South Asia Rail
2020

Mr. Sanjay Gupta

Mr. Sanjay Gupta is the present Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL). He is the youngest ever CMD of KRCL.

Mr. Gupta, who is from Indian Railway Services of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), was working as Director (Operations and Commercial) from September 30, 2013 till his elevation. He was officiating as the CMD from November 24, 2015, after the superannuation of B.P. Tayal.

He has brought about several improvements in all spheres of working of Konkan Railway and has also been instrumental in taking KRCL to new heights.

Mr. M. P. Singh

High Speed Rail Corporation of India Limited (HSRC) has been formed on the directions of Ministry of Railways, Government of India, for development and implementation of high speed rail projects.High Speed Rail Corporation Of India Ltd has been created as subsidiary of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd(A public enterprise) and currently involved in carrying out Feasibility studies of All routes of Golden Quadrilateral and it's diagonals with leading experts from France, Spain,China & Japan. HSRC played a key role in introduction of India's fastest train Gatiman express on Delhi-Agra sector by coordinating various activities. HSRC worked closely with JICA team in finalising alignment if Ahmadabad -Mumbai HS corridor.

Mr. Gaurav Agarwal

Gaurav Agarwal is a Civil Servantin Indian Railways with over 24 years of experience in the domains and functions of operations, maintenance, manufacturing, research and corporate coordination. He is a ‘Chevening Gurukul Scholar’ from King’s College, London and has done two Masters from foreign universities: ‘Masters in Public Administration’ (MPA) from ‘Lee kuan Yew School of Public Policy’ at ‘National University of Singapore’ (NUS) and M Sc in Public Administration at Kings College, London. Further, he is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India and Engineering Council, London.

During his professional role in Indian Railways, he has worked in Eastern Railways, Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala and Railway Board, New Delhi in different capacities and positions. He was the team leader of project of manufacturing and delivering first ever state of the art export coaches from India. He successfully developed a frugal innovative arrangement in rail-road locomotives called ‘Anti Climbing Device’ which could address the long pending safety concern to prevent passengers climbing the footboard of the locomotives. He is also a recipient of the National Professional Excellence award by the Railway Minister

He has participated in various international conferences at Hongkong, Belgium, South Africa, Dubai etc.

Eng.Abdulla Alshehhi

The National Advisor Bureau Limited, UAE at the India-UAE strategic conclave 2018 proposed a concept to build a 2,000-kilometre long underwater rail network connecting Mumbai and Fujairah city, travelling at speeds of up to 1,000 km/h. At that speed, the journey should take only about 2 hours.

The announcement was made by Abdulla Alshehhi, Managing Director and Chief Consultant of National Advisor Bureau Limited at the conclave that took place at Abu Dhabi, last November. The plan was presented before to an elite gathering of industrialists and business leaders.

Alshehhi, said that the rail corridor project by the Arab Emirates aims to amplify bilateral trades with India. The idea is to connect the city of Mumbai, India and Fujairah, UAE via ultra-speed floating trains, the total network of the proposed railway will be around 2,000 kilometres long.

Mr. MD. Shamuzzaman

Mr. MD. Shamuzzaman, is a Director General of Bangladesh Railway. Bangladesh Railway, a principle transportation agency of the country, is a Government owned and Government –managed organization. It covers a length of 2,877.10 route kilometers employing a total of 25,083 regular employees. As railway is a very important mode of inland transport, linking the entire length and breadth of the country, it’s healthy grow naturally contributes to the economic development of the country

Mr. S. K. Lohia

Presently working as MD & CEO/ Indian Railways Stations Development Corporation tasked with transformation of Railway Stations in India.

Main objectives of IRSDC

To develop/ re-develop the existing/new railway station (s) which will consist of upgrading the level of passenger amenities by new constructions/renovations including re-development of the station buildings, platform surfaces, circulating area, etc., to better standards so as to serve the need of the passengers.

To undertake projects for development of real estate on Railway/ Government land and its commercial utilization as may be required in connection with development of railway stations.

To undertake projects including planning, designing, development, construction, improvement, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and financing of projects and various services relating thereto including marketing, collecting revenues, etc. relating to railway stations and railway infrastructure and all matters relating thereto.

