Indian Railways appoints VK Tripathi as new Railway Board Chairman

Indian Railways appoints VK Tripathi as new Railway Board Chairman

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: January 03 2022

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  • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of VK Tripathi as the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board. 
  • Tripathi is currently working as the General Manager of North-Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur.
  • Tripathi has been appointed in place of outgoing Chairman and CEO Sunit Sharma. 
  • This appointment has been made for six months from January 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022.
  • His first posting was as an Assistant Electrical Engineer on Northern Railway.
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