Shri Sanjeev Mittal, a senior officer of the 1982 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) has taken over as General Manager of Central Railway on 19th September, 2019. He was Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), South Eastern Railway, Kolkata before taking over as General Manager, Central Railway.
He completed his post graduation in Structural Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He had a brilliant academic career where he bagged three gold medals including Chancellor’s Medal at IIT, Roorkee.
Under his leadership as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), South Eastern Railway has won the Civil Engineering Construction Shield jointly with South Western Railway at the recent 64th Railway Week National Awards function held at Mumbai. He has held several important assignments such as Chief Engineer (Track Machines), Chief Engineer (Planning) and had a long association with the Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation as Chief Engineer.
He was also Chief Bridge Engineer, South Western Railway, Divisional Railway Manager, Hubballi-South Western Railway, Chief Safety Officer, Western Railway, Senior Deputy General Manager and Chief Vigilance Officer, East Central Railway.
Shri Mittal made exceptional contribution to the Indian Railway when he launched PSC girder of 800 MT by using novel technology in which tidal energy was used to transport and launch the girder at piers in construction of 2 bridges totalling 2 km in length across Vasai Creek near Mumbai.
Shri Mittal has considerable experience in the tunnelling technology. He has visited at least 20 countries on various occasions for training etc., which also included subjects like High Speed and Heavy Haul Technologies.
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Date: September 20, 2019
This press release is issued by Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai.
