		{{Indian Railways}}
	{{Vadodara topics}}		{{Vadodara topics}}
	~~{{coord\|22.2806\|73.2002\|type:edu_region:IN_source:enwiki\|display=title}}~~

	{{authority control}}		{{authority control}}
Line 378:		Line 380:
	[[Category:Universities and colleges in Vadodara]]		[[Category:Universities and colleges in Vadodara]]
	[[Category:1888 establishments in India]]		[[Category:1888 establishments in India]]
	[[Category:~~Educational institutions~~ established in 1888]]		[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1888]]

imported>Giraffedata: comprised of, ampersand

2021-08-23T02:02:03Z

comprised of, ampersand

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox Institute
| name = National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara
| image = Palace for web.jpg
| image_size =
| image_name =
| caption =
| established = 1930
| mission =
*[[Civil Service]] Training
*[[Engineering]] Training
*[[Medical]] Training
| director =
| head_label =
| head =
| faculty =
| staff =
| budget =
| endowment =
| debt =
| location = [[Vadodara]]
| address =
| website = [https://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in NAIR website]
}}

The '''National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara''' formerly '''Railway Staff College''' is a Centralised [[Civil Service|civil service]] , [[engineering]] and [[medical]] training institute for [[Civil Service]] , [[Engineering]] and [[Medical]] Officers of [[Indian Railway Personnel Service]] , [[Indian Railway Stores Service]] and [[Indian Railway Medical Services]] cadre headed by a Director General and manned by an faculty of experienced Railway Managers and Experts. Starting with the initial training of Officers Trainees inducted as Central [[Civil Services]], [[Engineering]] and [[Medical]] professionals that form the backbone of [[Indian Railways]], the Academy also conducts, mid-service mandatory or theme based ''in service'' Management Courses for all Officers of IR and courses for Officers of other Group A Central Services, Public Sector and Foreign Railways. The Academy is housed in the sprawling 55 acres campus of the Pratap Vilas Palace at Lalbaug, [[Vadodara]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/index.jsp|title=National Academy of Indian Managers and Managers and experts|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Sir William Acworth.jpg|thumb|158x158px|Sir William Acworth]]
The Indian Railway Committee was constituted in 1920, under the chairmanship of Sir [[William Mitchell Acworth]], with 10 members including 3 Indians viz. [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]] (Elected Member of the Viceroy's Legislative Council), Purshottam Das Thakurdas (representing Indian Commercial Interests) and Sir [[Rajendra Nath Mookerjee]]. The committee recommended setting up a Railway Staff College which came up at Dehradun but soon closed down. Later the Indian Military Academy IMA came up on the same campus.

[[File:A print of the Gaekwar of Baroda.jpg|thumb|158x158px|Maharaja Sayaji Rao III of Baroda]]
The Railway Staff College was reestablished in 1952 at Pratap Vilas Palace [[Vadodara]] built by [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|Maharaja Sayaji Rao]] for his eldest son [[Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad|Fatehsingh Rao]]. The Palace is adorned by exquisite carvings. Its construction was started on 15 February 1908 in the year when the last ruler of [[Baroda State]], [[Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad|Pratapsingh Rao]] was born and his father Fatehsingh Rao died. Named after [[Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad|Pratapsingh Rao]], the palace was designed in the renaissance style by [[Frederick William Stevens|Charles F. Stevens]], son of [[Frederick William Stevens|F.W. Stevens]], the British architect who designed the [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus|Victoria Terminus in Mumbai.]] The palace complex is built in 55 acres (220,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of well laid out gardens and wooded land enlivened by the calls of peacocks and migratory birds and adorned by exquisite carvings of creepers, flowers, leaves, birds and animals and noted for its architectural grandeur highlighted with columns and arches. The palace, completed in 1914, also known as Lalbaugh Palace or Prince's Palace, was leased by the then Bombay Government on 31 January 1949 and given to the Railways for their use who subsequently purchased the property on 6 January 1964 for Rs 24,38,271.[[File:V.M. Doroshevich-East and War-British India. Railroad Station in Bombay enhaced.jpg|thumb|Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai designed By F. W Stevens]]

== Courses ==
Indian Railways employs over 1.25 million personnel including 15,000 group ‘A’ and group ‘B’ officers. The Academy is the apex institution for Management Training of all Railway Officers and Centralised & Professional Training for Officers of Accounts, Personnel, Stores and Medical departments including the centralized training of newly recruited [[Indian Railway Accounts Service|IRAS]], [[Indian Railway Personnel Service|IRPS]], [[Indian Railway Stores Service|IRSS]] and [[Indian Railway Medical Services|IRMS]] Trainee officers.

