Jaya Varma takes charge of Member (Operations & Business Development), Railway Board

(Smt. Jaya Varma Sinha, Member, Operations & Business Development, Railway Board)

New Delhi, India (Metro Rail Today): The Ministry of Railway has appointed Additional Member (Traffic) Smt. Jaya Varma Sinha as new Member (Operations & Business Development), Railway Board with effect from 25th January 2023. 

Smt. Sinha has taken over her charge as the new Member Operations & Business Development, Railway Board. Prior to this, she was serving as Principal Chief Commercial Manager of South Eastern Railway (SER).  

An Alumnus of Allahabad University, Smt. Jaya Varma Sinha joined Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) in 1988 and worked on various leadership roles in Northern Railway (NR), South Eastern Railway (SER) and Eastern Railway (ER).

Smt. Varma also worked as Railway Adviser in the High Commission of India, Dhaka, Bangladesh for four years. The Maitree Express from Kolkata to Dhaka was inaugurated during her tenure in Bangladesh. She also worked as the Divisional Railway Manager, Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division.

She is a woman of mesmerizing personality and has keen interest in Sports and other socio-cultural activities.