Tripathi appointed chairman and CEO of Railway Board

The government has appointed  Vinay Kumar Tripathi as chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board. He is currently working as the general manager of North-Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur. Tripathi did his B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) from Roorkee and joined the railways through the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) batch of 1983. His first posting was as an assistant electrical engineer for the Northern Railway. Tripathi also played a key role in commissioning of state of the art three-phase locomotives and their indigenisation, which are now the work horses of the Indian Railways.  He replaces Suneet Sharma, a 1982 batch IRSME officer.

Virendra Singh Pathania took charge as the Director-General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).  Pathania replaced K Natarajan, who served as the Chief of the ICG from July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021.He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and National Defence College, New Delhi, the ICG's statement said. He is a qualified helicopter pilot and holds a Master's Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from the University of Madras.