| Vinay Kumar Singh Managing Director National Capital Region Transport Corporation | |
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Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh is a passionate civil engineer who had started his professional career as an Indian Railway Officer (IRSE 1988 batch). He is presently leading transformation in regional mobility as the first Managing Director of NCRTC, which is mandated for designing, developing, implementing, financing, operating and maintaining Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) projects in the National Capital Region of India. Mr Singh has built NCRTC from scratch and is now spearheading the development of the idea into a reality through this $ 15 billion project. With thorough expertise of rail-based transport systems and deep understanding of advanced technologies, he is leading the implementation of RRTS as probably the most technologically advanced transport project in India at present. With implementation of RRTS, he envisions to take the commute in NCR to the next level, beyond the change brought by metro systems over last two decades. Having served as Executive Director in the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, he has experience of working on the Board of many joint venture companies and PPP special purpose vehicles and has acquired a profound policy perspective which he believes is helping him in his current role. He is an Indian technocrat who has extensively studied high speed rail projects across the world and is one of the key officers responsible for initiating development of high-speed rail projects in India with conceptualization of High-Speed Rail Corridors. Before joining NCRTC, Mr Singh was the Chief Executive Officer of the High-Speed Rail Corporation, where he played a key role in developing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad HSR project and finalization of techno–economic agreement between India and Japan for construction of this line. Associated with many ‘firsts’, he has been the officer in-charge of the execution team of the first section of Delhi Metro project in field. Always challenging the status-quo with his courageous decisions, he is focused on value creation by making complex problems simple for his team, leveraging technology to the fullest and converting concepts into actionable projects. Working with an entrepreneurial mindset and foresight, Mr. Singh is working to ensure long-term sustainability of the RRTS project by focusing on non-fare revenue streams besides steps to maximize the ridership on the system. He has created a team of domain experts, excellent governance systems endeavouring together to establish highest benchmarks of project management and implementation in India. | |