To carry on any railway infrastructure work including development of railway stations on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT), Build-Lease-Transfer (BLT), etc. or otherwise or any other scheme or project found suitable in and related to the field of railway station infrastructure projects and other ancillary fields that may be assigned to or secured by the Company on its own or through its holding company or subsidiary(ies) including financing of those projects and their services including commissioning, operation, maintenance, etc., as well as marketing, collecting revenues, etc.

Mr. Dipankar Ghosh

Mr. Dipankar Ghosh, has more than 28 years of rich experience in full lifecycle product development, manufacturing operations, engineering management, Railway Technology thought leadership besides business development.

He is an ex-Indian Railway Service IRSEE Electrical officer and was a key leader in the erstwhile CLW IRGP140 Technology Transfer project of the ABB and later Bombardier Transportation 3 phase 6000 hp Locomotive Project.

In his previous assignments, he had been instrumental in building the country’s first railwayengineering services with the Bombardier Transportation Global Design Centre in India and later also as Director Engineering with Caterpillar India Engineering Centre and had been the Vice President, with John Deere India Technology Centre.

He had a pivotal role in Technology Transfer from many Railway OEMs to India, besides offshore contract manufacturing and Low cost sourcing strategies for US and European Technology leaders. He has travelled widely across in US, UK, Europe, China, Japan and South Korea besides international assignments in Switzerland, Germany and US and has been a keen technology evangelist for new technology in Railways.

A technocrat, an inherently entrepreneurial, and a passionate people leader, specializing in Value Engineering and frugal innovation besides being a six-sigma black belt, Mr. Ghosh is a post graduate in Engineering from BITS Pilani, and has done his management from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and had been selected as a British Chevening Scholar to pursue Advanced Global Leadership from London School of Economics. Mr. Ghosh had also been selected to lead an Indian delegation of industries for a study cum Learning mission to Stanford University at Palo Alto.

Mr. Fabrice Morenon

Mr. Fabrice Morenon is the Managing Director of SNCF Hubs & Connexions. The mission of SNCF Hubs & Connexions is to manage stations and transport hubs around the world, delivering the skills and expertise that make them successful. SNCF Gares & Connexions was inspired by a deeply held belief: every railway station is a bustling hub of urban life in its own right – the beating heart of a city, where many different paths can meet – and that stations have the power to transform a region and make daily life easier for everyone. Every day, 10 million passengers, visitors and local residents pass through Gares & Connexions stations. Meeting their needs requires a strong commitment to improve operations, create new services and upgrade assets.

Mr. Rajesh Agarwal

Shri Rajesh Agrawal belongs to the 1980 batch of Indian Railways Services of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME). Prior to this appointment, he was General Manager of Modern Coach Factory at Raebarely. Shri Agrawal has experience in turnaround management, Operation, Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering & Public Administration. He served as UNESCO/ICOMOS expert in World-Heritage, Environment, Tourism, Culture, Museum, Conservation, Sustainable Development, Stakeholder-Frameworks, Community. Shri Agrawal’s academic qualifications include three Engineering Degrees viz Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering.During the course of his long illustrious career, Shri Rajesh Agrawal held several important executive and managerial positions on Indian Railways. Shri Agrawal has served in 8 Zonal Railways i.e. Eastern Railway, North Frontier, North Western, South Eastern, South East Central, Southern, Western & West Central Railway. He also served in Railway Board, Modern Coach Factory & CRIS. Shri Agrawal also served as Director, National Rail Museum, Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway, Deputy General Manager & Chief Vigilance Officer, North Frontier Railway, Chief Mechanical Engineer, West Central Railway etc.

Shri Agrawal is an author of All Indian Railways World Heritage Sites Inscriptions i.e. Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, Nilgiri Mountain Railways, Kalka Shimla Railways & Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Shri Agrawal underwent several training programmes in India and Abroad. He has been decorated with many awards like Gold Medals in IE (India)’81, NAIR’85, GM’95, Hindi-Board’s Award’88, UNESCO Best Project ’07 Barker Robbins Prize etc.

Mr. Kishore Kumar

An administrative and techno managerial expert with specialised A2Z expertise on Electric RollingStock covering areas of design & development, maintenance & operations, inspection, testing & commissioning of electrical rolling stock, including three phase electric locos and metro train sets equipped with state of the art IGBT based propulsion systems.

