Govt appoints Jaya Verma Sinha as first woman CEO, chairperson of Railway Board

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• Aug 31, 2023 | Poonam Nath

Jaya Varma Sinha's appointment will be effective from September 1 till her retirement...

Digital Desk: On March 31, the Secretariat of the Cabinet Appointments Committee announced the appointment of Jaya Verma Sinha as the first woman CEO and chairwoman of the Railway Board. 

Jaya Varma Sinha's appointment will be effective from September 1 till the end of her tenure. Sinha, who is now a Member (Operations and Business Development) on the Railway Board, will succeed Anil Kumar Lahoti.

As per the notice served, it is stated that "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Smt. 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."

Sinha was recently at the centre of the railways' media interactions when, as a (Member of operations and Business Development), she described the complex signalling system in the aftermath of the horrific Balasore accident, which killed nearly 300 people.

Sinha, an Allahabad University Alumnus, joined the Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1988 and has worked on the Northern Railway, the South-East Railway, and the Eastern Railway.

She also served four years as a Railway Advisor at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh. During her time in Bangladesh, the Maitree Express from Kolkata to Dhaka was opened. She was also the Divisional Railway Manager for the Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division.