Modi govt clears appointment of 3 Railway Board Members and 5 GMs

The Modi government has approved the appointment of three new members to the Railway Board, along with five officers at the General Manager rank. The recent appointments to the Railway Board members at the Apex Scale, Level 17, are as follows:

1. Seema Kumar (IRTS: 1986) has assumed the role of Member (Operations & Business Development), filling the vacancy left by Jaya Varma Sinha, who now serves as the first Chairman & CEO of Railway Board. Seema Kumar was previously serving as Additional Member (Catering & Tourism).
2. Naveen Gulati (IRSEE:1986) is now the Director General (HR), Railway Board, succeeding Mohit Sinha (IRAS:1986) who retired on 30.11.2023. Gulati, who was previously Member (Traction & Rolling Stock), takes on this new responsibility.
3. Satish Kumar (IRSME:1986), currently the General Manager of North Central Railway (Prayagraj), has been appointed as Member (Traction & Rolling Stock), succeeding Naveen Gulati in the Railway Board.

Additionally, seven senior IRMS officers have been reassigned to key positions at the General Manager, Secretary, and DG (Level) posts:

1. Ravinder Goyal is now the General Manager of North Central Railway.
2. Ashok Kumar Verma assumes the role of General Manager at CORE (Prayagraj).
3. Arvind Srivastava takes on the position of General Manager at South Western Railway (Hubli).
4. U Subba Rao is appointed as General Manager at Integral Coach Factory (Chennai).
5. Milind K Deouskar, who previously served as Secretary, Railway Board, is now the General Manager of Eastern Railway (Kolkata).
6. Roopa Srinivasan is appointed as the Director General of the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara.
7. Aruna Nayar assumes the position of Secretary, Railway Board.