My current assignment of Executive Director, Electrical Engineering(Rolling Stock), Railway Board is preceded by over 30 years of distinguished career encompassing administrative and techno managerial excellence including managing Mughalsarai Division, one of the most crucial divisions of Indian Railways as Divisional Railway Manager, successful execution of Rolling Stock Project in first phase of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation as a key player in the Rolling Stock Team of General Consultants to DMRC and holding key positions in division, Head quarter, Production Unit and Research Design & Standards Organisation of the Indian Railways.

Present responsibilities include providing techno- managerial and administrative inputs to various field units of Indian Railways facilitating management of repair & maintenance and operation of electric locomotives encompassing safety, punctuality, planning, utilization of assets, training of staff, infrastructure development, allocation of resources, co- ordination with all stake holders for ensuring safe, reliable and cost effective train operation.

Have widely travelled to different countries namely Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia on various techno- managerial assignments and trainings on executive leadership, customer strategic modules, scenario thinking & innovation program and senior management modules.

Mr. Puneet Chawla

Shri Puneet Chawla is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Railway Services of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), is presently working as the Chairman & Managing Director, RailTel. Prior to this we was shouldering the responsibilities of Executive Director (Safety), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways.

Prior to this, he has worked as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Ajmer, where he gave lot of thrust on developing infrastructure in areas of Safety, Capacity Augmentation (Doubling) and Railway Electrification. Large Scale passenger amenities like, Satellite stations, Second Entry at A1 and A class stations, lifts, escalators, Wi-Fi services, cashless services, water vending machines, Baby feeding rooms, Mechanized cleaning of stations round the clock etc. were put in place by him. Eco-friendly measures i.e. installation of Solar panels, LED bulbs for lighting, green walls, mass plantations on Railway land, were also taken up on a war footing. Divisional Hospital Ajmer became first Green Hospital of Indian Railways. Large scale land monetization initiatives were also taken by him.

Shri Chawla has handled many other important positions with Indian Railways i.e General Manager, Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL), Chief Project Manager, Indian Railway Project Management Unit (IRPMU) etc. While working as Chief Project Manager, Indian Railway Project Management Unit, he was instrumental in taking the path breaking project of Modernization of Signaling & Telecom (S & T) system on Ghaziabad-Kanpur-Mughal Sarai Section (755Kms) involving installation of Electronic Interlocking (EI), Mobile Train Radio Communication on GSM-R to an advanced stage of completion. Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) for working of trains from a central place and Automatic Signaling on Optical Fiber backbone was implemented for the first time on Indian Railways under his leadership. He has also executed Yard Remodeling and Re-Signaling of Delhi Area’s big stations i.e. New Delhi, Delhi Main, Ghaziabad and Delhi Sarai Rohilla.

Armed with degrees of B.E./Electronic and Electrical Communication from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Where he was Gold Medalist) and M.B.A, Shri Chawla has long experience in Project Management and Administrative fields. Shri Chawla has versatile qualities of Team work and Man Power Planning. He has an image of being reliable and soft spoken. Shri Chawla has been awarded at National, Zonal and Divisional levels of the Ministry of Railways, and has attended any training programs in India and abroad.

Prof. Dr. Fatih Gundogan

Prof. Dr. Fatih Gundogan, the General Director of Asis CT – City Technologies, graduated from Istanbul Technical University Civil Engineering Department and obtained his MA in Transportation Engineering at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany. Gundogan also holds a PhD from Graz University of Technology. His studies focus on areas such as intelligent transportation systems, transportation planning, urban security systems, geo-information systems, payment systems and railway systems.

Gundogan has professional experience in leading and planning R & D, operation department, developing innovation projects for cities. He worked as Vice President at Istanbul IT and Smart City Technologies Inc. (ISBAK) between 2015 and 2019. In 2016, he directed the smart city project of Istanbul which consists of four main phase including literature review, currents state assessment, strategy development and smart city technology architecture. His achievements also include ITaxi project, Traffic Signal Handbook for Turkish Highway Directorate, Parking Management System for Istanbul, in addition to more than 30 R & D projects focusing on smart city IoT sensors, vehicle tracking system, traffic signals controller, electronic detection systems.

Married, father of three, Gundogan has advanced language skills in English and German..

