Profile of Speakers

Mr. Rajiv Banga Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, IL&FS Rail Ltd

Mr. Rajiv Banga is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IL & FS Ltd.He has over

35 years of experience in various leadership positions of operational, general and senior

management. Currently, working as the MD & CEO of IL & FS Rail limited, he is responsible for

development, organisation and management of the Rapid Metro Rail in Gurgaon, Haryana. Mr.

Banga has extensive knowledge pertaining to infrastructure development projects in the PPP

format. He has a track record of timely execution of projects with focus on cost, safety and

quality. Mr. Banga holds degree in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and

Science, Pilani.

Mr. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee Consultant, RIS

Mr. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee, with twenty-two years of experience in journalism, is a Consulting

Editor for Business Standard. His areas of interest include public policy, especially regulatory

issues, finance and urban development. He is the author of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in

India: Myths and Realities. He has authored a study on the Land Acquisition Act, a project on

comparative land prices in India’s selected districts and its relation with industrialisation,

commissioned by GIZ, India, and TARI. He has previously contributed to other books,

including Media at Work in China and India: Discovering and Dissecting

(SAGE, 2015). Subhomoy studied economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce and at Delhi

School of Economics, both affiliated to the University of Delhi. He began his career as a civil

servant, joining the Indian Information Service through the civil services exam. He has

subsequently worked with The Economic Times and was until recently the deputy editor at The

Indian Express while writing for The Financial Express too. Presently, he is also a consultant with

Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS). He frequently appears

on television and radio on economic news programmes and has lectured in several universities in

India and abroad, on public policy.

Mr. Amit Bhatt Director for Integrated Transport, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Mr. Amit Bhatt is the Strategy Head, Integrated Urban Transport, EMBARQ India. He is based in

Delhi and provides vision and leadership to all transport initiatives across EMBARQ India,

managing relationships with partners and stakeholders. Amit leads the work around BRT projects

and city bus services in Surat, Indore, Jaipur and Bangalore; urban transport projects in Naya

Raipur; restructuring the auto-rickshaw sector in Rajkot; and developing a public bicycling

scheme in Jaipur. Amit is visiting faculty at the Department of Transport Planning, and the

Department of Urban Planning at the School or Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.

Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi Director General, RIS

Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi is Director General at the Research and Information System for

Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi-based autonomous Think-Tank. He was also a Global

Justice Fellow at the MacMillan Centre for International Affairs at Yale University. He works on

issues related to development cooperation policies and South-South cooperation. He has also

worked on trade and innovation linkages with special focus on WTO. Dr. Chaturvedi has served

as a Visiting Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and has also worked as

consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, World Bank, UN-ESCAP, UNESCO,

OECD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, IUCN, and to the Government of India’s Department of

Biotechnology and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, among other organizations.He has

authored two books and edited four books apart from publishing several research articles in

various prestigious journals.

Mr. Suchitto Das Additional General Manager, Eastern Railways

Mr. Suchitto Das took over as the Additional General Manager, Eastern Railway recently. Prior to

this, he was the Principal Chief Operations Manager of South Eastern Railway. He has also

worked as Principal Chief Operations Manager of Eastern Railway earlier.Das had joined Indian

Railway Traffic Service in 1985. He held many important positions in Eastern Railway, South

Eastern Railway, as well as Railway Board.He had worked as Chief Operations Manager, Eastern

Railway; Chief Commercial Manager, South Eastern Railway; Divisional Railway Manager,

Sealdah, Eastern Railway and Executive Director, Traffic Transport (Freight), Railway Board

among others

Dr. Priyadarshi Dash Research Associate, RIS

Dr. Priyadarshi Dash works as Research Associate (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at Research

and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. His research interests

broadly cover topics in international trade, blue economy, foreign exchange reserves and

macroeconomic issues affecting developing countries. He has worked on various issues in

regional economic cooperation relating to South Asia, Indian Ocean Rim Association, BRICS and

