First-time ever in Indian Railways’ history! Railway Board Chairman appointed as CEO by Cabinet; details

Recently, the current chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav was appointed as the CEO and the decision has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

For the first time in the history of Indian Railways, a CEO has been appointed for the Railway Board! Recently, the current chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav was appointed as the CEO and the decision has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. With this, Yadav became the first one to hold such a post in the history of the national transporter. Earlier, as part of large scale reforms initiated by Indian Railways, the Cabinet approved the Railway Board’s restructuring, whose strength has been cut from eight to five. While the Railway Board Chairman has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Cabinet has appointed PC Sharma as Member, Traction and Rolling Stock, Pradeep Kumar as Member, Infrastructure, PS Mishara as Member, Operations and Business Development, and Manjula Rangarajan as Member, Finance, according to a PTI report.