SUDHIR KUMAR
Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways
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Mr. Sudhir Kumar belongs to 1985 Engineering Services Examination (ESE) batch of UPSC. He joined the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) in the year 1987.
Presently, he is the ‘Director General’ at National Academy of Indian Railways (Vadodara) since 1st January, 2023. As Director General, he is also the administrative head of all the 7 Centralized Training Institutes of Indian Railways.
During his long and illustrious career of more than 35 years, he has held several important positions on Indian Railways as well as outside Railways and made significant contribution in distinguished fields. The key responsibilities include Director General/IRISET, Addl. General Manager (East Coast Rly.), Divisional Railway Manager (Jabalpur, West Central Rly.), Executive Director/Signal Projects (Railway Board) etc.
He holds a graduation (B.E. in ECE) and post-graduation (M.Tech. in Computer Science) degrees from IIT Roorkee.He also holds PG Diploma in Public Administration and M.Phil in Social Sciences from IIPA New Delhi.
He has added advanced elements of learning to his knowledge portfolio while undergoing various specific training programmes in India as well as abroad. He has attended foreign training programs viz. Advance Strategic Management from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) and Executive Leadership Program from SDA Bocconi Business School (USA).
