• Ms. M. Maria Jessica, Ph.D (FT) Scholar, Dept Of Commerce, Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli.
• Dr. S. Vasanthi, Associate Professor of Commerce, Dept Of Commerce, Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappa

Zonal Railway Training Institute, (ZRTI) today has embarked on the digital era in its long history, in tune with our Hon. Prime Minister's vision of Digital India. Training is an ingredient of the Human Resource Development Programme which is repeatedly and constantly carried on along with the other human resource activities, such as recruitment, selection and compensation. The objective of the study is to analyze the perceptions about the training programme for an overall human resource development among the trainers in Zonal Railway Training Institute, (ZRTI) in Tiruchirappalli Division. Primary data was administered to collect data through a well structured questionnaire using Rensis Likert’s five point scales from 100 sample respondents using convenience sampling technique by adopting survey method. The collected data has been analyzed with the help of statistical packages namely SPSS 20 by using statistical tools, namely Multiple Regression Analysis. Secondary data has been obtained from the ZRTI centre, ZRTI website, department, journals, articles, newspapers, websites and magazines, unpublished thesis and websites. Thus this training programme helps the railway employees to gain knowledge, skill and apply the practical education, and prevents obsolescence for an overall human resource development.

KEY WORDS: ZRTI, Training & development, Human Resource Development.

"PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAMME TOWARDS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE TRAINEES IN ZONAL RAILWAY TRAINING INSTITUTE, (ZRTI) IN TIRCUHIRAPPALLI DIVISION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.21-28, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811403.pdf

"PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAMME TOWARDS HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE TRAINEES IN ZONAL RAILWAY TRAINING INSTITUTE, (ZRTI) IN TIRCUHIRAPPALLI DIVISION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp21-28, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811403.pdf