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Vinod Kumar Yadav

Vinod Kumar Yadav (born 1 January 1960) is the Administrator of Delhi Gymkhana Club Limited[1] and is the Ex Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, Indian Railways.[2][3][4] He previously served as the General Manager for South Central Railway zone of Indian Railways and held various other important assignments in the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited and in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He is from Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) – 1980 batch.[5]

Vinod Kumar Yadav
1st Chairman and CEO of Railway Board of Indian Railways
In office
2 September 2020 – 31 December 2020
Preceded byPost Established
Succeeded bySuneet Sharma
Chairman of Railway Board
In office
1 January 2019 – 2 September 2020
Preceded byAshwani Lohani
Succeeded byHimself (as Chairman and CEO of Railway Board)
Personal details
Born1 January 1960 (1960-01) (age 64)
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
EducationBE, MBA
Alma materMotilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (now Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology), University of Allahabad (1980)
La Trobe University (2007)
OccupationCivil servant, Engineer, Bureaucrat

Personal life

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Vinod Kumar Yadav was born on Jan 1, 1960 in Sukarauli Village, in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh in India. [6]

Education

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He received his early education at Ballia, graduated with a bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering from Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (now Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology), University of Allahabad in 1980. His academic pursuits include a master's degree in Business Administration – MBA (Technology Management) from La Trobe University, Australia.[4]

Career

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Vinod Kumar Yadav began his career on Indian Railways as Assistant Electrical Engineer in February, 1982.[5] He held several important executive and managerial positions on Indian Railways and on deputation to various Organizations including as Chairman Railway Board of Indian Railways, General Manager of South Central Railway, a Zone of Indian Railways. Down the line, he also worked as Chief Electrical Engineer, Planning/Traction Distribution, Northern Railway; Divisional Railway Manager, Lucknow Division, North Eastern Railway; Additional Divisional Railway Manager (Operation), Delhi Division, Northern Railway.[3][5] Group General Manager (Electrical), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited; Programme Manager, Technology Diffusion and Support Programme and as Project Director, International Centre for Advancement of Manufacturing Technology at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); he was also the Director for Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion in Ministry of Industry Government of India.[5][7] He was Executive Director, Railway Electrification Projects, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, he also held an important foreign assignment as Deputy Manager (Electrical), IRCON at Turkey.[4]

As General Manager of South Central Railway, he led the Zone to achieve record highest revenue during 2017-18 and 2018-19.[8] Infrastructure Growth also touched peak with highest Kilometres of new rail lines, doubling & tripling and electrification getting completed. Digital transactions and environment friendly measures came to fore on South Central Railway under his initiative. He tied up with Indian School of Business to enable Railways undertake research, knowledge sharing and management training programs for Railway officers. Vinod Yadav was known for his stress on human resource management on Railways on the basis of steps such as job melas for children of Railway families, skill development programs, passport melas, significant hike in sports and welfare infrastructure, medical facilities etc. Vinod Yadav was instrumental in inventing a modern Gangmen Tool Kit, light in weight and easy to carry, changing the way, the safety ambassadors of Indian Railways can work.[9]

[10] [11] [12][13]

Vinod Yadav headed World's third largest Rail network and led Indian Railways towards a giant leap in infrastructure development involving over Rs. 160 Lakh Crore of capex fund which brought about the biggest transformation in its working system.

Annapurna trains, Jai Kisan trains etc., marked his business model for Indian Railways.[14][15]

Passenger train services also enhanced qualitatively with introduction of “Vande Bharat Express” also known as Train-18, an indigenously built Indian semi-high-speed Intercity Electric Multiple Unit.[16] Introduction of “Tejas Express” - India's first semi-high speed fully air-conditioned train etc. Air-Conditioned local trains were introduced on Mumbai Suburban System.[17]

Thanks to Vinod Yadav's plans, Indian Railways could take center stage in the battle to fight COVID-19 pandemic all over the country by keeping the Rail wheels moving. [18]

