Lucknow: G V L Satya Kumar, a 1991-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), assumed charge as director general of the Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Lucknow, on Friday. He will also hold additional charge as managing director of the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) under the ministry of railways.An alumnus of IIT Madras, Satya Kumar completed his BTech in electronics and communication engineering in 1990. He also holds an MBA from the University of Melbourne, Australia.With over three decades of experience, Satya Kumar has held key positions in railway operations, administration, marketing, safety, strategic planning and digital transformation.He served as head of operations in Waltair and Palghat railway divisions and held the positions of vice-chairman and chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust.He also headed marketing and safety functions at the zonal headquarters of Central and Southern Railways.At the Railway Board, he served as executive director (strategy, planning and implementation) and director (accounting reforms). He subsequently worked as divisional railway manager of Mumbai division before taking charge as managing director of CRIS.Satya Kumar has been associated with several initiatives aimed at digitising railway operations and improving administrative efficiency.
