Shri V. Rama Manohara Rao appointed as new Director – Finance at RailTel

Shri V. Rama Manohara Rao, IRAS, has taken charge as the Director-Finance of RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a Miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways.

More details:

  • A civil services officer of 1998 batch of Indian Railway Accounts Service, Shri Rao carries rich experience in Infrastructure financing, policy formulation, budgeting and administrative fields across sectors of Rail Transport and Urban Development.
  • He has done Post Graduate Public Policy and Management Programme from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse USA., and holds M.Sc. in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, AP.
  • He held leadership positions in the Ministry of Railways., Government of India and in the Government of Andhra Pradesh on deputation. He has experience of serving as Senior Divisional Finance Manager in three Railway Divisions and as Director Finance in Railway Board, Ministry of Railways dealing with Union rail budget.
  • On deputation to Government of Andhra Pradesh, he served as Special Commissioner and Group Director Finance in AP Capital Region Development Authority and as the Secretary Municipal Administration and Urban Development in Government of AP.
  • He has also served as Government nominated Director in both central and state government Public Sector Enterprises.
  • Mr. Rao has attended various leadership and training programs in the United States (Maxwell School of Public Policy, Syracuse), Japan (JICA) and London (ESCP).

About RailTel:

  • RailTel, a “Mini Ratna (Category-I)” Central Public Sector Enterprise under Ministry of Railways, is one of the largest neutral telecom infrastructure & ICT Solutions & Services providers in the country, owning a Pan-India optic fiber network covering several towns & cities and rural areas of the country.
  • Along with a strong and reliable network of 61000+ RKM of Optic fibre, RailTel has two MeitY empaneled tier III data centers as well. With its Pan India high-capacity network, RailTel is working towards creating a knowledge society at various fronts and has been selected for implementation of various missionmode projects for the Government of India in the telecom field.
  • RailTel offers a bundle of services like, MPLS VPN, Telepresence, leased line, Tower Co-location, Data center services etc.
  • RailTel is also working with the Indian Railways to transform railway stations into digital hubs by providing public Wi-Fi at railway stations across the country and 6105+ stations are live with RailTel’s RailWire Wi-Fi.

Source: RailTel- Press Release

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