Shri Vineet Kumar Srivastava, an officer of the 1993 batch of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), has taken over the charge as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Western Railway o­n 22^nd September, 2026.

According to a press release issued by Shri Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway, Shri Srivastava is a senior railway officer with over three decades of experience in various facets of railway working, including railway engineering, construction, project execution and administration.

During his career, Shri Srivastava has held several important assignments o­n Indian Railways. He has the experience of serving as Divisional Railway Manager, Varanasi Division of North Eastern Railway. Thereafter, he held important positions o­n North Central Railway at Prayagraj, including Chief Engineer/General, Chief Project Director and, most recently, Senior Deputy General Manager.

Shri Srivastava joined Indian Railways in January 1995. He holds B.E. and M.Tech degrees and has wide-ranging experience in railway engineering.

As Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), Western Railway, Shri Srivastava will head Western Railway's Construction Department and oversee the planning and execution of various infrastructure and capacity augmentation works being undertaken across the zone.

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