Hari Shankar Verma, took charge as Divisional Railway Manager of Salem Division here on Tuesday.
He is the fifth Divisional Railway Manager of Salem Division. Shubranshu, the outgoing DRM, handed over the charge to Mr. Verma at a brief function at the DRM’s office.
Belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS), Mr. Verma joined Indian Railway Service in 1987. He worked in various capacities at Western Railway and Central Railway.
He has spent almost all his career in Operations Branch as Divisional Operations Manager and Senior Divisional Operations Manager in Bhopal Division.
During his tenure therein, the first ever ISO certification for the Habibganj Railway Station, Bhopal Control Room and Habibganj-Nizamuddin Express was awarded by the Quality Certification experts.
He has also been the Principal of Zonal Training Centre (ZTC), Bhusawal, where he was instrumental for getting ISO Certification for the ZTC, for the first time in Indian Railways.
He has also been the Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Mumbai, Central Railway and brought out improvement in punctuality of Mumbai Suburban trains operation.
He has, for the first time in Indian Railways, established private freight terminal at Nagpur in his capacity as Chief Commercial Manager, Central Railway.
During his last tenure as Chief Passenger Transportation Manager, Central Railway, he has permanently augmented 238 coaches to daily trains and extended the locos to reduce the lie over periods, thus enabling running of more services to long distances.
