Vikas Chaube assumes charge as Director of NHSRCL

NEW DELHI : Shri Vikas Chaube assumes charge as Director on 24th July 2024 at National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd(NHSRCL). He is an IRTS officer of 1996 batch. Before assuming this charge, Shri Chaube was Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Malda Division/Eastern Railway.

Shri Chaube holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Roorkee and an M.Tech from IIT Delhi. He also holds a post graduate diploma in Financial management and has extensive experience in freight and passenger train operations, infrastructure planning, commercial functions, and general administration. He has served in various positions in the divisions and headquarters of Northern Railway, as well as the Railway Board.

As the Sr. DOM of the Lucknow division, he played a key role in designing the yard plans for many important stations, including Varanasi. He has also served as the Chief Freight Transportation Manager of Northern Railway, CCM Station Development, and Chief Project Manager Systems/FOIS.

As Joint Secretary of Rail Logistics Coordination in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, Sh. Chaube was the nodal officer from the Logistics Division for PM GatiShakti during its launch and for the formulation of the recently launched National Logistics Policy.

He has undergone training in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Vadodara, and Nagpur. Additionally, he has been a visiting faculty member at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and the Indian Railway Institute of Transportation Management (IRITM).

An avid sportsman, he has played tennis and cricket at the university level.