Sharad Kumar Srivastava joins ECoR as additional general manager

Sharad Kumar Srivastava, an officer of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineer (IRSSE) of 1986 batch has joined East Coast Railway as additional general manager, on Monday.

Prior to the new posting, Srivastava was working as principal chief signal and telecom engineer at Metro Railway, Kolkata. He also worked as divisional railway manager of Adra Division under South Eastern Railway.

After completing his engineering in electronics & telecommunication, from Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur, Srivastava had joined Indian Railways in 1988.

He has vast experience in Maintenance and Project implementation in the field of Signal & Telecommunication. He has worked in various capacities in Divisional and Zonal Headquarters in connection with Signaling and Telecommunication asset maintenance and execution of projects.

He has vast knowledge and experience in Signal & Telecommunication System in Indian Railways. He has also worked in various capacities in Indian Railways including Research Design and Standard Organisation (RDSO) and also worked in RailTel Corporation of India Limited at Kolkata as General Manager/Operations and contributed in optimisation of network resources and had contributed key role in projects implementation in Indian Railways.

He has taken training on managerial and leadership from INSEAD/Singapore, ICLIF/Malaysia and SDA BOCCONI/Italy during his career and implemented his experience in the development of Indian Railways.

He is also associated effectively with planning and improvements in maintenance of Signaling and Telecommunication assets and coordination of execution of Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) projects.