Shri R. Dhananjayulu, IRTS assumes Charge as Additional General Manager, South Central Railway

 

Shri R. Dhananjayulu assumed charge as Additional General Manager (AGM), South Central Railway on 05th April, 2023 at Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. He belongs to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) of 1988 batch. Prior to the present assignment he worked as Principal Chief Operations Manager (PCOM), South Central Railway. 

He began his career on Railways as Area Officer/Vasco. He has worked on various capacities in Operations, Safety and Commercial Departments during his tenure. Other important capacities are Senior Divisional Operations Manager / Hyderabad & Vijayawada Divisions, Secretary to General Manager, SCR. He was also worked as Divisional Railway Manager / Vijayawada Division. He was nominated as Officer on Special Duty for the formation of South Coast Railway. He has worked on deputation as Chief General Manager, Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR). 

During his tenure as Principal Chief Operations Manager, SCR has transported a record of 131.854 Million Tonnes of originating freight traffic from the Zone during the current financial year, which is the best ever performance in the history of the Zone. SCR has also registered Rs 13039.25 Crore as Originating freight revenue in the current financial year which is the highest freight revenue registered by the Zone in any financial year since its inception.  

Shri R. Dhananjayulu has varied experience as Policy maker and Administrator in the areas of Railway Operations and Infrastructure Planning. He underwent several academic and professional training programmes at India and Abroad. He underwent training in Germany in the fields of Urban Traffic Management, Railway Management and Port Operations, Advanced Management Programme at ICLIF / Malaysia and INSEAD / Singapore, Port Management Training at APEC, Antwerp Port, Belgium Advanced Management Programme for Senior Railway officers at SDA Bocconi Business School, Milan, Italy.