Anil Kumar Lahoti (Indian Civil Servant) Biography

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Anil Kumar Lahoti is an Indian Railways officer from the 1984 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers.
He has held senior leadership roles in Indian Railways, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Board and Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
He is a retired IRSE officer (1984 batch) who served as the Chairman & CEO of the Railway Board from January 2023 until his appointment to TRAI in January 2024.
He is a retired IRSE officer (1984 batch) who served as the Chairman & CEO of the Railway Board from 1 January 2023 until 31 August 2023, after which he was appointed to TRAI in January 2024.

School	Government Higher Secondary School, Guna, Madhya Pradesh
College/University	Madhav Institute of Technology & Science in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (1978-1983) IIT Roorkee, University of Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Educational Qualification	B. E. in Civil Engineering at Madhav Institute of Technology & Science in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh (1978-1983) M. E. in Structural Engineering at the IIT Roorkee, University of Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Training	Strategic Management and Leadership programmes at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA Strategic Management and Leadership programmes at Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy Strategic Management and Leadership programmes at Indian School of Business in Hyderabad

Marital Status

Marriage Date

15/02/1988

Family

Wife

Menu Lahoti (worked at Daly College, Indore)

Children

Pravek Lahoti (works as a Product Manager at Zilingo Shopping)

Parents

Father	R. L. Lahoti (deceased)
Mother	Kanchan Devi Lahoti (deceased)

Brother

Justice R.C. Lahoti (former Chief Justice of India, deceased)

Indian Railway Management Service

Batch

1984

Positions Held

Chief Engineer (Construction), Northern Railway, headquartered in New Delhi (February 2005 - November 2009)
Executive Director Track (Machines), the Indian Railways (November 2009 - February 2015)
Officer on Special Duty to Member Engineering, Railway Board
Divisional Railway Manager, Northern Railway, Lucknow (February 2015 - April 2017)
Chief Bridge Engineer, Northern Railway, headquartered in New Delhi (April 2017 - May 2017)
Executive Director Civil Engineering (Planning), Ministry of Railways, India, in New Delhi (June 2017 - October 2018)
Principal Chief Engineer, North Central Railway, Prayagraj (November 2018 - March 2019)
Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Northern Railway (March 2019 - July 2021)
General Manager, Central Railway (July 2021 - December 2022)
General Manager, Western Railway (additional charge) (February 2022 - December 2022)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways (1 January 2023 - Present)
Member (Infrastructure) of the Railway Board (prior to January 2023)

Other Appointments

One-Man Expert Committee for improvement in inspection and maintenance of track, Ministry of Railway (post-retirement from Railway Board)
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Gati Shakti Vishvavidyalaya, Vadodara (December 2023)
Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) (January 2024 - Present)

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1. Anil Kumar Lahoti is an IRMS officer appointed as the Chairman & CEO of the Railway Board on 1 January 2023.
2. He passed the IES Exam in 1984 after earning his B. E. degree and selected the IRSE.
3. Lahoti has undergone training at different global institutes.
4. Throughout his career, he has been involved in various infrastructure projects.
5. He is credited with the planning and construction of the Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi and the Ajmeri Gate side station building of New Delhi station.
6. During his tenure as General Manager of Central Railway and Western Railways, he oversaw significant increases in freight and parcel traffic, leading to unprecedented revenue generation.
7. He implemented initiatives aimed at enhancing revenue streams through non-fare opportunities, scrap sales, and rigorous ticket-checking drives.
8. He secured a gold medal in B.E. Civil Engineering from Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior.
9. Anil Kumar Lahoti is an IRSE officer appointed as the Chairman & CEO of the Railway Board on 1 January 2023.