ASEAN. He has published a number of papers in peer-reviewed national and international

journals and presented papers in conferences. He holds M.A in Economics from Utkal University,

Bhubaneswar, and M.Phil in Planning & Development and PhD in Economics from Indian

Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. He was Visiting Fellow at Korea Institute for Industrial

Economics and Trade (KIET), Seoul during October 15-December 31, 2012 under the Asia

Development Fellowship by the Asia Foundation. He is in the editorial board of Advances in

Economics and Business and Journal of Studies in Social Dynamics and Change. He is also a

member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Mr. Smaran Kumar Das Director of Planning (Retired), Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, Kolkata

Mr. Smaran Kumar Das has experience in Urban Transportation planning. He has been member

of Kolkatta Municipal Building Committee. Mr. Das is a Post Graduate in City Planning from the

Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur.

Mr. Rajiv Datt Sr. Advisor (RM & LVC), National Capital Region Transport Corporation, New Delhi

Mr. Rajiv Datt is Senior Adviser in National Capital Region Transport Corporation. Over the last

three and half decades Mr Datt has had significant exposure to the Infrastructure and Finance

sectors in India. The exposure encompasses policy formulation, detailing and implementation on

the ground. Besides extensive experience in core infrastructure (Railways and Electricity sector),

Mr Datt has also spent considerable time in the Social Infrastructure sector (Employees State

Insurance Corporation) and the Financial sector (Indian Railway Finance Corporation). From

2011 to 2016 he was Managing Director of the Indian Railway Finance Corporation, the market

borrowing arm of the Indian Railways. Presently he is Senior Advisor with National Capital

Region Transport Corporation, a joint venture of Government of India (Ministry of Housing and

Urban Affairs) and four provincial governments. The company has been mandated to build and

operate a rail based Regional Rapid Transit system in the National Capital Region which extends

across four provinces around the capital city of New Delhi. Mr Datt is responsible for resource

mobilisation, land value capture and non-fare box revenue sources.

Mr. Govindraj Ethiraj Television and Print Journalist and Former Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India

Mr. Govindraj Ethiraj is a television & print journalist and most recently founder of fact-checking

news site BOOM (www.boomlive.in). He is also the founder & managing trustee of the award-

winning www.indiaspend.org&www.factchecker.in, twin public interest journalism efforts that

use data to tell stories. He also anchors seasonal shows on Indian news television – the most

recent one being the weekly `Policy Watch’ on public service broadcaster Rajya Sabha or RSTV

apart from regular columns in newspapers and news sites. Previously, he was Founder-Editor in

Chief of Bloomberg TV India, a 24-hours business news service launched out of Mumbai in 2008

and a partnership between Bloomberg LLP and the UTV Group in India. Prior to setting up

Bloomberg TV, he worked with Business Standard newspaper as Editor (New Media) with a

specific mandate of integrating the newspaper’s news operations with its digital or web platform.

He has been a career business journalist who has reported and written on Indian business for the

last 24 years. He is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, Colorado and a winner of the BMW

Foundation Responsible Leaders Award 2014.

Prof. Sanjay Gupta School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi

Prof. Sanjay Gupta is presently serving as Professor, Department of Transport Planning at SPA.

He has nearly 26 years of experience in the field of urban and regional transport planning

handling a wide variety of consultancy and research assignments. He areas of interests include

urban transport planning, public transport planning, freight logistics & distribution, transport

demand modelling, land use transport planning, mobility issues particularly of transport

disadvantaged and transport policy aspects. He has nearly 55 papers to his credit published in

various journals and conference proceedings and has supervised nearly 60 Masters degree thesis

to date. Presently he is also supervising two PhD research scholars at SPA. He has been actively

associated with several leading professional institutes inIndiasuch as Institute of Urban Transport,

Institute of Town Planners, Indian Roads Congress, and Institute of Rail Transport etc. In addition

he is also a member of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (U.K), Transport Planning

Society (U.K), International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) and World

Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR). He also is on several committees of

the local and central government related to policy matters on urban transport development in

India.Sanjay Gupta holds a PhD and Master’sDegree in Transport Planning from the School of

Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, India.

