Vivek Sahai is a transportation and management expert in India. He is a 1973 batch
Indian Railway Traffic Service officer. He was appointed as
Chairman Railway Board from 01-06-2010 to 30-06-2011 and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. Additionally, he was the chairman at Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited, and served on the National Transport Development Policy Committee for the Government of India. In the past, he served as a Director of Coal India Limited from July 9, 2007, to August 20, 2008, and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd until July 26, 2011. He has also served as Director at Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited.
He is particularly lauded for handling the Railways response to the Mumbai serial blasts in 2006
After retirement, he was recalled in 2013 to serve as an adviser to the railway minister to help steer large projects.
Sahai is a distinguished fellow at the
Observer Research Foundation
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is an independent global think tank based in Delhi, India. The foundation has three centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. ORF provides potentially viable inputs for policy and decision-makers in the Indian ...
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian Railways officers
Chairpersons of the Railway Board
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