Nearly 100 courses for about 3800 officer trainees are planned in 2016. 120 courses were conducted in 2015.

Professional Training of all officers including centralized training of the Officer Trainees of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Signal & Telecom Engineering, Traffic Transportation & Commercial Departments and the Railway Protection Force of Indian Railways is conducted at Seven other Centralised Training Institutes (CTIs) viz,<ref>{{cite web |title=National Academy of Indian Railways |url=https://www.pnr.meramaal.com/national-academy-of-indian-railways/ |website=pnr.meramaal}}</ref>
* IRICEN-[[Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering]], [[Pune]]
* IRISET-[[Indian Railways Institute of Signal and Telecommunications Engineering]], [[Secunderabad]]
* IRIMEE-[[Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering]], [[Jamalpur, Munger|Jamalpur]]
* IRIEEN-[[Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering]], [[Nasik]]
* IRITM-[[Indian Railways Institute of Transportation Management]], [[Lucknow]]
* [[Railway Protection Force Academy|Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy]] [[Lucknow]]
* [http://Centralized%20Training%20Academy%20For%20Railway%20Accounts Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[Secunderabad]].
The training of non-gazetted staff is conducted at 55 Main Training Centers and 222 Other Training Centers (i.e., Area Training Centers, Basic Training Centers, Divisional Training Centers, Multi Disciplinary Training Centers etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in/index.php/training-institutes|title=Training Institutes on Indian Railways|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

==The Academy==
[[File:Palace for web.jpg|thumb|[[Vadodara|Pratap Vilas Palace]]]]
Shri S.P.S Chauhan is the current Director General of the Academy. The faculty comprises 24 experts drawn from various disciplines i.e., Finance, HR, Management, Engineering, Law, Safety, Security, Medicine, Rajbhasha etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,448|title=Faculty at NAIR|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

[http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,448/ Faculty of the Academy- See Academy website]

The Academy along with all 7 other CTIs function under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?id=0,1,304,366,530|title=Management Services at IR|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Training programmes ==

===Centralized Training for IRAS, IRSS, IRPS & IRMS===

The Academy is the ‘Centralised Training Institute’, for Officer Trainees assigned to ‘[[Indian Railway Accounts Service]]’, [[Indian Railway Personnel Service]]’, ‘[[Indian Railway Stores Service]]’ and Indian Railway Medical Service’ by [[Union Public Service Commission|UPSC]]. Training includes class room inputs, field training and visits to other CTIs. Officer Trainees of [[IRAS]] also attend short term Professional modules at [[Indian Audit and Accounts Service|National Academy of Audit and Accounts]], [[Shimla]], National Institute of Financial Management, [[Faridabad]], [[National Academy of Direct Taxes]] [[Nagpur]] and Centralized Training Academy For Railway Accounts (C-TARA) [[Secunderabad]], for discipline specific modules.

===Foundation & Induction Programmes for Group A and B Officers===

The Foundation and Induction are combined programme for Officer Trainees of 9 Organized Central Group A Civil & Engineering Services which manage Indian Railways. Shorter Foundation and Induction programmes are conducted separately for Officer Trainees of IRMS, the Organised Central Group A Medical Service which manages the health services on the Indian Railways Network. Foundation Programmes for recently promoted Group ‘B’ Officers of all departments provides an overview of Railways. Induction programmes are conducted for Group ‘B’ officers of Stores, Accounts and Personnel departments. Group B Officers of other departments attend induction courses at respective CTIs.

====Mid Service Training====
Offered in two formats 1. General inputs of interest to all Managers at various stages in their career.
2. Function or subject specific inputs only to relevant set of Managers.

====Special Courses====

Theme based short term courses on various topics such as [[Right to Information Act]], Discipline & Appeal Rules, Vigilance, [[Labour law in India|Labour Laws]], Railway Safety, Hospital Management, [[Information Technology]] are conducted throughout the year.

