Pradeep Kumar takes over as Member (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board

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New Delhi : Pradeep Kumar took over as Member (Signal & Telecom), Railway Board, and ex-officio Secretary to Government of India on October 11, 2019. Prior to this, Pradeep Kumar worked as Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR). He is an Officer of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineer (IRSSE) of 1981 batch.

Pradeep Kumar is Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication) and Master of Engineering (Communication Systems) from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) & Master of Business Administration (Marketing & Finance) from Southern Cross University, New South Wales, Australia, according to a PIB release.

He joined Northern Railway in 1983.  During the course of his illustrious career, Kumar has held several important executive and managerial positions on Indian Railways. He has served on Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway, South Central Railway, West Central Railway, Railway Electrification, Railway Board and RailTel Corporation of India Limited, New Delhi, besides serving as DG/NAIR, Vadodara.