Shri S S Gupta, PCOM, Central Railway joined as Permanent Invitee on the Board of Company w.e.f. 11/10/2023.
He has taken over as the Principal Chief Operations Manager, Central Railway on 05.09.2023. He is a 1992 batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, has an extensive experience in various aspects of Railway operations having worked on Western Railway, South East Central Railway, Northern Railway and Central Railway in various capacities including Chief Freight Transportation Manager, Central Railway, Chief Passenger Transportation Manager, Central & Western Railway, Chief Commercial Manager (Freight Marketing) & Chief Transportation Planning Manager, Central Railway, Chief Public Relations Officer, Western Railway. He has also worked as Chief Transportation Manager (Petroleum), Central Railway (Western Region), Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager, South Eastern Railway, Kolkata.
In his distinguished career he has also worked as Divisional Railway Manager of Raipur Division of South East Central Railway. In his illustrious career, Shri Shyam Sunder Gupta has attended various seminars and training programmes including Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD Singapore & ICLIF, Malaysia.
Shri Gupta, having an in-depth understanding of Logistics and Transportation systems in India has been awarded the prestigious Railway Minister Award in the year 2001, General Manager's Award in 2010 and a gold medalist for Best Participant in 32nd Advance Management programme given by National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara.
Prior to assuming his current role as Principal Chief Operations Manager for Central Railway, he has served as Chief Administrative Officer (Systems) for Northern Railway.