Mr. Anoop Kumar Agarwal

Anoop Kumar Agrawal, managing director, Indian Port Rail Corporation Limited (IPRCL), has held this post for over a year. IPRCL was incorporated as a special purpose vehicle under the Companies Act, 2013, in order to execute last-mile rail connectivity and internal rail projects of the major ports more effectively and efficiently. Incorporated under the administrative control of the Ministry of Shipping, it is a joint venture between the major ports and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL). The purpose of the company is to provide efficient rail evacuation systems to the major ports for enhancing their cargo handling capacity, efficiency and throughput.

Mr. Anoop Kumar Agrawal started his career with Indian Railways in March 1989 and has been in the senior administrative grade (joint secretary level) since August 2008. Prior to joining IPRCL, he was group general manager at RVNL, Mumbai, from August 2010 to May 2016.

Mr. R. S. Khurana

MRVC is responsible to execute the projects under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) as sanctioned by Ministry of Railways. The Corporation will execute a number of suburban rail improvement projects for enhancing suburban rail transportation capacity thereby reducing the over crowding and meeting future traffic requirements. The corporation will also be involved in the planning and development of Mumbai Suburban Rail system.

The main objectives of MUTP are...

• Bringing down the passengers per 9 coaches to 3000 as against existing 5000.
• Segregate the suburban train operation from the main line passenger and freight services

Eng. Chaminda Arya Dasa

Colombo light rail transit (LRT) project is the first of its kind to be developed in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Chinese firm Seoyoung Engineering undertook the feasibility study for the project in November 2017 and submitted the same to the Sri Lankan Government in June 2018. The light rail system is estimated to cost $6bn and was approved by the Government of Sri Lanka in October 2018. The project will be implemented by the Government of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development (MMWD) under a public- private partnership. to start in 2020.Commercial operations on phase one are expected to start in 2024 The Colombo light rail transit project is expected to reduce traffic congestion in Colombo city and encourage the citizens to make use of affordable and more convenient way of public transportation. It will offer an emission-free travel experience to passengers and reduce the carbon footprint of the country.

Mr. A.T.L.P. Samarasinghe

I am the Project Director of the Colombo Suburban Railway Project which is funded by ADB. The project is aimed at developing railway tracks, rolling stock, stations, S&T, ICT etc. and electrify the Railway Network (210 km). Previously, I was the Additional Secretary (Technical) of the Ministry of Transport in Sri Lanka and responsible for all technical matters related to Sri Lanka Railways, Central Transport Board and Department of Civil Aviation. In addition, I am responsible for the Large Scale Projects implemented under the Ministry specially the projects which require technical level supervision.

Colombo Suburban Railway Project was created in 7th of July 2016 with the commencement of Pre-feasibility Study in the Colombo Suburban Region of Sri Lanka Railway Network. Considering the JICA funded ComTRANS study carried out by the Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation, and the Western Region Transport Master Plan prepared by the Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development, the Pre-feasibility Study of CSRP, was focused towards passenger and freight demands for Sri Lanka Railways by 2025 and 2035. This included identifying requirement of Infrastructure Development, Passenger Needs, Hauling Power transition from Diesel to Electric, Business Processes etc. Now, the project has moved from Pre-feasibility stage to Detailed Design stage. In this, construction of 105 Km of additional tracks, rehabilitation of 210 Km of existing tracks, development of Railway Stations and Multi-model Centres, replacing signaling system, development of maintenance facilities and acquisition of new Rolling Stock, will be considered and designed.

Mr. Balram Mishra

The overall goal of the railway sector is to increase the social, economic development of the country by making the service and world-class service in a timely and appropriate manner by making the construction and expansion of public rail services in a safe, reliable and viable manner. The above hypothesis should be achieved with low cost and with competent development, expansion and management of railway services.

Mr. Balram Mishra is presently involved in carrying out Feasibility studies of Electrified Metrorail from Satdobato Khokana and NarayanGopal Chowk- Budhanilkantha

Mr. S. K. Singh

Exploring new technologies for induction on Indian Railways. Specific focus on technologies for detection of rail breakage, improving speed potential, enhancing crew vision during foggy weather conditions, systems for condition monitoring assisting switch-over to predictive maintenance regime etc. Domain knowledge in design, manufacture & testing of diesel electric locomotives. Create locomotive architectures to suite operational requirements like loading gauge, emission standard, crew comfort features, type of traction and braking system etc.

Mr. Prashant Rao

Experienced Engineering Director with a demonstrated history of working in the railroad implementation industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Railway Signalling, Metro Railway Systems, Telecommunications, Ticketing, SCADA, Project Planning, and Program Management.