Mr.Mahendra Jain

Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited

Mr. Mahendra Jain is Additional Chief Secretary in Urban Development Department,

Government of Karnataka and Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Mr

Jain is an IAS office of 1985 batch. He holds Masters in Public Management from Harvard &

NUS (Singapore) and he is alumni of IIM, Ahmedabad.

Mr. Sanjay Jhunjhunwala Chairman, ASSOCHAM Eastern Region

Mr. Sanjay Jhunjhunwala is Chairman of ASSOCHAM Eastern Region and Chairman of Mani

Group, a leading real estate group of the Eastern India. He has more than 3 decades of experience

in Infrastructure domain. The group has active interest in infrastructure, Health Care, Education,

Hotel Industry. He is a visionary who is leading the group with a vision to make a positive

difference in the lives of people. The group has the mission of creating exceptional high-quality

residential, commercial, hospitality, healthcare and education infrastructure that provides holistic

solutions to people's needs while upholding the highest standards of trust, integrity, service and

corporate social responsibility.Under his leadership ASSOCHAM Eastern Region has taken up

several initiatives for the industry in the region. As an Industry leader he has been bestowed with

several accolades and is known for his leadership qualities, business skills and philanthropic work.

Ms. Perminder Jeet Kaur Director East and North East, ASSOCHAM India

At helm of the affairs as Director for Eastern Region for ASSOCHAM the apex Chamber of India,

Ms. Perminder Jeet Kaur, is leading the team successfully on several initiatives of development

and growth and has been instrumental in developing recommendations across sectors to

Governments in the East and North East of India.She is also chairperson of Women Entrepreneurs

Group, a north east based voluntary forum. Shed has been awarded by Women Economic Forum

as Exceptional Women of Excellence for her contribution to North East.She has 15 years of

experience with a track record in developing, driving and managing businesses and has to her

credit several initiatives – new partnerships, services to MSMEs, Leadership Development, start-

up initiatives. Perminder demonstrates knowledge and expertise on economic development

principles, regional economy, political environment, marketing and branding concepts, and the

opportunities and challenges to the growth and prosperity of large and small employers in the

region. She holds MBA degree in Marketing and Finance.

Mr. Kumar Keshav Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.

Mr. Kumar Keshav is Managing Director of Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation. Before joining

Lucknow metro Mr. Keshav was working in Australia on a rail project with a private company.

Prior to his engagement in Australia, he has worked as the Chief Engineer, Executive Director and

Director at the DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation). During his engagement he is credited with

Successful completion and commissioning including planning, design and execution of Inderlok /

Kirtinagar - Mundka Standard Gauge Corridor of Delhi Metro Phase-II. He has been prime

consultant to Metro projects in the city of Chennai, Kolkata & Kochi and team Leader for studies

& preparation of Detailed Project Report for Delhi Metro Phase – III. Before joining Delhi metro

Mr. Keshav has spend 18 years in Indian railways in various capacities. Mr. Keshav holds

Bachelor of engineering degree from University of Roorkee and M.Tech degree from IIT, Kanpur.

Mr.Pradeep Singh Kharola Chairman and Managing Director, Air India Limited

Mr. Pradeep Singh Kharola is Chairman and Managing Director of Air India Ltd. He brings with

him an extensive and rich experience of 30 years holding key portfolios in Urban Governance,

Urban Public Transport and Policy making. As Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Rail

Corporation he has played a key role in kick starting Bengaluru Metro.As a Joint Secretary of

National Administrative Reforms Commission he aided in the formulation of governance reforms

in public administration. He has the distinction of turning around public transport undertaking,

Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), into profitability in 2000. Mr Kharola

was Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2012-13. He also led Karnataka

Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC). He is an IAS officer of

1985 batch.

