Govt appoints Jaya Verma Sinha as first woman CEO, chairperson of Railway Board
Govt appoints Jaya Verma Sinha as first woman CEO, chairperson of Railway Board
Jaya Verma Sinha has been appointed as the new Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Railway Board. She becomes the first woman CEO and Chairperson of the Railway Board. She succeeds Anil Kumar Lahoti.
The Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 31 announced the appointment of Jaya Verma Sinha as first woman CEO and chairperson of Railway Board. She succeeds Anil Kumar Lahoti.
The appointment of Jaya Varma Sinha will be effective from 1 September till her superannuation.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Smt. Jaya Verma Sinha, Indian Railway Management Services (IRMS), Member (Operations & Business Development), Railway Board to the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board in thn Apex scale [Pay Level -17 as per 7th CPC] for a period w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge on or after 01.09.2023 till the date of her superannuation and her re-employment on the post w.e.f. 01.09.2023 till 31.08.2024 on usual terms and conditions, or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” the notice said.
Sinha was at the centre stage of the railways’ media interactions recently when, as the Member (Operations and Business Development), she explained the complex signalling system after the tragic Balasore accident which killed nearly 300 people
Official Notification attached below (JKS):
