4 June 2013

Foundation Stone Laid for setting up “Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management” at Secunderabad

  Smt. Vijaya Kanth, Financial Commissioner, Railway Board, New Delhi, laid the foundation stone for setting up the Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management at Moula Ali, Secunderabad in the presence of  Shri D.P.Pande, General Manager, South Central Railway, Shri Rajendra Kashyap, Additional Member/Budget, Ministry of Railways and other Senior officers from Railway Board and South Central Railway.

Minster of Railways, in his Budget Speech for 2013-14, had announced setting up of an exclusive Centralized Training Institute at Secunderabad-Indian Railway Institute of Finacial Management (IRIFM) to impart structured and professional training to finance and accounts officers of Indian Railways in contemporary areas and equip them with necessary skills o­n a regular basis to enable them to face emerging challengers and tap opportunities for strengthening the finances of the organization.

Smt. Kanth in her speech hoped that the Institute will emerge as an excellent platform to promote knowledge of high order and set the highest standards of professionalism and creativity for the benefit of Indian Railways Finances.