NEW MEMBER MECHANICAL RAILWAY BOARD

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Shri Pramod Narain Garg, a member of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (1967) has taken over as Member Mechanical, Railway Board and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways.

He succeeds Shri S. Dasarathy, who has since resigned.

Prior to this, Shri Garg was General Manager, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar.

Born on October 5, 1945, Shri Garg has extensive field experience in maintenance and operation of rolling stock. He held important posts in Indian Railways like Director Standards Wagon, Research Designs and Standard Organization (RDSO), Divisional Railway Manager, Southern Railway, Palghat, Chief Mechanical Engineer, Eastern Railway, Additional General Manager Western Railway, Additional Member (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board, and General Manager, East Coast Railway. While in RDSO, Shri Garg was instrumental in modification of freight bogies, resulting in doubling of the wheel life. He has done Management Programme in the UK and undergone training in diesel loco maintenance in Canada and the USA.