HISTORY OF DHARWAD
Dharwad district is situated in the Western sector of the northern half of Karnataka State. The District encompasses an area of 4263 sq. kms. The district is bounded on the North by the District of Belgaum, on the East by the district of Gadag, on the South Haveri and on the West by Uttara Kannada district. All these districts, which surround Dharwad district, belong to Karnataka State itself.
The city of Dharwad is deemed to be the seat of Saraswati because of the educational institutions, educationists, education-loving. It is the cradle of education in South India and mainly Karnataka. Students from all surrounding districts come to Dharwad for education. It appears as though the whole of Dharwad is one big school. The city has Kannada, English and Urdu medium schools.
The District lies approximately about 800 mts above the sea level, which is why it enjoys a moderate and healthy climate. The District may be divided into 3 natural regions, viz., the Malnad, Semi-Malnad and Maidan. These regions, on an average, receive moderate to heavy rainfall and have dense vegetation. The widely spoken language in the district is Kannada, while a thin population is found using languages like Urdu, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati and Malayalam.
In 1962 the erstwhile towns of Dharwad and Hubli were amalgamated to constitute the Hubli Dharwad Municipal Corporation.
Kannada is most spoken language in this city and the dialect spoken here is known as Dharwad Kannada. Dharwad is also known for its Dharwad Peda – a milk based delicacy. The High Court of Karnataka bench is also located here. This region has contributed to some of the greatest exponents of Hindustani music including Pandit Sawai Gandharva, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Basavaraj Rajaguru, Pandit Kumar Gandharva and Vidushi Gangubai Hangal. Jnanpith Award winners Shri D.R Bendre, Shri V.K. Gokak and Shri Girish Karnad trace their origins to Dharwad. Smt Leena Chardavarkar, the Hindi Actress and wife of late Kishore Kumar belongs to this town. Shri Nandan Nilekani, the Co-Chairman of Infosys also studied at Dharwad.
HISTORY OF MDZTI
Multi Disciplinary Zonal Training Institute, Dharwad made a modest beginning on 1st Jun 2011 and has made remarkable progress. It has fulfilled the dream of SWR employees to have a Zonal Level Training Institute at Dharwad. Each year it trains approx 1,000 staff from various departments of SWR.
This institute is located amidst sylvan surroundings in 26 acres of land. A building with 7 class rooms with total capacity of 180, one conference hall and a library is available.
The institute became functional on approval of General Manager SWR on 01/06/2011.Railway Board (Ministry of Railways) recognized the Institute, as one of the premier training centres, as well as the nodal training centre for SWR on 14/10/2013.
Institute has a well equipped Operating Model Room, Computer Lab, FOIS/COIS/FAS Lab, Conference Hall and Library.
FACULTY
| Photo | Name (Smt/Shri) | Designation | Educational qualification | Date of appointment | Date of Joining Institute |
| | Saira Nasreen IRTS | Principal | M.Sc., B.Ed., | 02.09.1991 | 24.09.2021 |
| | Yogish S Japati | Instructor/Optg. | B.A | 18/01/1991 | 14/12/2019 |
| | V.C. Patil | Instructor/Optg. | B.Com | 15/12/1990 | 29/11/2019 |
| | S.M. Kulkarni | Instructor/Optg. | B.Sc., PGDHRM | 21/01/1991 | 13/02/2020 |
| | S. Velraj | Instructor/Optg. | AMIE | 24/08/2005 | 03/12/2019 |
| | B.K. Madhava Rao | Instructor/Optg. | B.Sc., | 16/01/1992 | 29/04/2022 |
| | Pramod Kumar | Instructor/Optg. | B.Sc., | 21/07/1999 | 24/11/2021 |
| | C.Chandrasekhar | Instructor/Optg. | DCE, B.A., MBA | 11/06/2001 | 13/05/2021 |
| | Kumar Surya Prakash | Instructor/Optg. | M.A., M.B.A | 18/08/2008 | 12/04/2022 |
