Research Design & Standards Organistation (RDSO)

Research Design & Standards Organistation

About:

All the directorates of RDSO except Defence Research are located at Lucknow.Cells for Railway Production Units and industries, which look after liaison, inspection and development work, are located at Bangalore, Bharatpur, Bhopal, Mumbai, Burnpur, Kolkata, Chittaranjan, Kapurthala, Jhansi, Chennai, Sahibabad, Bhilai and New Delhi.

INTRODUCTION:-

Railways were introduced in India in 1853 and as their development progressed through to the twentieth century, several company managed?systems grew up.To enforce standardisation and co-ordination amongst various railway systems,the Indian Railway Conference Association(IRCA) was set up in 1903, followed by the Central Standards Office (CSO) in 1930, for preparation of designs, standards and specifications. However, till independence, most of the designs and manufacture of railway equipments was entrusted to foreign consultants. With Independence and the resultant phenomenal increase in country’s industrial and economic activity,which increased the demand of rail transportation - a new organisation called Railway Testing and Research Centre (RTRC) was setup in 1952 at Lucknow, for testing and conducting appliedresearch for development of railway rolling stock, permanent way etc.

CATEGORIES FOR WHICH PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS ARE PRESCRIBED

At present Psychological Tests are applicable at the time of Direct Recruitment to following three categories –

• Asistant Station Master Guide Lines
• Asistant Loco Pilot Guide Lines
• Motor Man Guide Lines

Generally the tests are administered in small groups where candidates have to write answers to questions given in test booklets on Optical Mark Reader Answer Sheets. However, in some cases equipment based test can also be used.

Contact Details:

Research Design & Standards Organistation
Manaknagar Lucknow - 226011

• Important Numbers of RDSO

Courtesy: RDSO