New Delhi: The Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has announced the appointment of Jaya Verma Sinha as the first woman CEO and chairperson of Railway Board. She succeeds Anil Kumar Lahoti in the position. Her appointment will be effective from 1 September till her superannuation.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of 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 is an alumnus of Allahabad University. She joined the Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1988 and has had stints in Northern Railway, South-East Railway and Eastern Railway.
Her other stints included being the Railway Advisor in the High Commission of India, Dhaka, Bangladesh for four years. The Maitree Express from Kolkata to Dhaka was incidentally inaugurated only during her tenure in Bangladesh. She had also worked as the Divisional Railway Manager, Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division.
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