Purnendu S Mishra, Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) Officer of 1982 Batch, took over as new Member Traffic, Railway Board and Ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India in the afternoon of July 17. Prior to joining this post, Mishra was the General Manager of South Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway.
Mishra worked in various capacities viz. General Manager, (East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar), Principal Chief Operations Manager (Western Railway, Mumbai), Advisor (Safety), Executive Director (Corporate Coordination), Railway Board, Divisional Railway Manager (South East Central Railway, Raipur) and Chief Transportation Planning Manager (South Eastern Railway), Railway Ministry said in a statement here on Thursday. activities.