Indian Railway Stores Service
Motto: दक्षता गुणवत्ता समयबद्धता (Hindi) "Efficiency Quality & Timeliness" | |
| Service overview | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1936 |
| Country | India |
| Training Institute | National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara, Gujarat |
| Cadre controlling authority | Member (Traction & Rolling Stock), Ministry of Railways, Government of India |
| Minister responsible | Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communication and IT |
| Legal personality | Governmental; Engineering |
| Duties | Supply Chain Management Goods and Services Procurement Inventory Control |
| Cadre strength | 542 members |
| Selection | Engineering Services Examination (UPSC) |
| Association | IRSS Officers Association |
| Additional Member Railway Stores | Rajeev Kumar, IRSS |
| Notable Alumni | A.K. Mittal (former CRB), R. Shrinivasan, Virendra Raj Mehta, Vinay Sharma, Girish Bhatnagar. |
The Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) is one of the Group A central engineering services of the Government of India. The officers of this service are procurement and logistics specialists and involvement in supply contract management over Indian Railways. They are responsible for inspection, receipt, storage and issue and distribution of spares, raw materials, tools and plant and machinery. This includes planning of logistics for the transportation of material from and within various railways as well as the planners and maintainers of the intelligent warehousing with automated storage and retrieval systems on the Indian Railways. The IRSS officers undergo training at National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) for a period of 18 months which includes two months certification course at IIM Khozikhode and a foreign training.