Kolkata, January 3, 2022

 

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Vinay Kumar Tripathi, General Manager, North Eastern Railway to the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved a six-month extension, i.e., till December, 2022.

Shri Tripathi did B. Tech (electrical Engineering) from Roorkee and joined the Railways through Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) batch of 1983. His first posting was as an Assistant Electrical engineer on Northern Railway. In his distinguished career, Shri Tripathi has successfully discharged his responsibilities in important posts of Northern, Central and Western Railway as well as held key posts of Divisional Railway Manager, North Central Railway, Allahabad, Chief Electrical Locomotive Engineer, Additional General Manager of Western Railway and Additional Member/Traction in the Railway Board.

This apart, Shri Tripathi attended higher management training programmes in Switzerland and USA. He played a key role in commissioning of a state-of-the art three-phase locomotives and their indigenisation which now serve as the workhorse of the Indian Railways. Under his able guidance, North Eastern Railway won two Railway Board shields-one in sale management and the other in running room category. Besides having a wide experience in railway management, Shri Tripathi is equally popular among the railway officers and staff.

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