MUMBAI (Metro Rail News): Ashok Kumar Misra, General Manager, Western Railway, has taken over the additional charge of General Manager, Central Railway. Anil Kumar Lahoti, General Manager, Central Railway, has been promoted to Member Infrastructure, Railway Board, New Delhi.
Ashok Kumar Misra is a senior officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME). He is presently the General Manager of Western Railway.
Ashok Misra has done his A.M.I. (Mech.) E. from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers UK, AMIE (Mech.) from the Institute of Engineers Kolkata, Production Engineering from Engineering Council UK, AMIE (Met.) from the Institute of Engineers, Kolkata and MBA from IGNOU.
Ashok Misra joined the Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineer through the Special Class Railway Apprentice batch of 1983. He has vast experience in rail management and administration. Started his career as Assistant Workshop Manager (Repair), Dahod on Western Railway. He has shouldered responsibilities of various posts successfully on Western Railway, RDSO and Northern Railway. He has worked as Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Carriage & Wagon) at Bhavnagar, Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Diesel) at Vatva and Sr. Divisional Mechanical Engineer at Vadodara. In addition, he has worked as Sr EDPM & Dy Chief Mechanical Engineer (Repair) in Kota Division.
He has held critical posts like Chief Rolling Stock Engineer, Additional Divisional Railway Manager/Prayagraj, Chief Motive Power Engineer/Diesel and Divisional Railway Manager/Jhansi on North Central Railway and Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer on East Central Railway.
He was instrumental in constructing the fourth line of Jhansi station, spearheading the same survey during his tenure as Divisional Railway Manager/Jhansi. He has played a significant role in many commendable works, including the redevelopment of Jhansi station.
He has been honoured with Rail Mantri Rajbhasha Award while working as Additional Divisional Railway Manager/Prayagraj on North Central Railway.