Mr. Soon-sik Lee Senior Investment Operations Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Beijing

Mr. Soon-Sik Lee is Senior Transport Specialist at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Mr. Lee

has more than twenty years of civil engineering experience in large-scale transportation projects

that include light rails, heavy rails, major highways and bridges. He has extensive experience in

the management of major transportation projects from preliminary to final designs, construction,

and T&C. Mr. Lee has strong finance and operation background including project finance, cost

control, contract management, and operation management. He is associated with Asian

Infrastructure and Investment Bank since September, 2016. He holds Ph.D in civil engineering

from University of Michigan and MBA from Booth School of Business, University of Chicago.

Mr. Anjul Mehrotra

Associate Director-Strategy & Operations, KPMG Advisory Services Private Limited

Mr. Anjul Mehrotra is Associate Director at KPMG India. His work profile involves advising

government and corporate sector in the area of development economics, project finance and

providing implementation solutions for India’s urban and transportation infrastructure projects. He

works in a leadership role & has led various consulting and transaction advisory engagements in -

metro rail transit development, airport/aerotropolis, investment region development, city

regeneration schemes, tourism and sports stadium development. Some of his notable works

include financial structuring of Greenfield city development project in Dholera (Gujarat) and

Dadri (Uttar Pradesh). The project is being implemented by Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

Development Corporation. He successfully advised Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in developing a

strategic blueprint towards raising USD 2 Bn through non fare-box sources. He has recently

advised Government of Kerala on development of high speed railway transit and aviation related

projects. Besides, he is currently working as transaction advisor to the Government of West

Bengal for development of tourism projects across the state. He holds a Masters in International

Business degree from Delhi School of Economics.

Mr. Sabyasachi Mitra Deputy Country Director, Asian Development Bank

Mr. Sabyasachi Mitra is Deputy Country Director at Asian Development Bank, India. Earlier he

was Principal Economist in the South Asia Division and South Asia Regional Cooperation

Coordination Division of the Asian Development Bank. He is also leading ADB's initiative on

developing the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) in India. Prior to joining the South Asia

Department, he worked at ADB's Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI). He was

responsible for ADB’s research on local currency bond markets and worked on financial market

integration and regional cooperation issues. While at OREI, he was the task manager and a

contributing author for two flagship studies (a) Asia 2050- Realizing the Asian Century and (b)

Institutions for Regional Integration: Toward an Asian Economic Community.

Mr. P. R. K. Murthy Director (Projects) Metro, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)

Mr. P. R. K. Murthy serves as Director of Metro Projects at Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Development Authority (MMRDA).He is also Director of Mumbai Metro One Pvt.Ltd. He served

as Director of Infrastructure & Commercial Development at Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp. Ltd.

He has 25 years experience in the field of engineering, administration and project implementation.

His educational background includes B. Tech. (Civil), M. Tech (Transportation), FIE (C. Eng.).

Prof. Subrata Kumar Paul Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Prof. Subrata Kr. Paul is a PhD and an Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Town and

Regional Planning at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. His area

of research includes Transportation Planning, Discrete Transport Network Design, Architectural

Conservation and Climate Responsive Architecture.

Dr. Kumar Vinay Pratap Joint Secretary (Infrastructure, Policy & Finance), Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Dr. Kumar V. Pratap is Joint Secretary (Infrastructure, Policy, Finance, and Energy), Ministry of

Finance, Government of India. Earlier, he has worked with the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministries

of Finance and Urban Development, and Planning Commission (all at New Delhi), and the World

Bank and Embassy of India (both at Washington DC). He has lectured at the University of

Michigan (Ann Arbor), London School of Economics, Singapore Management University, Lee

Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore), Duke University (North Carolina), University of

Maryland (College Park), University of South Carolina (Columbia), World Bank (Washington

DC), Indian Institute of Management (IIM, Lucknow), IIM (Indore) and National Academy of

Administration (Mussoorie). He takes a series of ten lectures every year on 'Infrastructure and the

Private Sector at the Indian School of Business (Hyderabad and Mohali). He has been part of

many Government of India committees in the infrastructure sectors including the Task Force for

setting up a Road Regulator, and the chair of the Committee writing the Model Concession

Agreement for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Urban Water Supply sector. He is on the

Board of Directors of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, Indian Railway Finance

Corporation Limited, ONGC Videsh Limited and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (Beijing).

