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Vinod Yadav reappointed as Railway Board Chairman

| @indiablooms | Jan 01, 2020, at 04:04 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Vinod Kumar Yadav, IRSEE (1980 batch) on Wednesday assumed charge after being reappointed as Chairman, Railway Board, in the rank of ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India.

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved re-employment of Mr Yadav as Chairman, Railway Board for a period of one year.

Prior to his appointment as Chairman of the Railway Board on January 1, 2019, he had worked as General Manager, South Central Railway, an official release here said.

His academic qualifications include a Masters Degree in Business Administration –MBA (Technology Management) from La Trobe University, Australia and a Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering) from Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh.

He holds vast experience in the fields of Project Management, General Management, Industrial Policy Formulation, Foreign Collaboration & Foreign Direct Investment, Management of Sector Specific International Technical Programmes and Co-ordination of World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Funding.

During the course of his illustrious career, he has held several important executive and managerial positions on Indian Railways and on deputation to various Organisations.

He has also held an important foreign assignment as Deputy Manager (Electrical), IRCON at Turkey, where he was instrumental in planning, execution and commissioning of Railway Electrification Project for Turkish Railway. 

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