 Part-time Chairman |
Shri Satish Kumar, a distinguished officer of the 1986 batch of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers. He joined Railways in March, 1988, and has a rich experience of 38 years of working on Indian Railways. He, worked as GM/North Central Railways and also worked as SDGM & CVO on North Western Railways, Jaipur. He worked on Jhansi Division of erstwhile Central Railway and DLW (Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi), North Eastern Railways, Gorkahpur, Patiala Locomotive Works. He was trained in Total Quality Management, under United Nation Development Programme in 1996. He also worked as Divisional Railway Manager, Lucknow Division on Northen Railway from April, 2017 to April, 2019. A large nos. of infrastructural works were accomplished during his tenure as DRM/Lucknow. His works during Kumbh, 2019 was also appreciated by all levels which was mammoth taskand was successfully accomplished by his Lucknow Division team. |
 Managing Director |
Shri Praveen Kumar, belongs to 1989 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE). With over three decades of exemplary service, Shri Kumar has established himself as a visionary leader in the realm of mega Railway Infrastructure projects. His experience spans the entire project lifecycle, from conceptualization to commissioning. Shri Kumar has expertise in international tendering, procurement and dealing with multi-lateral funding agencies, including the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank. Shri Kumar has been involved with Dedicated Freight Corridors for more than a decade and handled complex challenges related to land acquisition, project execution and procurement. He has been instrumental in commissioning critical Rewari-Dadri section of DFC which is the links WDFC with EDFC. His ability to resolve intricate contractual issues in Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts through amicable means has earned him widespread respect in the industry. Shri Kumar has authored two authoritative books on railway engineering displaying his technical prowess and commitment to knowledge-sharing. Shri Praveen Kumar has completed his Bachelors and Masters degree in Civil Engineering from IIT, Roorkee. He has also done Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from MDI, Gurgaon. |
 Director Finance |
Shri Abhishek Kumar, is an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of 2001 examination batch, holding the post of Executive Director Finance (Budget) at Railway Board. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from the Regional Engineering College. Calicut. (Now, NIT Calicut). He also has PGDM (Exec.) in Finance from IMT Ghaziabad (CDL). He has experience of more than 20 years in Railways as Financial Advisor dealing with expenditure and earnings proposals for Railways, Government Accounting, Budgeting, Internal check etc. Не has worked in these areas at all levels i.e Division, Head Quarter and at Ministry. At Railway Board he has worked in the Budget Directorate at Director level dealing with the preparation and presentation of the Railway Budget and coordinating with Ministry of Finance in this regard. He has also been associated with the pioneering project of Accrual based Accounting for Indian Railways as its Chief Project Manager. Prior to his current assignment as Executive Director (Budget) at Railway Board, he was on deputation to Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) as General Manager (Finance) and also looking after Accounting IT Applications i.e IPAS and GST module. He is also serving as Nominee Director on the Board of IRFC. |
-Pankaj-Saxena_TEVA.jpeg) Director/Project Planning & Director/Infrastructure (Addl. Charge) |
Shri Pankaj Saxena is an Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of the 1987 batch and has over 33 years of experience in various aspects of Civil Engineering in Indian Railways. A highly accomplished technocrat, Shri Saxena is an M. Tech. in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-Delhi) & B. Tech. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT-Roorkee). He has been extensively trained in Austria, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore and USA. Prior to his last assignment at the Railway Board, he has worked in Central Railway, Northern Railway, East Central Railway and RVNL. He has also served as Director, Railway Board and Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Division. Shri Saxena was last posted as Principal Executive Director (Bridge) at Railway Board, Ministry of Railways. |
 Director/OP&BD |
Shri Shobhit Bhatnagar is an Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of the 1992 Batch. With DFCCIL fast nearing completion (with 88.4% complete), he assumes charge at a pivotal time when the organisation is transitioning into the Operations phase. A consummate technocrat, he has the distinction of having served as Group General Manager (GGM) Operations & Business Development at DFCIL from 27.09.2021 to 09.03.2023. Prior to that has served as GGM (Commercial & Operations), at CONCOR, Chief Freight Transportation Manager (CFTM), as well as Chief Passenger Transportation Manager (CPTM) North Western Railway. He also served as CFTM North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur. He has been the Deputy Chief Operation Manager (DCOM) Freight Operation Information System (FOIS), Northern Railway and Director Computerisation & Information Systems (CRIS) Railway Board. Sh. Bhatnagar was part of the team that had developed the prototype of the FOIS in 1999-2000 where he had programmed the prototype application. He was the convenor of the Directors level committee of the Railway Board that had developed the procedure for the e-registration of demand and electronic transmission of Railway receipt (e-TRR). He is a BE (Computer Science) from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology, Indore. His hobbies include music and astronomy. He likes to play electronic keyboards and piano accordion in his free time and look at the universe with his telescope. |
| Vacant Director/ Infrastructure |
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 Part Time Official Director (MoR) |
Dr.Pranai Prabhakar joined the Railway Board as Principal Executive Director (Infrastructure) on 27th February, 2024. Before joining the Railway Board, Dr. Prabhakar has held the post of Principal Operating Manager, North Western Railway since October, 2023.
Dr. Prabhakar is an officer of 1990 Batch of Indian Railway Traffic Services and joined as AOM in BRC Division of the Western Railway.
Dr. Prabhakar has held the post of Chief Vigilance Officer in the Central Warehousing Corporation from November 2018 to July 2021. It was during Dr. Prabhakar’s tenure as CVO, that CWC became the first PSU in India to be ISO 37001: 2016. He has also held the post of Chief General Manager/CONCOR during the period July 2016 to October 2018.
He has done M.A. and M. Phil in International Economic Relations from the Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi. Dr. Prabhakar did his PhD in Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai. He also holds the MBA degree from the same institute.
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Part Time Official Director (NITI Aayog) |
Shri Rajveen Singh Thakur |
| Vacant Part Time Non-Official Director |
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Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited
