Shri Priya Ranjan Parhi has taken charge as Director (IM&O) at CONCOR. He brings over 26 years of experience as an officer of the Indian Railways Traffic Service (1996), with a strong track record in leadership roles encompassing railway operations, project planning & funding, containerised cargo movements, PPP policy implementation, freight corridors, High-Speed corridors, and international rail cooperation.
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Shri Priya Ranjan Parhi has assumed the charge of Director (IM&O)/Additional Charge of Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR). He has been instrumental in the inception of the PPP policy framework for infrastructure development in Railways spearheading investment plans through joint ventures and other modes up to Rs 30,000 cr. so far and was also responsible for negotiations with multilateral funding agencies, the World Bank and JICA for debt financing of DFC and High Speed projects.
He has closely monitored linking of Rail network with the upcoming customers such as NICDC for MMLPs and also for port, mines and coal connectivity involving the stake-holders of these sectors and is the nodal officer for Infrastructure Directorate of Railway Board for the progress monitoring of important projects under PM Gatishakti.
Experience:
- Apart from being Director (IM & O), he concurrently, holds the post of Executive Director (Infrastructure) in the Railway Board and is the key functionary for policy formulation and execution of special projects of national importance such as DFC and High Speed corridors.
- In the earlier assignments he gained knowledge and experience of the container logistic sector working as Group General Manager and Regional Head of CONCOR dealing with Operations, Business Development, Project Planning and government/non-government collaborations for both EXIM and Domestic container business.
- Importantly, he had also served as Director, transport planning in the Railway Board during which the PPP policy for rail investment had evolved and fructified through joint ventures and other models.
- His field experience in the Railways has been predominantly in the Freight Operations, Marketing and Planning in the South Eastern, South East Central, East Coast and Northern Railways as Divisional Operations Head and Deputy Chief Operations Manager overseeing Ports, Coal, Steel, Cement, Ores and Container logistics.
Important Contributions:
- As a member of various Inter-Ministerial Committees, his contributions towards policy formulation was recognised in the task force on 12th Five Year Plan for coal and power, standing coal linkage committee, committee for screening of coal blocks and committee on site selection for powerhouses
- Further, he has represented the Ministry of Railways in various International Multilateral Transport Forums such as UIC, UNESCAP, SAARC, ASEAN and BIMSTEC for various negotiations on Intergovernmental Agreements and policies on International Rail Corridors and Railway Cooperation.
- He was awarded Railway Minister’s National Award for meritorious service in 2012 and General Manager’s Award for meritorious service twice in 2007 and 2014.
Additional Positions:
Additionally, he holds Directorships in PSU/JV companies of IR such as Konkan Railway Corporation, Pipavav Railway Corporation, Hassan Mangalore Rail Development Corporation, Chattisgarh East Railway Company, Chattisgarh East West Railway Company, Mahanadi Coal Railway Company and Jharkhand Central Railway Company as a Government nominee of MoR.
Source: CONCOR – Press Release | Image Credit: CONCOR
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