====BIMSTEC Training Program====

An International Programme on ‘Costing & Pricing of Rail Transport Services’ is conducted every year for Executives of Railways and other Transport sectors from [[BIMSTEC]] & [[Mekong-Ganga Cooperation]] and allied countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam and India).

== Seminars/Workshops ==
Seminars/Workshops conducted in the past year<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1454477913605-ANNUAL-REPORT-2015.pdf|title=Annual Report NAIR 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>
Interactive Workshops on ''Project Management through Alternate Financing'', ''Recruitment procedures for RRB Chairpersons'', ''Good Governance Code for Station Managers''
Seminars on ''Enhancing Productivity on IR through IT Applications'', ''Make in India for the World – Realizing export potential of Railway Products & services'', and ‘''Startups''’

== Auditorium ==
Seminars, conferences, mock drill sessions, films, cultural functions etc. are organized regularly in the 250 seat auditorium known as ‘Sardar Patel Sabhagriha’.

== Library ==
The library at has about 53,000 titles on transport, economics, rail transport, psychology, management, law, finance, engineering, computer science, literature and more than 100 journals & government publications are subscribed including 5 e-Journals. The database of the library is available at NIC's ([[National Informatics Centre]]) e-Granthalaya portal in a cluster with four other CTIs’ ([[IRICEN]], [[IRISET]], [[IRIEEN]], IRITM and [[RDSO]]. A knowledge portal has been built to aggregate most of the available knowledge on Indian Railways by linking websites, documents etc.
The website of the Academy [https://web.archive.org/web/20130213140005/http://www.rscbrc.indianrailways.gov.in/ nair.indianrailways.gov.in] hosts important information like tenders, information for Guest officers, training schedule,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,2,737|title=NAIR calendar|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,2,737 2016- Training Calendar of NAIR].

== Model Room ==
The Academy has a well equipped model room displaying various types of train operating and signaling systems in use on Indian Railways. Trainee Officers get a feel of practical train operations by running working models of trains under a simulated hands-on environment. Model room has working models of [[route relay interlocking]], auxiliary warning system, automatic block signaling, train activated warning at level crossings, block proving by axle counters, 4 aspects automatic signal & data Logger etc. Souvenirs from the [[National Rail Museum New Delhi]] are displayed and are also available for sale to trainees.[[File:Delhi Railway Museum Monorail 05-02-17 M22.jpeg|thumb|Patiala State Monorail at National Railway Museum
]]

== Periodicals ==
The Academy publishes a newsletter Rail Parisar (Rail Campus) and the bilingual Abhivyakti (Expression)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,501|title=Abhivyakti|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> which carries technical and literary articles by Faculty and alumni.

== Heritage ==
Mild weathering of the limestone facade of the century-old palace as a whole is evident but is severe in some locations. The interior has suffered from heavy use. Conservation efforts are being initiated. A heritage arcade with an indoor photo gallery has come up in the Palace Guard House at the main entrance. A renovated narrow gauge (2"6') passenger coach is on display next to the guard house.

A heritage walk is being planned for the citizens of Vadodara in the palace grounds in collaboration with the Vadodara Municipal Corporation.

==Sports==
Sports facilities includes badminton, tennis, squash basketball and volleyball courts, a swimming pool & sauna, a cricket and football ground, a gymnasium, a billiards and table tennis lounge, other indoor games and a small golfing green.
[[File:Atithi Hostel.jpg|thumb|Atithi Hostel]]

==Mess==
NAIR Officers Mess has one AC dining hall with a capacity of 200 and is managed by a committee of trainee officers and FMs on a "no profit, no loss" basis.

== Hostels ==
The Academy has three hostels, with a capacity to accommodate about 200 officers in 170 air-conditioned rooms with rooms earmarked on ground floor for differently-abled officers.

