Invensys Rail Group (IRG) opened a new office this week in Bangalore to exclusively service their Indian railway business. James Drummond, President and CEO of IRG participated in a traditional ‘lighting of the lamp ceremony’ with Mr Praveen Kumar, General Manager and Mr Akhil Agrawal, Divisional Railway Manager, Bangalore Division, South Western Railways and Raviprakash Karcherla Managing Director of Indian operation for the company.

IRG specialise in Signalling and Train Control System worldwide and have opened the Bangalore office, located in the central business district of Bangalore city, to focus on the business opportunities within the Mainline and Mass transit markets in India. “Opening a dedicated office in Bangalore is fundamental to achieving our business goals in India. We already have an ongoing dialogue with Indian Railways and I hope that this office opening underlines the commitment to both Indian Railways as a customer but also state authorities responsible for mass transit as an important market”. 

Chief guest Mr Praveen Kumar, General Manager, South Western Railways noted “There is no doubt that Indian Railway will be benefited of  a dedicated office here in Bangalore I am also particularly pleased to learn that much of the actual engineering will be conducted in India”.

The office will accommodate 25 people and the office will be equipped with modern IT equipment providing excellent connectivity with customers and other business units of IRG.