He has published with Oxford University Press, World Bank, University of Melbourne, Economic

and Political Weekly, and the popular press including Economic Times and Business Standard. He

has recently written a book entitled 'PPPs in Infrastructure - Managing the Challenges' that has

been published by Springer (Singapore) in January 2018. He is a recipient of University of

Melbourne's Emerging Leaders Fellowship, University of Maryland’s John J Sexton and Doctoral

Fellowships and a letter of appreciation from the Indian Prime Minister. He has a MBA from

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow (1987) and a PhD from University of Maryland,

College Park, USA (2011).

Ms. Bandana Preyashi Director (Multilateral Institutions), Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Ms. Bandana Preyashi is currently posted as Director, Multilateral Institutions Division in the

Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, Government India, where in she is

responsible for policy and project related matters of the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB). She has also worked on matters relating to other Multilateral

Development Banks including the Asian Development Bank(ADB) and African Development

Bank (AfDB) and bilateral development cooperation with Germany and France. She has

previously been District Collectors of Gaya, Bhagalpur and Siwan districts in Bihar and has

headed Corporations such as Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation, Women's

Development Corporation and Bihar State Beverages Corporation Ltd. Ms. Preyashi is an Indian

Administration Service officer of 2003 batch belonging to Bihar cadre.

Dr. M. Ramachandran Former Secretary, Urban Development, Government of India and

Former Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand

Dr. M. Ramachandran is former Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

and former Chief Secretary, Government of Uttrakhand. Dr.Ramachandran has handled several

national and international assignments; he held various positions in the state of Uttar Pradesh,

where he took new initiatives in bringing the administration and people closer and in structuring

the University system and Administration. Dr.Ramachandran took over as Secretary of the Urban

Development Ministry in Govt. of India in November 2006. During his tenure till June 2010, he

was steering the implementation of various infrastructure projects and reform measures under

JNNURM, the first national flagship program for India's urban sector, changing the urban fabric

of India and making the cities more efficient and liveable. Other major steps include the National

Urban Sanitation Policy, credit rating of cities, and introduction of BRTS in 10 cities and

preparation of the National sustainable Habitat Mission. He has authored six books and various

articles in national dailies. He is a recipient of Skoch Challenger Award for his remarkable

contribution to Urban Development and JNNURM. He is an Indian Administrative Service of

1972 batch. He holds Ph.D. and M. Phil. Degree in Economic Planning from the University of

Glasgow, UK.

Mr. T.B. Ramesh Chief General Manager (Finance), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited

Mr. T.B. Ramesh is the Chief General Manager (Finance) at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

He joined DMRC in December 2011 and his area of work includes finance Concurrence (from

estimate to Contracts finalization) relating to all Phase-III projects, construction contracts,

procurement of services and materials. He is also involved in raising of revenues through Property

Development activities. Before joining DMRC, Mr. Ramesh was associated with Indian Oil

Corporation for 25 years in various capacities. He was instrumental in implementation of e-payments

in IOC. Mr. Ramesh has expertise in the areas of budgeting, Detailed Feasibility Reports, Data

Compilation for Tariff Fixation, Finance concurrence, MIS etc. He is a Chartered Accountant and

Cost& Management accountant professional.