GMRC is committed to deliver World Class state-of-art technology most cost efficient metro within the shortest time span possible in the country. The proposed metro will have majorly elevated structure, ballast-less tracks, air-conditioned coaches, GPS based rail tracking system, train destination indicators & stations with support infrastructure like automated fare collection, parking facilities, etc.

Mr. T. P. Singh

Shri T. P. Singh, General Manager, Northern Railway,  succeeds Shri Vishwesh Chaube who has taken over as Member Engineering, Railway Board & ex-officio Secretary to the Govt. of India.

An officer of Indian Railway Mechanical Engineering Service of 1980 batch, Shri T. P. Singh has held many distinguished positions on the Indian Railways Additional General Manager, East Central Railway, Hazipur , Sr. Dy. General Manager- Central Railway, Chief Rolling Stock Engineer-North Western Railway, Divisional Railway Manager-Guntakal (Southern Central Railway), Additional Divisional Railway Manager-Firozpur (Northern Railway), Chief Works Engineer-Rail Coach Factory (Kapurthala), Chief Project Manager Rail Coach Factory (Kapurthala), Chief Personnel Officer-Rail Coach Factory (Kapurthala), Chief Works Manager, Northern Railway Mechanical Workshop, Amritsar. Shri T. P. Singh graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering–Jamalpur and holds a MBA degree with operations as specialty from Management Development Institute Gurgaon. He has undertaken training at Electro Motive Diesel (EMD) in La Grange, Chicago, United States for manufacturing of crankcase of EMD diesel locomotives. He was also nominated for Advanced Leadership Programme in Strategic Management Course in Tepper School of Management Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States.

Mr. Vijay Kumar

Shri Vijay Kumar, Additional Member (Budget), Railway Board has taken over the additional charge of Managing Director/IRFC from 26th July, 2018. Shri Kumar is an officer of Indian Railway Accounts Service of 1982 batch and holds Masters of Science degree from Patna University. He has also completed PGDFM from NMIMS, Mumbai.

Shri Kumar carries with him rich and varied experience in Finance & Accounting for a period spanning more than thirty five (35) years in Indian Railways. He has worked in various zones of Railways in various capacities like PFA in South Eastern Railway, Kolkata, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar and FA & CAO in Eastern, East Central and South Eastern Railway.

He has also participated in various trainings in India & abroad like at ISB Hyderabad, University of Toronto, Canada & Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA.

Mr. S. S. Joshi

Sh. Joshi was earlier working as Executive Director (Rolling Stock) in DMRC where he has been working since June, 2007. He has also worked with Indian Railways in various capacities and has over 34 years of experience.

He has a Post Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power Electronics, and has several technical papers to his credit. He was actively associated with Indian Railway’s efforts in upgradation of conventional electric locomotives and introduction of three phase technology in Traction.

In Delhi Metro, he was in charge of introduction of Unattended Train Operation (UTO) of Rolling Stock. He had earlier been associated with the introduction of the first Standard Gauged Rolling Stock in DMRC besides various other Rolling Stock procurements for DMRC’s internal requirements as well as for Kochi & Jaipur Metros.

Mr. Sidharth Sinha

Presently working as a Young Professional with NITI Aayog, Government of India looking after Roads, Railway and Urban Transit projects in the Infrastructure Connectivity vertical. Founder of the LSE South Asia Society and South Asia Development Conference, UK. Involved in project Appraisal, Policy Formulation and Inter-Ministerial Coordination related to Infrastructure Connectivity (Transport) projects which pertain to Railways, Metro Rail and Urban Transit, Road Transport and Highways, Ropeways & Emerging technologies in Transport.

Mr. Arunnendra Kumar

Successfully led and managed one of the largest railways in the world, as Chairman of Indian Railways and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India. During the 40-year long tenure with Railways, many key initiatives were taken: laying foundation of high speed trains in India, introduction of 100% FDI, development of Eastern and Western dedicated freight corridors, modernization of Indian Railways stations development of new locomotive factories, digitization etc. Represented Indian Railways worldwide in various forums in USA, China, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, etc. Presently nominated as Member of the Technical Advisory Board of International High-Speed Rail Association of Japan.

Mr. Navneet Kaushik

Mr Navneet Kaushik is working as Director Systems in National Capital Region Transport Corporation, New Delhi India. He has been in Railway Industry for more than 31 years. He is a graduate in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.

