ACC appoints Vinay Kumar Tripathi as new Chairman & CEO of Railway Board

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Vinay Kumar Tripathi, General Manager, North Eastern Railway to the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Railway Board, New Delhi.

Currently Tripathi serves as the General Manager, North Eastern Railway. He will replace Suneet Sharma, a 1982 batch IRSME officer. Tripathi  is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer from 1983 batch.

He has been appointed for a period of 6 months from January 01, 2022, and has been granted a six-month extension as well, upto December 2022.