Dr. Amit Kumar Jain has assumed charge as the new Director (Operations & Services) of DMRC. An Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of the year 2000, Dr. Jain has over two decades of experience in numerous key leadership positions. Prior to taking up this role, he was working as General Manager, the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). Earlier he had also worked as the Head of Operations for the Delhi Division of Railways and as Director Railway Board.
Dr. Jain worked with DMRC from 2009 to 2015 as Deputy Head of the Department in Operations and Maintenance as well as Principal of, Training School.
He has done his Ph.D. in Urban Transportation from SPA, Delhi, M.Tech from IIT Delhi, and B.E in Civil Engg from IIT Roorkee. He is a gold medallist from IIT Roorkee.
Dr. Jain has authored books titled ‘Excellence in Metro Operations and Management – Best Practices world over, ‘Exploring Life@2050” and ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems’.