NEW MEMBER STAFF RAILWAY
Shri S.M. Singla,
a member of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), has
taken over as Member Staff, Railway Board, and ex-officio Secretary
to the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways. He succeeds
Shri B.S. Sudhir Chandra, who has retired on superannuation on
August 31, 2003.
Earlier, Shri Singla
was General Manager, Western Railway, Mumbai.
Born on October 10,
1944, Shri Singla obtained B.Tech (Hons) Civil Engineering from
IIT, Powai, Mumbai in 1965. He has held several important positions
in Railways, such as, Metropolitan Transport Project, Mumbai,
deputation to New Railways Implementation Authority, Bagdad, Chief
Engineer (Construction), Northeast Frontier Railway, Executive
Director (Civil Engineering) Railway Board, Divisional Railway
Manager, Jodhpur, Chief Engineer, Northern Railway, General Manager
of South Central Railway and General Manager Western Railway.
He is also an alumni of the Manchester Business School.
