Chairman Railway Board (India)

Railway Board
Ministry of Railways
Government of India
Emblem of India
Department overview
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Rail Bhavan, Raisina Marg, New Delhi — 110001
Website indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/

The Chairman of the Indian Railway Board is the administrative head of the Indian Railways, which functions under the overall control of the Parliament of India through the Minister for railways.

History

British Raj

The Indian Railway Board was constituted in 1922, with a Chief Commissioner of Railways as its head, who was solely responsible to the Government for decisions on technical matters and for advising the Government on matters of policy.

After Independence

In April, 1951 the post of Chief Commissioner was abolished and the seniormost functional Member was appointed the Chairman of the Board.[1]

List of heads of Indian Railways

Chief Commissioners of Railway, 1922–51

List of Chief Commissioners of Railway[2]
S. No. Name From To Duration (months)
1Sir Clement Hindley01.11.192211.10.192863
2Sir Austen Hadow12.10.192815.10.192912
3Sir Guthrie Russell16.10.192916.07.1940128
4Sir Leonard Wildson17.07.194017.08.194449
5Sir Arthur Griffin12.09.194419.05.194620
6Col RB Emerson20.05.194610.09.194716
7KC Bakhle11.09.194731.03.195142

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Chairmen Railway Board, 1951–present

List of Chairmen Railway Board[2]
S. No. Name Cadre From To Duration (months)
1FC BadhwarIRSE01.04.195130.09.195442
2G PandeIRSE01.10.195431.12.195626
3PC MukherjeeIRSE01.01.195725.06.195930
4KB MathurIRTS30.06.195918.04.196010
5Karnail SinghIRSE18.04.196016.08.196235
6DC BaijalIRSE16.08.196207.08.196526
7Kripal SinghIRSE07.08.196521.01.196717
8GD KhandelwalIRTS21.01.196706.01.197036
9BC GanguliIRSE07.01.197012.10.197121
10BSD BaligaIRSE13.10.197112.10.197324
11MN BeryIRSE12.10.197330.04.197631
12GP WarrierIRSE01.05.197531.08.197716
13KS RajanIRSME01.09.197703.06.197921
14M MenezesIRSE04.06.197916.11.198016
15MS GujralIRTS17.11.198006.02.198327
16KTV RaghvanIRSME05.04.198331.01.198523
17JP GuptaIRSME01.02.198530.06.19855
18Prakash NarainIRTS01.07.198531.06.198724
19RK JainIRSE01.07.198731.07.198925
20MN PrasadIRSE01.08.198931.07.199012
21 RD Kitson IRSME 01.08.1990 31.03.1992 20
22 YP Anand IRSE 01.04.1992 31.12.1992 9
23 AN Shukla IRSME 01.01.1993 31.03.1994 15
24 MK Rao IRSME 31.03.1994 30.06.1994 3
25 Ashok Bhatnagar IRTS 01.07.1994 31.05.1995 11
26 GK Khare IRSME 01.06.1995 30.06.1996 13
27 CL Kaw IRTS 01.07.1996 30.04.1997 10
28 M Ravindra IRSE 30.04.1997 31.12.1997 9
29 VK Agrawal IRSE 31.12.1997 31.08.2000 32
30 Ashok Kumar IRSME 01.09.2000 31.08.2001 12
31 RN Malhotra IRSE 31.08.2001 31.03.2002 7
32 IIMS Rana IRSE 01.04.2002 30.06.2003 15
33 RK Singh IRSE 30.06.2003 31.07.2005 24
34 JP Batra IRTS 01.08.2005 31.07.2007 24
35 KC Jena[3] IRTS 31.08.2007 31.01.2009 17
36 S S Khurana[4] IRSEE 02.02.2009 31.05.2010 16
37 Vivek Sahai[5] IRTS 01.06.2010 30.06.2011 13
38 Vinay Mittal[6] IRTS 01.07.2011 30.06.2013 24
39 Arunendra Kumar[7][8] IRSME 30.06.2013 31.12.2014 18
40 A.K.Mittal[9][10][11] IRSS 31.12.2014 23.08.2017 31
41 Ashwani Lohani IRSME 23.08.2017 till date

References

  1. ↑ Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust, pp.49-54
  2. 1 2 Raghuram, G. (February 2007), "'Turnaround' of Indian Railways:A Critical Appraisal of Strategies and Processes" (PDF), Working Paper No.2007-02-03, Ahmedabad, India: Indian Institute of Management, retrieved 2011-12-03, Exhibit 21, p.49
  3. ↑ "K C Jena takes over as Chairman, Railway Board". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways, Government of India. August 31, 2007. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  4. ↑ "S.S.Khurana takes over as Chairman, Railway Board". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Railways, Government of India. February 2, 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Vivek Sahai takes over as chairman, Railway Board". The Times of India. June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  6. ↑ Singh, Praveen Kumar (July 1, 2011). "Vinay Mittal appointed railway board chairman". Financial Express. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  7. ↑ "Arunendra Kumar appointed chairman of Railway Board". The Times of India. October 16, 2013.
  8. ↑ Balchand, K. (October 17, 2013). "Arunendra Kumar is Railway Board chairman". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "AK Mittal appointed railway board chairman". The Times of India. December 31, 2014.
  10. ↑ "AK Mittal appointed railway board chairman". Zee News. December 31, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Centre appoints new Rail Board chief, eight GMs". The Indian Express. December 31, 2014.
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