India's first university focused on transport-related education, multidisciplinary research and training - National Rail & Transport Institute (NRTI) at Vadodara, India came up under him at the helm. [19]

Digitised data management of Indian Railway workforce made a huge impact, amongst his plans. [20][21]

Vinod Kumar Yadav undertook International assignment of planning, execution and commissioning of Railway Electrification projects for Turkish Railways and led the team to frame tender and undertake global contract for Over Head Electrification works for Iran Railways.[4]

He played a key role in development of SMEs sector and technology transfer to SMEs, skill development, mobilisation of resources and implementation of six projects worth US$8.65 million. He managed a joint project of United Nations and Government of India for development of Small and Medium enterprises accruing US$6.6.million.

His biggest challenge will be to resurrect the railways financially as the national transporter has been facing severe cash crunch for the past few years.

Recognitions

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Vinod Kumar Yadav is the recipient of "Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2020" from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).[22]

He also received the Eminent Engineer Award for 2019 from the Union Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; recognition from President of India for making Indian Railways the best organization for implementing Swacchata Action Plan 2018-2019..[23] [24]

As the head for South Central Railway, he enabled the Zone stand top on Indian Railways for overall performance efficiency in 2017-18, to receive Pandit Gobind Vallabh Pant Shield. [25]

He also got the Award for Best Transformation Initiatives by the Ministry of Railways in 2017-2018.[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Order" (PDF). Government of India. 18 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Vinod Kumar Yadav appointed as Railway Board Chairman | DD News". ddnews.gov.in. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Indian Railway Board gets its first-ever CEO — Vinod Kumar Yadav". mint. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "CRB, Railway Board Vinod Kumar Yadav gets one year extension | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". 2 January 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Vinod Kumar Yadav, GM/SCR appointed as Chairman, Railway Board – RailNews Media India Ltd". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ "बेहद संघर्ष का सफर तय कर ऊंचाई तक पहुंचे रेलवे बोर्ड के चेयरमैन वीके यादव". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. ^ Shah, Narendra (1 January 2020). "V K Yadav reappointment as Railway Board Chairman, likely to be its first-ever CEO". Metro Rail News. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. ^ Baski, Sunny. "SCR earnings surge by 15 per cent". Telangana Today. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Gangmen: The guardian angels of Indian Railways - Who are gangmen?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  10. ^ "South Central Railway, Indian School of Business ink MoU". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Railways Ministry launches comprehensive training programme 'Project Saksham'". Jagranjosh.com. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Job mela held for children of serving, retired railway staff". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  13. ^ "FIH-certified hockey ground at Railway Sports Complex". The Hindu. 25 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  14. ^ Dhingra, Sanya (29 June 2020). "Railways begins scheduled freight trains on pilot basis to match speed of passenger trains". ThePrint. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Annapoorna and Jai Kisan: Indian Railways' new freight twins make light work of delivery during lockdown". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Vande Bharat Express: Seven facts to know about India's premium train". Zee Business. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  17. ^ "SYNOPSIS OF DEBATES" (PDF). 11 July 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Indian Railways' fight against COVID-19 continues; makes over 1.91 lakh PPE gown, 7.33 lakh face masks!". The Financial Express. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  19. ^ "Nrti". nrti.edu.in. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  20. ^ Staff, The ID (21 February 2020). "Indian Railways launches HRMS app for employees". Indus Dictum. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Indian Railways' big gift for rail employees! New HRMS app to allow staff to access data related to service". The Financial Express. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  22. ^ "V.K. Yadav chairman of railway board conferred with Eminent Engineer Award". 31 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Indian Railways | CRB Vinod Kumar Yadav awarded with Eminent Engineers Award | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". 17 September 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  24. ^ "Railways Adjudged as the Best Ministry for Implementation of Swachhata Action Plan for 2018-19". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  25. ^ "Railways top honour lands in SCR's lap". The Hindu. 11 April 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  26. ^ "Vinod to receive Rail Ministry's Prestigious Best Transformation Initiative Award". United News of India. 6 April 2018.
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