| | Mohammad Javed | Instructor/Optg | B.Sc., | 03/09/2002 | 16/12/2021 |
| | Pabitra Kumar swain | Instructor/Optg | B.Com | 27/08/2008 | 11/12/2021 |
| | Brahma Reddy Kandula | Instructor/ Commercial | M.A., B.Ed., | 10/10/2007 | 15/02/2020 |
| | A.Srinivasan | Instructor First Aid and Fire fighting | ITI | 11/05/1983 | 29/02/2016 |
| | Parasharam V Kadolkar | Instructor Personnel | B.A. | 29/08/1991 | 16/11/2021 |
| | R. Nagendra | Instructor Stores | B.Sc., B.Ed. | 18/01/2000 | 22/04/2021 |
| | P. Radha Krishna Reddy | Instructor C&W | DME, DRTM, B.A. | 29/10/1999 | 14/11/2021 |
| Office Staff |
| | Premanand Rubdy | Ch.OS | B.Com | 29/01/1991 | -- |
| | Rajshri | OS | BA | 29/08/2006 | -- |
| | Sangeetha Anil Pawar | Jr. Clerk | Inter | 05/03/2014 | -- |
| | Praveen Hugar | Sr. Clerk | M. Music, B.Com | 04/04/2019 | -- |
| | Jagadish Honnalli | General Assistant | -- | 26/02/2010 | -- |
| | Gona Silas Deva Danam | General Assistant | -- | 21/08/2007 | -- |
Two Divisional Training Institutes functioning under the same roof
1.Multi Disciplinary Divisional Training Institute (MDDTI)
| Sl. No. | Name Shri/Smt. | Desgn |
| 1 | A.G. Sreedhar | Instructor/Operating |
| 2 | Mohan Naragund | Peon |
2. Civil Engineering Training Centre (CETC)
| Sl. No. | Name Shri/Smt. | Desgn |
| 1 | K A Sayed | Instructor/Engg. |
| 2 | Sundaresh | Peon |
Infrastructure:
Institute building
| Sl. No. | Area | Compass |
| 1 | Class rooms 06 | Sitting capacity: 4 rooms = 25x4=100 1 rooms = 50x1= 50 1 room= 10x1= 10 Total- 160 Five class rooms are equipped with projectors. |
| 2 | Conference room 01 | Sitting capacity of 80 and equipped with projector. |
| 3 | Model rooms 02 | a) One Mechanical model room equipped with air brake system. b) One Operating model room with 04 stations having live demo of all types of block instruments including automatic block system, electrified territory and double lines. And non working model of gat section. (under construction) |
| 4 | Simulator 01 | One simulator room of air brake system showing the functions of Distributor valve and interactive question answer system. |
| 5 | Labs 01 | UTS/PRS/FOIS Lab Provided with demo Models |
| 6 | Outdoor models | a)Bogie frame of wagons and coach (ICF made) b)CBC Coupling assembly. c) Bypass Coupling assembly. |
| 7 | Office rooms (04 Rooms) | a)Principal’s Chamber b)Chief Instructor’ Room c)Faculty Room d)Chief OS Room |
Hostel building
| Sl. No. | Facility | Capacity |
| 1 | Rooms 12 | 4 beds each; 4x12 = 48 |
| 2 | Dormitory 06 | 10 beds each; 10x6=60 (02 dormitories each allotted to MDTC, DTTC and CETC) |
| 3 | Ladies Hostel | 1x5=5 |
| 3 | Total bedding capacity of Hostel | 113 |
| 4 | Wash rooms | 04 blocks (common) |
| 5 | Canteen | Sitting capacity 75 (common) Charges per day Rs. 150/- (breakfast, lunch, dinner and four times tea) |
Sports facility
1. One play ground.
2. One volley ball court.
3. One Cricket Ground
4. Chess and carom boards are supplied to individual rooms.
5. Badminton rackets are supplied individually to inmates.
Contact details
| Sl. No. | Individual | BSNL/ Mobile no. | Email | Fax |
| 1 | Principal | BSNL 0836 2742083 M: 9731665915 | prinicipalmdrtidwr@gmail.com | 0836 2742083 |
| 2 | Ch. OS | BSNL 08362440008 M: 9480793873 | premanandrubdi@gmail.com |
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| 3 | Sr. Instructor/Optg | M: 9731671177 | yogishjapati@gmail.com |
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| 5 | Sr. Instructor/C&W | M: 9731668469 |
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| 6 | Hostel Canteen | M: 9740309286 |
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| 7 | Sr. Instructor/DTTC | M: 9731668919 | |
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| 8 | Sr. Instructor/CETC | M: 9731668257 |
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