Prabhu, Rupani to ink MoU between Railway, Gujarat govt

Vadodara, Aug 16 (PTI) Union Minister Suresh Prabhu andGujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will be in the citytomorrow to ink an MoU between the Railways and the stategovernment, officials said. This will be Rupani’s first visit to the city aftertaking charge as the Chief Minister. As part of the MoU, city-based National Academy of IndianRailways (NAIR) has arranged new educational modules alongwith the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU). "The faculty of management studies of MSU will regulatethe 104-week training and confer the MBA degree which is nowmust for railway officers," the University’s Vice ChancellorParimal Vyas said. "We have designed the MBA course after receiving therequest from NAIR and the Railway Ministry," he added. "New recruits of three Group A Services – Indian RailwayStores Service, Personnel Service and Accounts Service, willbe the first batch to follow the new curriculum which willstart later this year when new batch of Railway officersjoin," said Pradeep Sinh Jadeja, dean of the faculty ofmanagement studies. PTI COR NRBNSDSRE