Experience

The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL)
• India
• Utilities
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Independent Director

  • 2018 - Present

Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Visiting Professor

  • Mar 2019 - Present


Coal India Limited

• India
• Mining
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Adviser (Railways)

  • Feb 2015 - Apr 2020

  Planning infrastructure development and coordinating the transportation logistics to ensure delivery of more than 500 million tonnes of coal to customers. Planning infrastructure development and coordinating the transportation logistics to ensure delivery of more than 500 million tonnes of coal to customers.



Kutch Railway Company Ltd.

• India
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman

  • Dec 2013 - Dec 2014

  Chairman of the KRCL, a company managing the Gandhidham-Palanpur line (301 kms) Chairman of the KRCL, a company managing the Gandhidham-Palanpur line (301 kms)



Indian Railways

• India
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 700 & Above Employee

• Additional Member Traffic, Railway Board

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

  Head of Traffic & Transportation vertical of Indian Railways. Managing, planning and overseeing freight train operations of Indian Railways for moving more than a billion tonnes of freight and a transport output of 685 billion tonne kilometres. Responsible for revenue earning from freight traffic. Assisting Railway Board in policy making, marketing , capacity planning for freight and passenger traffic, rolling stock requirement planning, electrification of routes and project evaluation for all investment proposals. Cadre controlling officer for Indian Railway Traffic Service officers. Responsible for training of officers and staff of the Traffic department of Indian Railways. Show less

• Chief Vigilance Officer

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2013

  Chief of the Vigilance department of Ministry of Railways. Supervising the work of Chief Vigilance Officers of 17 railway zones, 8 production units and 16 Public Sector units under Ministry of Railways. Monitoring implementation of rules and procedures in all work areas in the railway system. Coordination with Central Vigilance Commission. Improvement in processes to enhance transparency and accountability.

• Chief Operations Manager, Eastern Railway

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  Management of operations of all passenger and freight traffic on the Eastern Railway zone.Creating operations strategy and policies. Coordination with all customers. Overseeing human resource management. Managing change from a manual to a computer based train control and reporting system.

• Senior Deputy General manager, Eastern Railway

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2008

  Chief Vigilance Officer for Eastern Railway

• Divisional Railway Manager, Howrah Division, Eastern Railway

  • May 2006 - Jun 2008

  Divisional Railway Manager is the head of the division and responsible for all aspects of its working. Howrah division covers about 170 stations, the most important being Howrah which witnesses about 700,000 footfalls per day and is the gateway to Kolkata and the rest of eastern India. Overseeing and coordinating the working of eleven technical and non technical departments which produce railway transportation services with the help of more than 30,000 staff.. Howrah division runs more than 400 suburban and more than 200 passenger and express trains per day. The division also handles a considerable amount of freight traffic. Show less

• Executive Director, Railway Movement (Railway Board)

  • Apr 2003 - May 2006

  Planning and coordination of movement of coal to all major coal consuming industries in India ;Planning and coordination of movement of raw material to all major steel plants

• Chief Freight Transportation Manager, South Eastern Railway

  • Mar 1998 - Apr 2003

  Management, planning and coordination of freight traffic on South Eastern Railway which loaded approximately of 40% of total freight loaded on Indian Railway system. South Eastern Railway served five coalfields, 5 major steel plants, 3 major ports, 12 cement plants and a large number of other industries

• Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Sealdah Division, Eastern Railway

  • Apr 1997 - Mar 1998

  Sealdah division handles the highest volume of suburban traffic in Eastern India running more than 800 suburban services and 130 passenger and express services per day. Overseeing freight and passenger train operation, planning, train scheduling, sales and interface with railway service users and staff members.

• Director Transport Planning, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways

  • Nov 1990 - Mar 1997

  Traffic forecasting and planning of transport capacity for entire Indian Railways.Member of Indian Railway team to develop Long Range Decision Support System (LRDSS), supported by World BankNodal officer for interaction with International Union of Railways (UIC), UN ESCAP and SAARC

• Joint Director, Coal, Railway Board

  • Jul 1988 - Nov 1990

  Officer in charge of programming and allocation of coal to various industries from coalfields in the states of West Bengal and Bihar ( now Jharkhand).

• Senior Divisional Operations Manager, Dhanbad Division, Eastern Railway

  • Jul 1985 - Jul 1988

  Officer in charge of freight and passenger operations on Dhanbad Division, one of the largest divisions of Indian railways, handling large volume of passenger and freight traffic. the division served three major coalfields and several other mineral loading areas, as well major thermal power stations and other industries.

• Senior Divisional Operations Manager, Mughalsarai Division, Eastern Railway

  • Dec 1984 - Jul 1985

  Officer in charge of of passenger and freight operations on Mughalsarai Division ( now renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyay), which is one of the busiest traffic corridors of Indian Railways.

• Divisional Operations Manager, Barkakana, Eastern Railway,

  • Dec 1982 - Dec 1984

  Officer in charge of Barkakana area of Dhanbad Division of Eastern Railway, which served the coal deposits under the Central Coalfields Limited and transported coal to major industries in North India, steel plants and other industries. The area also covered other major mineral deposits such as limestone and bauxite, which was transported by railway to steel plants and aluminium plants.

• Divisional Operations Manager, Andal , Eastern Railway

  • Jul 1982 - Dec 1982

  Officer in charge of handling railway transportation of coal from the Raniganj coalfields of Eastern Coalfields, the Durgapur Steel Plant and several other major industries in the Asansol-Durgapur industrial belt.

• Assistant Operations Manager (Steel), Asansol division, Eastern Railway

  • Nov 1980 - Jul 1982

  Management of railway transportation of raw materials and finished products from the Durgapur Steel Plant and the Indian Iron and Steel Plant, and assisting the Senior Divisional Operations Manager in management of freight and passenger traffic on the Asansol division.