Manoj Singh (IRTS) appointed as Part-Time Govt nominee Director of CONCOR

• Manoj Singh (IRTS) has been appointed as the government Nominee Director by the CONCOR board

• Singh has excellent work experience in the areas of project execution, operations, and commercial functioning

New Delhi: The Board of Directors of CONCOR, a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways, have appointed Manoj Singh (IRTS), as Government Nominee Director of the company. According to the company's regulatory filing, Singh has been appointed to the post with effect from September 30, 2020. Singh is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of 1989-batch. Prior to joining the current position, he has served as Adviser (Transport) in the NITI Aayog.

Manoj Singh's profile

Manoj Singh belongs to the Indian Railway Traffic Service (1989 Batch). He has excellent work experience in the areas of project execution, operations, and commercial functioning. In the Eastern Region of CONCOR based at Kolkata where he worked for five years, he was responsible for operations and business development and was able to open many new terminals and bring new streams of businesses. He was also responsible for establishing the first international container connectivity by rail by establishing rail service from Kolkata Port to ICD, Birganj in Nepal. This required finalization of the rail services agreement between the two countries which was also facilitated by his efforts.

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As Adviser (Transport), Planning Commission and later at NITI Aayog, he had the opportunity to contribute to policymaking and planning for transport infrastructure at the national level which gave him a chance to work with various Ministries, Prime Minister's Officer (PMO), States and other stakeholders. Some of the key elements in the National Highway Development Project (NHDP), Prime Minister's Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), rail infrastructure in the Northeast got decisive push during his tenure as Adviser (Transport).

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As Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Jabalpur, he contributed to the creation of infrastructure especially in the areas of electrification, doubling, IBS (Intermediate Block Sections), completion of yard Remodelling work and redevelopment of Jabalpur Station. As Executive Director of Traffic Transportation (F), he has been able to bring about a perceptible increase in traffic to Bangladesh by coordination with Bangladesh Railways. The introduction of new rolling stock such as parcel, container and NMG rakes to Bangladesh has increased the interchange from around 60 trains per month to 120 trains, thereby increasing the earnings by 21/2 times.

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