INTRODUCTION
Quality Assurance (Mech) Directorate was formed in RDSO as per Railway Board’s directives in Sept’02, with an objective to segregate R&D activities from those of purchase inspection, vendor development etc. The three groups of QA comprising QA(Mech), QA(Civil) & QA(S&T) were created. Whereas Civil and S&T wing are new, Mech wing has been functioning as I&L Dte which was renamed as QA(Mech) Dte.
QA(Mech) Dte., headed by Sr. Executive Director deals with vendor development (Multisourcing), Inspection of items for wagon, carriage & locomotives and inspection of wagons manufactured at Wagon builders’ premises. Wagons manufactured by Railway workshops are not inspected by QA (Mech) Dte.Quality Audit of Railway units such as workshops, depots etc. is also being done on regular basis.
The field offices at New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai are assisting Hqs office. Field offices are headed by Executive Director. The sub-office at Hyderabad is headed by SIO, who is under administrative & technical control of Mumbai office.
Main Objectives
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Inspection of wagons against orders by Railway Board & private organizations
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Inspection of safety items for Indian Railways & also for private organizations having bearing on safety of train running
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Facilitating Indian Railways by making available Vendor Directory for critical & safety items/ subassemblies
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Biannual issuance of Vendor Directory, covering items dealt by QA, motive Power, Wagon, carriage & M&C Dtes
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Quality audit of Railway Units.
QA(Mech) Dte. activities are covered under ISO:9001 (2015) certificate.