==Former Director Generals/Principals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|P.C Bahl
|Principal
|02.01.1952
|10.03.1956
|-
|A.C. Mukherji
|Principal
|26.04.1956
|02.04.1958
|-
|A.V. D'Costa
|Principal
|15.04.1958
|01.04.1959
|-
|M.A. Rao
|Principal
|06.08.1959
|05.05.1960
|-
|S.S. Surana
|Principal
|14.05.1960
|09.05.1962
|-
|Hari Sinha
|Principal
|14.05.1962
|20.01.1963
|-
|A.C. Mukherji
|Principal
|21.01.1963
|19.01.1966
|-
|Hari Sinha
|Principal
|20.01.1966
|18.02.1967
|-
|A.S. Latif
|Principal
|24.02.1967
|03.04.1967
|-
|Rajendra Dev
|Principal
|18.05.1967
|03.01.1969
|-
|S.R. Gokhale
|Principal
|16.11.1969
|31.07.1975
|-
|O.D. Agnihotri
|Principal
|22.03.1976
|17.06.1977
|-
|K.S. Charyulu
|Principal
|18.06.1977
|31.10.1979
|-
|O.D. Agnihotri
|Principal
|17.03.1980
|13.10.1980
|-
|Inder Sahai
|Principal
|19.01.1981
|31.03.1984
|-
|T.S. Vardya
|Principal
|04.04.1984
|28.04.1985
|-
|A.K. Pant
|Principal
|29.04.1985
|27.10.1986
|-
|C.S. Christan
|Principal
|28.10.1986
|07.07.1987
|-
|J. Rajagopalachari
|Principal
|08.07.1987
|16.03.1988
|-
|B.V. Rama Rao
|Principal
|27.03.1988
|31.01.1990
|-
|B.P. Singh
|Principal
|31.01.1990
|31.01.1992
|-
|Hari Prakash Mittal
|Principal
|06.04.1992
|03.08.1992
|-
|Hasan Iqbal
|Principal
|03.08.1992
|14.08.1993
|-
|K Balasubramanian
|Principal
|15.08.1983
|28.07.1984
|-
|Rajendra Bhansali
|Principal
|29.07.1994
|30.11.1996
|-
|J.M. Ovasadi
|Principal
|24.11.1997
|31.02.1997
|-
|N. Krutivasan
|Principal
|08.04.1997
|29.08.1997
|-
|Chandra Bijlani
|Principal
|29.08.1997
|25.06.2000
|-
|Chandra Bijlani
|DG
|26.06.2000
|31.03.2002
|-
|Suresh Chandra Gupta
|DG
|05.04.2002
|31.05.2002
|-
|G.K. Garg
|DG
|31.05.2002
|30.06.2005
|-
|Smt. Shobhana Jain
|DG
|07.07.2005
|31.08.2008
|-
|A.K. Jhingron
|DG
|09.09.2008
|31.10.2008
|-
|Smt. Sowmya Raghavan
|DG
|31.10.2008
|29.11.2008
|-
|H.S. Pannu
|DG
|29.11.2008
|28.12.2008
|-
|A.K. Vohra
|DG
|29.12.2009
|25.08.2009
|-
|B.B. Moudgil
|DG
|27.08.2009
|24.11.2009
|-
|C.P. Verma
|DG
|25.11.2009
|29.07.2010
|-
|Niraj Kumar
|DG
|29.07.2010
|31.12.2012
|-
|Mahesh Kumar
|DG
|01.01.2013
|09.04.2013
|-
|Pramod Kumar
|DG
|10.04.2013
|31.12.2013
|-
|Mrs. R. Ravikumar
|DG
|31.12.2013
|14.10.2014
|-
|R.C. Agrawal
|DG
|27.10.2014
|31.11.2014
|-
|Hemant Kumar
|DG
|01.12.2014
|31.12.2014
|-
|S. Mookerjee
|DG
|31.12.2014
|30.09.2015
|-
|G.C. Agrawal
|DG
|01.10.2015
|12.04.2016
|-
|Rajeev Gupta
|DG
|13.04.2016
|
|-
|Pradeep Kumar
|DG
|
|
|-
|S.P.S Chauhan
|DG
|
|''incumbent''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist||refs=|8=}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nair.indianrailways.gov.in/ Official website]
*[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mgt_ser/training_circulars/2013/Name_Change_RSC.pdf]
{{Indian Railways}}
{{Vadodara topics}}
{{coord|22.2806|73.2002|type:edu_region:IN_source:enwiki|display=title}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Training institutes of Indian Railways]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Vadodara]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Vadodara]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1888]]