Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha, Ashwini Vaishnaw, took charge as the country’s new Railway Minister on Thursday.
The 50-year-old on Wednesday took oath as a cabinet minister in a major reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The bureaucrat-turned politician was elected to the Upper House as a BJP candidate on June 22, 2019.
A 1994 batch IAS officer, Vaishnaw was particularly known for his involvement in the Public Private Policy framework in infrastructure projects.
An IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) graduate, Vaishnaw quit government service in 2008 and went to Wharton University in the United States to pursue MBA. On his return, after working for top firms, he set up his own automotive components manufacturing units in Gujarat. He then held leadership roles across major global companies such as General Electric and Siemens.