Mr. Rakesh Ranjan Adviser, NITI Aayog, New Delhi

Mr. Rakesh Ranjan is an Adviser in NITI Aayog, Government of India. He was part of the team

which finalized the strategy for efficient urbanization in the 12th

five year plan. Mr. Ranjan has

handled large number of MRTS projects including Delhi metro phase-III, Faridabad Metro,

Bengaluru Metro Phase-I &II, Nagpur Metro and bus funding under Urban Mission during his

tenure in erstwhile Planning Commission and subsequently in NitiAayog. He was also a member

of the Committee on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for recommending its

improved architecture and is a convener of the committee on Capacity Building and Urban

Planning. He has also worked in International Conference on Sustainable and Inclusive Urban

Development in India and as Director in Infrastructure Division (Highways and Power sector) in

erstwhile Planning Commission where creation of a suitable regulatory framework for attracting

private investment under PPP was the main focus. Prior to joining planning commission Mr.

Ranjan has spent 18 years in leadership position in Police. Mr. Ranjan is alumni of IIM

Ahmedabad.

Mr. H. K. Sahu

Financial Adviser, South Eastern Railways

MR. H. K. Sahu belongs to the Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), one of the organised

services of Govt. of India. He joined the service in 1991 and since then held many positions in South

Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway and Metro Railway with distinction. He also held for six years,

the position of General Manager/Finance in Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, one of the PSUs of Indian

Railway, which in Kolkata is executing 62 kilometres of Metro line. He is credited with implementing

an Oracle based complete ERP solution for Accounts working in South Eastern Railway which was

subsequently adopted for implementation all over Indian Railway through CRIS. He has also delivered

a number of lectures on the subject in National Academy of Indian Railway, Vadodora to the trainee

officers and posted officers. Presently, Mr. Sahu holds the position of Financial Adviser and Chief

Accounts Officer of South Eastern Railway and additional charge of Director Finance/KMRCL, which

is executing the East-West Metro Railway with twin tunnels going under the mighty river Hoogly

connecting two parts of Kolkata, a first in India.

Dr. Mangu Singh Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited

Dr. Mangu Singh is the Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation since 1 January 2012.

Mr.Singh was Deputy Chief Engineer, Kolkata Metro Railway (1989-1996) and received National

Award (Railway Week Award 1996) for his contribution in completing the Kolkata Metro Rail

Project. Mr. Singh joined DMRC since its inception in November 1997 as Chief Engineer/Chief

Project Manager and moved upwards to Executive Director and then Director (Works). He also

assisted other State Governments in developing metro systems in cities including Mumbai,

Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata East-West Line etc. Mr. Singh has also headed the

successful Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects of Delhi Metro, the only successful

projects in Railway Transportation. Mr. Singh is a member of many Technical Institutions and

president, Tunnelling Association of India. He is recipient of distinguished Alumni Award -

Global Meet IIT (Roorkee) 2007 and Engineer of the year award 2012 by IEI. He belongs to

Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).

Mr. Parashuram Singh

Managing Director, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited

Mr. Parashuram Singh is Managing Director ofKolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited.

Mr. Mukund Kumar Sinha OSD and Joint Secretary (Urban Transport), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India

Mr. Mukund Kumar Sinha took over the charge in the Ministry of Urban Development on 2nd

December 2013, as OSD and is the head of the rail and road based urban transport in India. He is

the nodal officer for national level planning of urban transport infrastructure, formulation of

economic policies related to funding, creation and operation of urban transport infrastructure. He

is actively involved in selection and appraisal of new urban transport infrastructure projects

supported by Central Government. Prior to this assignment he was associated with Ministry of

Railways, where he was deeply involved in infrastructure programs and resource planning. His

prime involvement included the formulation of Annual Capital Investment Budget Plans of the

Indian Railways of approximately USD 10 Bn annually. Among other things, he was also

responsible for the initiation and monitoring of the progress of such projects. An alumnus of the

London School of Economics, Mukund also holds a Masters in Management from Management

Development Institute, Gurgaon, India as well as a Master’s in Public Policy from Indian Institute

of Management, Bangalore, India.He belongs to the 1988 batch of Special Class Railway

Apprentice of Indian Railways.