Shri Ashesh Agrawal takes over as new General Manager of Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

Shri Ashesh Agrawal has joined as General Manager Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala o­n 26.10.2021. Prior to this, he was working as Adviser/ Environment & Housekeeping Management in the Railway Board.

  • After his schooling in Mumbai, he studied in IIT/Mumbai for o­ne year but meanwhile he was selected by UPSC in the SCRA Exam and joined at Jamalpur in 1982.
  • He has worked in many important posts including Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME) Western Railway and Divisional Rail Manager /Secunderabad (Secunderabad is o­ne of the biggest divisions of Indian Railways), three tenures in Railway Board, Chief Workshop Manager/Jhansi Workshop (biggest wagon workshop of Indian Railways). He has also worked as Director (Policy) of Food & Public Distribution in Government of India.
  • Shri Ashesh Agrawal is highly educated having degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics & Communication degree as well as a MBA degree.
  • He has attended short term Management Training in the U.K.,Italy and U.S.A as well as in Anti Corruption Academy, Luxemburg, Austria.
  • He has special interest in Total Quality Management and Sports & Cultural activities.
  • It Is to be noted that Shri V M Srivastava, General Manager, Modern Coach Factory, Rai bareilly was looking after GM of RCF after the transfer of Shri Ravinder Gupta as Director General/Safety at Railway Board, New Delhi.

Source: Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala-Press Release