Vikas Kumar appointed new MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Delhi government on Wednesday appointed Vikas Kumar as the managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC according to an official orderKumar who is Director Operations in the corporation will hold the post for a term of five years said the order issued by Transport Department of the Delhi governmentThe Government of NCT of Delhi is pleased to appoint Vikas Kumar as managing director MD of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd in accordance with terms of Article 130 of the Memorandum and Article of Association of DMRC Ltd for the period of five years with effect from April 1 said the orderThe appointment of Kumar as the new managing director of the DMRC was approved by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs the order saidKumar an officer of the 1988-batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service prior to this was appointed as as Director Operations early December 2021 He is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT-Roorkee 1987 and did his MTech from IIT-Delhi in 1989Delhi Transport minister Kailash Gahlot tweeted about his appointment to the top postHeartiest congratulations best wishes to Sh Vikas Kumar on being appointed as the new MD of OfficialDMRC The metro is Delhis lifeline and I hope that DMRC under your capable guidance continues to set new benchmarks in top quality public transport he wrote on Twitter and shared a copy of the order dated March 30 2022Kumar will succeed Mangu Singh whose tenure ends on March 31Singhs tenure as MD of DMRC had begun from January 1 2012 after his predecessor E Sreedharan had handed over charge to him on December 31 2011Delhi Metro under Singhs leadership had endeavoured to put it back on track after being hit severely by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns Singhs tenure as the managing director of the mass rapid transit system had been extended multiple timesThe DMRC networks current span is nearly 392 km with 286 stations including the Noida-Greater Noida Metro Corridor and Rapid Metro GurgaonSingh has contributed greatly in the project implementation of metros in Delhi and Kolkata and has been responsible for bringing revolutionary changes in the execution of large metro engineering projects civil within tight deadlines and budget and is considered the foremost tunneling expert the DMRC had earlier saidA Bijnor native he is a graduate in civil engineering from the University of Roorkee now IIT-RoorkeeThereafter he became part of the Indian Railways Services of Engineers IRSE in 1981 Singh then joined the Indian Railways and has worked in various capacities including as deputy chief engineer Kolkata Metro Railway 1989-1996 PTI VIT KND ANB ANB
New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Delhi government on Wednesday appointed Vikas Kumar as the managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC according to an official orderKumar who is Director Operations in the corporation will hold the post for a term of five years said the order issued by Transport Department of the Delhi governmentThe Government of NCT of Delhi is pleased to appoint Vikas Kumar as managing director MD of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd in accordance with terms of Article 130 of the Memorandum and Article of Association of DMRC Ltd for the period of five years with effect from April 1 said the orderThe appointment of Kumar as the new managing director of the DMRC was approved by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs the order saidKumar an officer of the 1988-batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service prior to this was appointed as as Director Operations early December 2021 He is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT-Roorkee 1987 and did his MTech from IIT-Delhi in 1989Delhi Transport minister Kailash Gahlot tweeted about his appointment to the top postHeartiest congratulations best wishes to Sh Vikas Kumar on being appointed as the new MD of OfficialDMRC The metro is Delhis lifeline and I hope that DMRC under your capable guidance continues to set new benchmarks in top quality public transport he wrote on Twitter and shared a copy of the order dated March 30 2022Kumar will succeed Mangu Singh whose tenure ends on March 31Singhs tenure as MD of DMRC had begun from January 1 2012 after his predecessor E Sreedharan had handed over charge to him on December 31 2011Delhi Metro under Singhs leadership had endeavoured to put it back on track after being hit severely by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns Singhs tenure as the managing director of the mass rapid transit system had been extended multiple timesThe DMRC networks current span is nearly 392 km with 286 stations including the Noida-Greater Noida Metro Corridor and Rapid Metro GurgaonSingh has contributed greatly in the project implementation of metros in Delhi and Kolkata and has been responsible for bringing revolutionary changes in the execution of large metro engineering projects civil within tight deadlines and budget and is considered the foremost tunneling expert the DMRC had earlier saidA Bijnor native he is a graduate in civil engineering from the University of Roorkee now IIT-RoorkeeThereafter he became part of the Indian Railways Services of Engineers IRSE in 1981 Singh then joined the Indian Railways and has worked in various capacities including as deputy chief engineer Kolkata Metro Railway 1989-1996 PTI VIT KND ANB ANB
