New Delhi: The tenure of Railway Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satish Kumar has been extended by one year. His tenure was earlier scheduled to end on August 31, 2025. As per the order dated August 27, 2025, ACC has approved this extension and it is effective from September 1, 2025, on contract-based reappointment, under existing terms or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Satish Kumar’s first appointment was on September 1, 2024, making him the first officer from the Scheduled Castes (SC) category to become Chairman and CEO in the history of the Railway Board. Officials see Kumar as a distinguished officer of the 1986 batch Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IER), who has had a career spanning over 34 years and has made significant contributions to the Indian Railways.
He started his service in March 1988 and since then he has held key roles in various districts and zones of the railways, bringing innovation, efficiency and safety improvements to the railway system. His assignments include Jhansi Division (formerly of Central Railway), Diesel Locomotive Works (Varanasi), North Eastern Railway, Patiala Locomotive Works, Lucknow Division (Northern Railway), Jaipur Division (North Western Railway) and North Central Railway.
According to officials, his contribution on Fog Safe Device has been considered a major achievement; it has been helpful in making train operations safe during fog season. Before becoming Chairman and CEO, Kumar was a member of Traction and Rolling Stock, which oversees critical aspects of railways’ traction and rolling stock.