1. Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), London Buddhadev Dutta Chowdhury

2. IRSE (Objectives) Established in 1912 - The advancement of public benefit of the science and practice of signalling…… - The maintenance of high standards of practice and professional care……. Set up sections to promote all or any of the objectives Helps its members to share a common platform

3. I R S E IRSE Exam Committee IRSE Professional Development Committee IRSE Membership Committee IRSE Licensing Committee IRSE International Technical committee IRSE a constituent member of Railway Engineers Forum

4. Publications

5. Train-borne Signalling On-board signalling complexity Working Group published this guidance - UK regulatory and legal requirements - Benefit of good competence management - Making use of existing good practice - System architectures and interfaces - Software, data and configuration control - Identifying task and assessing risk - Selecting and using competence standards

6. IRSE Exam workshop

7. IRSE Changing working environment Introduction of emerging technologies Review the existing competency framework - Considering whole life cycle (Design, Operation, Maintenance) - Development of standards, manuals and guidelines - Implementation of total training

8. IRSE 4400+ members, over 50 countries IRSE Licence IRSE Exam IRSE Forum IRSE publications including technical reports Sections actively engaged for professional development

9. IRSE Use the IRSE resources and it’s accumulated knowledge-base as a complementary support to build up an appropriate competency frame- work suitable to build up a strong signalling professional workforce to meet the forth- coming challenges.

10. IRSE Many Thanks