He worked for Signalling and Telecommunication department of Indian Railways for 17 years. There after he has worked in metro systemsfor more than 14 years dealing mainly with Train Control (CBTC), Communication and Platform Screen Doors. Currently, he is working on a RRTS project in India where in 8 corridors have been identified.Out of these, three corridors are to be executed in coming years. It’s an ambitious project where in ETCS Level 2 with ATO is planned on these corridors. These first three corridors are interconnected and hence the Signalling technology has to be interoperable.

While working in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, he had opportunity to work with most of the Signalling vendors. He has played important role of finalizing the specifications, tenders, designs and execution of Signalling & Train Control, Communication and Platform Screen Doors on almost all lines of Delhi Metro which are in operation today. Apart from New Delhi, he had similar role in Kochi Metro, another city of Southern India and Hyderabad Metro.

Mr. Anil Kumar Saini

A professional with about 28+ years’ experience in Project Management, Business Development and Operations & Maintenance in Infrastructure sector.

Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is the World's Largest Public-Private Partnership Project (PPP) in the Metro Sector. Metros and MRTS (Mass Rapid Transport System) are emerging as a major area for infrastructure development in major cities with high population (around 8 Million). The Metro Rail Project, once completed will transform Hyderabad as the preferred city in India; with integrated urban transport planning using inter modal connectivity and convenient sky-walks, which will mark the beginning of an era of seamless commuting in India.

The Hyderabad Metro Rail Network will cover a total distance of around 72 Km across three corridors:

1. Corridor I   :   Miyapur to LB Nagar
2. Corridor II  :   JBS to Falaknuma
3. Corridor III :   Nagole to Shilparamam

The Project will be integrated with existing railway stations, suburban railway network (MMTS) and bus stations to ensure seamless and comfortable travel.

Mr. N. K. Gupta

The Integral Coach Factory is one of the earliest production units of independent India. It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd October, 1955. Later the Furnishing Division was inaugurated on 2nd October, 1962 and the production of fully furnished coaches steadily increased over the years.  Spread over nearly 511 acres, it has about 10,408 employees to turnout more than 2000 coaches every year which includes conventional and self propelled coaches.  ICF is capable of manufacturing many types / variants simultaneously. Every year new variants are added to the product mix. ICF invented and experimented with new type coaches such as, self propelled or special type coaches. ICF has produced 58,554 coaches since its inception in 500 plus different designs.

Mr. P. R. K. Murthy

Mr. P. R. K. Murthy is the Director (Projects), Metro Projects Implementation Unit, MMRDA. He served as the Chief of Transport and Communications Division at MMRDA. He has 25 years of experience in the field of engineering, administration and project implementation relating to mega transportation infrastructure projects in MMR. He serves on the Board of Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd and Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp., Ltd. as Director.

Mr. Arun Kumar Singh

The Integral Coach Factory is one of the earliest production units of independent India. It was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd October, 1955. Later the Furnishing Division was inaugurated on 2nd October, 1962 and the production of fully furnished coaches steadily increased over the years.  Spread over nearly 511 acres, it has about 10,408 employees to turnout more than 2000 coaches every year which includes conventional and self propelled coaches.  ICF is capable of manufacturing many types / variants simultaneously. Every year new variants are added to the product mix. ICF invented and experimented with new type coaches such as, self propelled or special type coaches. ICF has produced 58,554 coaches since its inception in 500 plus different designs.

Mr. Aman Chitrakar

Mr. Aman Chitrakar has been a leading hand in Nepal's Railway Development related Work, he is involved in all the upcoming railway projects in the country. The Nepal Railway goal is to increase the social, economic development of the country by making the service and world-class service in a timely and appropriate manner by making the construction and expansion of public rail services in a safe, reliable and viable manner. The above hypothesis should be achieved with low cost and with competent development, expansion and management of railway services.

Mr. Vikas Kumar Jain

The idea of an integrated commuter railway network to connect the National Capital Region and Delhi was mooted way back in 1998-99 in an Indian Railways commissioned study. The study had identified the possibility of an RRTS network that would provide such a connectivity using fast commuter trains. The proposal was re-examined in 2006 in the light of extension of the Delhi Metro to some of the NCR towns. The idea was subsequently taken up and owned by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) while developing its “Functional Plan on Transport for NCR-2032”.