Vasu Gupta

Vasu Gupta

13 Years Overall Experience
Group-A Officer of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE, 2012 Batch), 11+ years in Indian Railways, experienced in Traction Operations, Traction Distribution systems, Electrification Project coordination, Digital Change Management. Experienced in 765 KV (D/C and S/C) transmission line projects at PGCIL, handling ROW issues.

Functional Areas

       

Education

IIM Indore
MBA

2025 - 2026

National Institute of Technology Patna
B.Tech

2004 - 2009

Accomplishment

P N Murti Award
Best IRSEE Probationer in 2014
GM Award
Extra- Ordinary performance at Railways in 2022 (SECR)
AIR – 1 UPSC-ESE-2012
All India Rank -1 in Engineering Services Examination -2012 - Electrical
AIR – 9 GATE- 2012
All India Rank – 9 in GATE -2012 - Electrical

Certification

Experience

Indian Railways

8 Months

Dy Chief Safety Officer –Electrical, Bilaspur, CG, SECR

Aug' 24 - Mar' 25

  • To monitor and ensure that all safety norms, practices and standards are strictly being followed in Train Operations in Electrical domain.
Indian Railways

1 Year 3 Months

Divisional Railway Manager (Traction Operation), Bilaspur, CG, SECR

May' 23 - Jul 24

  • Divisional Head of Traction Operation Department at Bilaspur Division.
  • Daily Train operations of about 400 Freight Trains and 80-100 Coaching Trains 
  • Organization Strength of about 5000 (Primarily Loco Pilots, Asst Loco Pilots, Technical Staff)
  • Average Daily Loco Holding of about 600 on Rolling Basis.
  • Jurisdiction  - 3000 Track KM. 
  • Developed an App for monitoring crew movement to control Long Hours (12+ Hours working), succeeded in reducing long hours from about 35% to 5% in a year, led to OT payment savings of 21 Cr in 2023-24 only.
  • Established 4 new crew booking Lobbies, 4 new running rooms in Bilaspur Division in a span of 6 months.
Indian Railways

2 Years 6 Months

Divisional Railway Manager (Traction Distribution), Nagpur, Maharashtra, SECR

Nov' 20 - Apr' 23

  • Divisional Head of Traction Distribution Department at Nagpur Division (SECR).
  • Jurisdiction – 2200 Track KM. 17 Substations and associated switching post network.
  • Pioneered Outsourcing of asset management – A first in SECR – Introduced, Implemented and established.
  • Electrification Projects of about 500 Track KM in coordination with RVNL, PGCIL, NTPC, CORE(Railways), MRIDC and others. 
  • Organization strength of 450 and Nodal Officer cum Project Coordinator for PGCIL, RVNL, NTPC, CORE(Railways), MRIDC, etc
Indian Railways

6 Months

Deputy Chief Manager – IT- Bilaspur, CG, SECR

May' 20 - Nov' 20

  • Digital Change Management role at SECR - Zonal Head Quarter
Indian Railways

1 Years 6 Months

Divisional Electrical Engineer (Traction Operations), Bilaspur, CG, SECR

Oct' 18 - Apr' 20

  • Daily Train operations of about 350 Freight Trains and 50-70 Coaching Trains 
  • Organization Strength of about 3800 (Primarily Loco Pilots, Asst Loco Pilots, Technical Staff)
  • Average Daily Loco Holding of about 500 on Rolling Basis.
  • Jurisdiction - 2800 Track KM. 
Indian Railways

3 Years 5 Months

Divisional Electrical Engineer (Traction Distribution), and Assistant Divisional Electrical Engineer Shahdol, MP, SECR

Jun' 15 - Oct' 18

  • Sub-Divisional Head of Traction Distribution Department at Shahdol (MP).
  • Organization Strength – 300 staff
  • Jurisdiction – 800 Track KM. 5 Substations (2X25 KV) and associated switching post network.
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd

1 Year 5 Months

Engineer, Raigarh, CG

Jul' 12 - Nov' 13

  • Execution of 765 KV (D/C and S/C) Transmission Lines Construction Project.
  • Handled ROW issues for Tower Foundation, Erection and Stringing works.
Vedanta (Hindustan Zinc Ltd)

Engineer

Oct' 10 - Mar' 11

  • Engineer at Lead and Zinc Smelter and Silver Refinery