Anil Kumar Lahoti is an IRMS (Indian Railway Management Services) officer and assumed the post of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways on January 1, 2023. Prior to this, Lahoti served as Member (Infrastructure) of the Railway Board.
Wiki/Biography
Anil Kumar Lahoti was born on Tuesday, August 20, 1963 (age 59 years; as of 2022) from Gunakusmodha, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Leo. He was educated at Government High School, Guna, Madhya Pradesh. He pursued his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (1978-1983). In 1984, he passed the IES examination and chose Indian Service of Railways Engineers (IRSE), a government service for civil engineers. He received his MSc in Structural Engineering from IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand (1984-1986). He has also been trained in strategic management and leadership courses at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA, Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy, and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He has studied station development and commercial developments on railway land in Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, Germany and Switzerland. He also visited many countries on the development of track technology and track maintenance machinery.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
Anil Kumar Lahoti (centre) at Indore railway station
family
Parents and siblings
His father’s name was RL Lahoti (late).
wife and children
On February 15, 1988, Anil Kumar Lahoti married Menu Lahoti, who works at Daly College, Indore. His son Pravek Lahoti works as a product manager at Zilingo Shopping.
Anil Kumar Lahoti and his wife
Anil Kumar Lahoti with son, daughter-in-law and wife
Profession
Anil Kumar Lahoti is a senior railway officer of the 1984 batch of the Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) and has been selected to the 17th grade panel of the Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS). During his long railway career he held various positions with Central, Northern, North Central, Western and Central Western Railways and the Railway Board. From February 2005 to November 2009, he served as Chief Engineer (Construction) with the New Delhi-based Northern Railway. From November 2009 to February 2015, he served as Executive Director, Track (Mechanical), Indian Railways. In February 2015, he again started working with Northern Railways as Regional Railway Manager, Lucknow. In April 2017, he was promoted to Chief Bridge Engineer and was stationed in New Delhi. In June 2017, he was appointed as the Executive Director of the Civil Engineering (Planning) Department of the Ministry of Railways; he worked there until October 2018. He served as Chief Chief Engineer at North Central Railway in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (November 2018 to March 2019). Lahoti, who also serves as the Lucknow zone railway manager of Northern Railway, has taken several initiatives to improve freight movement on the Lucknow-Varanasi-DDU route as part of the congested Ghaziabad-Prayagraj-DDU route. alternative plan. From March 2019 to July 2021, he served as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Northern Railway, New Delhi.
Anil Kumar Lahoti working in his office
He started working as General Manager with Mumbai Central Railway in July 2021. During his tenure with Central Railways, he made huge strides in the execution and commissioning of infrastructure projects and launched the much-awaited Lines 5 and 6 between Diva and Thane in Mumbai. The Ministry of Railways praised Lahoti for achieving the highest ever freight and parcel traffic in terms of tonnage and revenue, including the highest number of Kissan Rails operated during his tenure as managing director. He is also credited with solving the thorny problem of expanding air-conditioning services in Mumbai’s suburbs. In January 2022, while serving as General Manager of Central Railway, he inaugurated the Busawar Operating Room in Busawar, Maharashtra.
Anil Kumar Lahoti inaugurated Bhusawal Running Room in Bhusawal, Maharashtra in January 2022
In February 2022, he also served as General Manager of Western Railway Company. He will take over as a member of the Railway Infrastructure Committee on December 17, 2022. On January 1, 2023, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Commission of the Ministry of Railways.
Signature/Autograph
Anil Kumar Lahoti’s signature
salary
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board, Anil Kumar Lahoti is entitled to the pay scale prescribed in the 7th CPC – Rs. 2,25,000 per month.
Assets and property
real estate
- Agricultural land in Gunakusmodhar, Madhya Pradesh: Rs. 32,00,000
- House in Gunanayapura, Madhya Pradesh: Rs. 30,00,000
- A plot of land at Guna Gurudwara Road, Madhya Pradesh: Rs. 5,71,428
- Building constructed on the said plot: Rs. 8,57,142
- Sigma IV Greater Noida, GautamBuddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh: Rs. 29,91,000
Note: The real estate estimates given are as of 2013 and include his share of assets owned by the Hindu Undivided Family. This included assets owned by his wife. He also earns an annual income of Rs. 1,34,000 (approximately) from his estate.
Anil Kumar Lahoti’s real estate declaration as of 2013
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education