Summary:

• Jaya Verma Sinha has been appointed as the Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board, becoming the first woman to hold this position.
• She will replace Anil Kumar Lahoti and assume office on September 1, 2023.
• Sinha is a 1988 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service officer and currently serves as Member (Operations and Business Development), Railway Board.
• Indian Railways has received a record budgetary allocation of Rs 2.74 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2023-24.

Jaya Sinha First woman who become a Chairman of Railway Board: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Jaya Verma Sinha as the Chairman and CEO of the Railway Board. Sinha will replace Anil Kumar Lahoti as the new Chairman and CEO (Railway Board) and will assume office today, September 1, 2023. She is also the first woman chairperson of the Railway Board. Vijayalakshmi Vishwanathan was the first woman member of the Railway Board.

1988 batch Railway Traffic Service officer A 1988 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service officer, Sinha is currently working as Member (Operations and Business Development), Railway Board.

She will take charge of the board at a time when the Indian Railways has received a record budgetary allocation from the central government. A capital outlay of Rs 2.74 lakh crore has been allocated to Indian Railways in the Union Budget 2023-24. This is the highest ever allocation made to the national transporter. A gross budgetary allocation of Rs 1.37 lakh crore was made for the Railways in the financial year 2022-23.

Jaya Verma, the first woman president of the Railway Board, is from Sangam Nagri.

Jaya Verma Sinha had a deep connection with the city of Sangam. He was born in Prayagraj itself. He did his schooling, graduation and post-graduation from Prayagraj itself. His father BB Verma was a class one officer in the CAG office. Similarly, his elder brother Jaideep Verma was also a class one officer in UP Roadways. After retirement, he is currently living with his family in Lucknow. Born in Prayagraj, Jaya’s ancestral residence is in Baghambari Housing Scheme located in Allapur. Jaya, who was brilliant since childhood, did her schooling from St. Mary’s Convent Inter College. After that he did B.Sc (PCM) from Allahabad University. He also did his post graduation from Allahabad University. From here he did his Masters in Psychology.

Started job from Kanpur Central

Jaya Verma became the Assistant Commercial Manager (ACM) at Kanpur Central Station in 1990 after training. The special thing is that during his tenure of one and a half years, the employees never had to agitate. JB Singh, who was the Chief Operating Supervisor (COS) at Central at that time, was also a union leader. They tell that Jaya Verma used to listen to the problems of every employee. She also provided solutions to them as far as possible. Because of this, those people never had any need to agitate.