New Delhi: Dhananjaya Singh (IRSE) has been appointed as the Government Nominee Director on the Board of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways. Singh is an Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of 2015-batch. Currently, he is serving as Executive Director (Works) in the Indian Railways. In addition to this, he has also been appointed as Govt. Nominee Director of IRCON on November 10. According to the RVNL, he has been appointed to the post with effect from November 11, 2020 (the date of allotment of DIN) till he holds the post of Executive Director (Works), Railway Board, or until further orders, whichever is earlier. This information has been shared by the Railway PSU said during the regulatory filing to the stock exchange on Wednesday.
Singh is an engineering graduate. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Lucknow. He is presently working as Executive Director (Works) in the Railway Board under the Ministry of Railways. Prior to the present assignment, he was worked in Railway Board in various work positions including Directors (Works) Railway Board, Senior Divisional Engineer in the Northern Railway. He was on deputation to Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) as a Deputy Chief Project Manager. He is also Govt Nominee Director on the Board of IRCON. He is not related to any other Director of the company.
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is a government organisation associated with Indian Railways. RVNL's task is to build engineering works required by Indian Railways. Indian Railway network particularly the High-Density Network, which connects the four Metro Cities of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai including the diagonals, is oversaturated.
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