Chennai: Southern Railway Additional General Manager B G Mallya has assumed the Administrative and Financial powers of the General Manager, delegated by Railway Board, with effect from 1 April.
A Railway release said an Officer of 1985 batch of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), Mallya joined Railways after graduation in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Delhi.
In three and half decades of Railway service, he has held several important posts in various zones including Southern Railway, South East Central Railway, South Central Railway, Eastern Railway, South Western Railway, Integral Coach Factory and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
Mallya also served as Divisional Railway Manager of Guntakal and Bilaspur Divisions.