Chairman and CEO, Railway Board, receiving the certification of the Guinness World Records

Kolkata : Smt. Jaya Varma Sinha, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer , Railway Board, receiving the certification of the Guinness World Records for the highest number of photographs of bridges uploaded by Indian Railways to an online platform within a span of one hour.

The railway board’s first woman Chairperson and CEO Jaya Varma Sinha loves challenges. Despite securing a good rank in the civil services examination, she chose to join the Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1988, a male bastion at the time and which, to date, requires its staff to be on call around the clock.

In a career spanning more than 35 years, the 60-year-old has worked in several areas spanning operations, commercial, IT and vigilance.

Over the years, Sinha has received many accolades for her work. She recently made headlines for her crisis communication skills after the Balasore (Odisha) train crash that killed 295 and injured over 1,200.

She has worked on diverse verticals spanning operations, commercial, IT and vigilance. She was also the first woman to be appointed as the Principal Chief Operations Manager of South Eastern Railway.

She had worked as the Railway Advisor in the High Commission of India in Dhaka, Bangladesh during which the famous Maitri Express from Kolkata to Dhaka was inaugurated.

Smt. Sinha is an alumnus of Allahabad University, and has a keen interest in photography.