GUWAHATI: Suneet Sharma has taken over the
charge of new chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board
(Ministry of Railways) and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of
India. The appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment
of Suneet Sharma as chairman & CEO
of Railway Board. Prior to this, he worked as General Manager, Eastern Railway.
Sharma joined the Indian Railways in 1979 as a Special Class Apprentice while he was studying engineering at IIT Kanpur. A graduate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering he has more than 40 years of experience serving in the Indian Railways in various capacities. He has done stints in Operational working, maintenance in Sheds, Depots and Workshops. He was Chief Workshop Manager, Parel workshop in Mumbai where he was instrumental in manufacturing narrow gauge locomotives for hill railways, stated a release.
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