Management Board

Mr. Satish Agnihotri has taken over as Managing Director of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited on 27.01.2010. Mr. Satish Agnihotri, M.E. (Structures) and B.E. (Civil) from IIT, Roorkee, joined the Indian Railway Service of Engineers in 1984. Before joining as Managing Director of RVNL on 27.01.2010 he was working as Director (Projects) of the company since 4th July 2007. Before 4th July 2007, he headed the Metro Project Directorate of Ministry of Railways dealing with upcoming metro lines in metropolitan cities. While working as OSD to Member Engineering, he was involved in laying down the policies, standards, planning, implementation and monitoring of infrastructure projects all over Indian Railways. As Executive Director (Corporate Coordination) & OSD/Chairman Railway Board, he was engaged in substantive decision making in the Ministry of Railways. In his career, spanning over 24 years, he worked on important projects including construction of a double line bridge over river Ganga, doubling of tracks, major yard remodelings, etc. He worked on the Rajdhani Route of Allahabad Division, the most prestigious track on Indian Railways, as Maintenance Engineer progressively as Assistant Engineer, Divisional & Senior Divisional Engineer. He was largely responsible for raising the speed potential of Rajdhani route from 130 to 160/180 KMPH by upgrading the track geometry and strengthening of track. He was also deputed to Japan for undergoing training in Tunnel and Tunneling organized by Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA). Through UNDP, he was deputed to Germany, France and Austria for extensive training on maintenance of high speed track and upkeep of track machines. While working as Executive Director/Track Machine, he visited Germany, France, Italy and Russia as the team leader for development of high output track machines. Along with Chairman, Railway Board, he attended the Conference of Chief Executives of world railways in Japan, organized by UIC.
Mr. Agnihotri has also keen interest in sports and was adjudged as best in sport and studies amongst all branches of Engineering at IIT, Roorkee and was awarded Sarojini Naidu Cup for Work and Play.

Mr. Harish Chandra, Member of Indian Railway Accounts Services from 1979 Civil Services Examination Batch, has assumed the charge of the post of Director(Finance) of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, New Delhi on 11th March, 2005.
Shri Harish Chandra is a Science graduate and holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Delhi. He has held various positions in Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway, Central Organization for Modernisation of Workshops (COFMOW) and Railway Board. In Railway Board, he was associated with Rolling Stock procurement for Indian Railways and has dealt with major international contracts for procurement of locomotives, coaches, etc.

Shri Harish Chandra has held the positions of FA&CAO in Construction Organization on Northern Railway and COFMOW. He was closely associated with construction of Ryagada-Koraput line on South Eastern Railway. As a part of Post Graduate Programme in Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi he has worked on “Investment Decision Making in Indian Railways” and has submitted a dissertation on the subject. Prior to joining RVNL, Shri Harish Chandra was holding the position of Group General Manager (Finance) in Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR).

Smt Gita Mishra, an officer of 1982 batch of Indian Railway Personnel Service has taken over as Director (Personnel) of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited on 13th October, 2008. She is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and also holds an Advance Diploma in Russian Language from Delhi University. She has held various responsible positions in Indian Railways including in-charge of Personnel and Establishment Department of Moradabad and Lucknow Division, Northern Railway, in-charge of Electronic Data and Processing Centre, Lucknow Division/ Northern Railway, Dy Director Senior, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Department of Personnel & Training, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, Chief Personnel Officer/ Administration , South Eastern Railway, Kolkata, West Bengal. She has got the expertise of handling issues relating to human resources of the largest organization in India. Before joining Rail Vikas Nigam Limited as Director (Personnel), she was working as Executive Director Establishment (Non Gazetted)/ Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, New Delhi where she was associated with policy making on personnel maters. Smt. Mishra has participated in various national and international trainings and seminars on Personnel Management, Quality Management and Safety in Rail operations in India, London, Senegal, Canada etc.