New Delhi: The appointment committee of Cabinet on Friday appointed Suneet Sharma as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Indian Railway Board (Ministry of Railways). Sumeet Sharma, having forty years of experience in Indian Railways, took charge after the extended one-year tenure of Vinod Kumar Yadav ended on December 31.
Sharma is a graduate in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, who joined Indian Railways in 1979 as a Special Class Apprentice. During his tenure, he worked in operational working, maintenance in sheds, workshops and depots.
During his service as the Chief Rolling Stock Engineer (Freight and Operations), he contributed to put the suburban network back on train within few hours after the 2006 Mumbai train blasts. As Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) in Mumbai, he was credited with increasing the services of the suburban network.
Ministry of Railways tweeted, "Shri Suneet Sharma takes over as Chairman cum CEO, Railway Board. Shri Sharma, IRSME, is an SCRA officer of 1978 batch. Having more than 37 years of experience, he possesses expertise in varied spheres of Railway working. He has undergone trainings in Germany, France,USA etc."