General Manager, North Central Railway
Shri Upendra Chandra Joshi, a 1988 batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, assumed the charge of General Manager of the North Central Railway on July 12, 2024. Earlier, he was working as Principal Chief Operations Manager at Northern Railway.
Shri Joshi was appointed as Assistant Operations Manager, Samastipur. He has worked as Divisional Operations Manager & Divisional Commercial Manager, Lucknow followed by posting as Sr. DOM Varanasi & Izzatnagar Divisions, respectively. He has also served as the Dy. Chief Operations Manager and Dy. Chief Commercial Manager at Northeast Frontier Railway.
Shri Joshi served as CCM/IT in the Northern Railway and also worked in CRIS. At CRIS, he made an immense contribution as project head in the implementation and integration of Control Office Application (COA), resulting in the automation of control offices, which are known as the nerve center of railway operations. COA is the base of National Train Enquiry System, which gives real time online train running information to Indian Railway passengers.
Shri Joshi held important positions as EDPM in Railway Board, Divisional Railway Manager, Kota, and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Mines.
Shri Joshi has his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur.
Shri Joshi has vast experience in traffic-related issues as well as in general administration.
