Indian Railways has launched the CHIRAG Centre in Hyderabad to modernise human resource governance through artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and digital workforce systems for smarter railway administration.

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• Indian Railways inaugurated the Centre for HR Information Systems, Research and Analytics in Governance (CHIRAG) at Moula-Ali in Hyderabad.
• CHIRAG has been established as a national hub to strengthen digital human resource governance across the Indian Railways network.
• The centre will focus on HRMS training, artificial intelligence applications, machine learning tools and predictive workforce analytics.
• Indian Railways aims to modernise employee management through data-driven administration and technology-based workforce planning.
• CHIRAG will support role-based HR training programmes and create HRMS master trainers for railway employees across different zones.
• The centre is expected to improve workforce deployment forecasting, retirement trend analysis and skill gap identification using AI tools.
• Indian Railways plans to make the CHIRAG Centre fully operational by May 2028 as part of its digital governance transformation strategy.
• The initiative reflects India’s broader push toward smart governance, digital administration and efficient management of one of the world’s largest workforces.