Seema Kumar gets additional charge as CMD of IRCTC

New Delhi: Seema Kumar is new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of IRCTC Limited, a PSU under the Ministry of Railways. She has been given additional charge of the post with effect from June 1, 2023. Presently, she is serving as Additional Member (Tourism & Catering) (AM/T&C) in Railway Board. This information has been shared by the Railways PSU in a regulatory filing to the stock exchange on Thursday.

Kumar is an officer of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) of 1986 batch. She is a Gold Medalist in M Sc (Physics) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut and an M Tech from IIT, Delhi. She has participated in the leadership program from SDA Bocconi Institute, Milan, Italy and Leadership Management Executive Program from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

In her illustrious career in Indian Railways spanning over 35 years, she has worked in various senior capacities over Northern and West Central Railways and held posts like Principal Chief Safety Officer, Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Services), Divisional Railway Manager, General Manager (Passenger Reservation System). With her sound technical knowledge and leadership skills, she has successfully handled and completed various IT projects as General Manager (Passenger Reservation System Centre) for Railway Information System (CRIS) and played a pivotal role in the design and development of Unreserved Ticketing System, design and conceptualization of Next Generation e-ticketing System and integration of the National Train Enquiry System Application.

Under her able leadership and guidance as AM (T&C), two new innovative schemes viz; Bharat Gaurav Trains (BGT) and One Station One Product (OSOP) have been launched and policy guidelines issued. She is the recipient of various awards like Platinum Award for Web-based Citizen Services in the year 2009, Silver Award for e-Governance 2010-2011 under the category ‘Innovative Use of ICT by PSUs for Customer’s Benefits’ and National Tourism Award 2014-2015 for showcasing Cultural Heritage and Local Talent.

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