Title - New DRM assumes office

Pradeep Kumar assumed office as Divisional Railway Manager, Vijayawada Division, on Wednesday. He belongs to the Indian Railways Service of Signal Engineers of 1981 batch.He joined the Indian Railways as a probationary officer in Northern Railway in March 1983.He began his carrier as Assistant Signal & Telecom Engineer at Railway Electrification Project/Kota. He also worked in Senior Scale and Junior Administrative Grade in Northern Railway and Railway Board in various capacities.He served as Senior Administrative Grade officer in South Eastern Railway and at the RailTel Corporation of India Ltd. on deputation.Some of the important assignments handled by him include Deputy Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer/Microwave in Northern Railway, Director/Telecom in Railway Board, Executive Director in RailTel, and Chief Communication Engineer in South Eastern Railway.Prior to joining as DRM/Vijayawada he was working at Railway Board as Executive Director/Signal Projects, with responsibility of monitoring major signalling projects on Indian Railways.