Satish Kumar appointed as new chairman and CEO of Railway Board

Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS) officer Satish Kumar has been appointed as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Railway Board, a government order said on Tuesday, making him the first ever member from a Scheduled Caste community selected for the board’s top post.

Kumar, whose tenure is set to begin on September 1, will replace the current chairperson and CEO of the board, Jaya Varma Sinha, who is superannuating on August 31.

When she took charge on September 1 last year, Sinha became the first woman to be appointed as the CEO of the board, the topmost post in the Indian Railways.

A 1986-batch Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer, Kumar has made significant contributions to railways throughout his career, spanning over 34 years.

He served as the divisional railway manager (DRM) of the Lucknow division on Northern Railway from April 2017-2019.

Before his appointment as the general manager of North Central Railway, Kumar also served as the senior deputy general manager and chief vigilance officer on North Western Railway in Jaipur.

The Union government, in an order on July 29, appointed current Railway Board chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha as an administrative member in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).