RailTel Corporation of India Limited, an Indian public sector enterprise focusing on providing broadband and VPN services, announced the appointment of Aruna Singh as Chairman cum Managing Director of the company, with effect from May 11, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “Further, the Ministry of Railways, Govt. of lndia vide Letter no. 2017/E(O)II/40/6 dated 06/05/2022 has decided that the additional charge of the post of CMD of RailTel Corporation of India Limited may be entrusted to Smt. Aruna Singh, IRSSE, Additional Member/Telecom, Railway Board in addition to her own, w.e.f. 11/05/2022 and until further orders. Thus, Smt. Aruna Singh (DIN:09602957), would be the CMD on the Board of the Company w.e.f. 11/05/2022.”
Aruna Singh is an IRSSE officer (batch of 1985). She has over 35 years of experience in Indian Railways. Prior to joining RailTel, she has held many important assignments in different zones & wings of Indian Railways like Chief Workshop Manager (CWM), Ghaziabad; Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Hyderabad Division,_ South Central Railway; Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer (CSTE)/(Project) & Chief Communication Engineer, Northern Railway; Principal Chief Safety Officer, North Western Railway; Additional General Manager (AGM)/North Western Railway & Executive Director (ED)/Railway Electrification /(S& T) in Railway Board, etc.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi and Diploma in Public Policy from IIPA, New Delhi. She has also undergone training programmes/Courses in India & Abroad during her career which includes professional courses from Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, (IRISET) Secunderabad, Strategic Management courses from Shanghai and Paris and Management Strategies course from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
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