Updated Jan 01, 2021 | 18:08 IST
Suneet Sharma has more than 40 years of experience in serving in the Indian Railways in various capacities. He has completed stints in operational working, maintenance in sheds, depots, and workshops. Suneet Sharma takes charge as new Railway Board Chairman
New Delhi: Former Eastern Railway general manager Suneet Sharma was on Thursday appointed the new Railway Board Chairman and CEO upon the completion of the term of incumbent V K Yadav.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved the appointment of Sharma as Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board on Thursday.
Sharma had joined the Indian Railways in 1979 as a Special Class Railway Apprentice while he was studying engineering at IIT Kanpur. Sharma, a graduate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, has more than 40 years of experience in serving in the Indian Railways in various capacities. He has completed stints in operational working, maintenance in s
Former Eastern Railway general manager Suneet Sharma appointed new Railway Board Chairman and CEO
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Published: Thursday, December 31, 2020, 20:03 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 31: Former Eastern Railway general manager Suneet Sharma was on Thursday appointed the new Railway Board Chairman and CEO upon the completion of the term of incumbent V K Yadav.
Yadav was given an extension in January this year.
Suneet Sharma is a Special Class Railway Apprentice Officer of the 1978-batch. He has discharged responsibilities at various levels, including zonal railways, workshops and diesel loco sheds, in his over 34 years in the Indian Railways, as per official records.
He is known for introducing various administrative reforms, including simplification of the procedure for establishing new benchmarks, in the Railways, according to the records.