New Delhi, Oct 27: Rama Manohara Rao, IRAS, has taken charge as the Director/Finance of RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a Miniratna PSU under Ministry of Railways. A civil services officer of 1998 batch of Indian Railway Accounts Service, Rao carries rich experience in Infrastructure financing, policy formulation, budgeting and administrative fields across sectors of Rail Transport and Urban Development. He has done Post Graduate Public Policy and Management Programme from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse USA., and holds M.Sc. in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, AP.
He held leadership positions in the Ministry of Railways., Government of India and in the Government of Andhra Pradesh on deputation. He has experience of serving as Senior Divisional Finance Manager in three Railway Divisions and as Director Finance in Railway Board, Ministry of Railways dealing with Union rail budget. On deputation to Government of Andhra Pradesh, he served as Special Commissioner and Group Director Finance in AP Capital Region Development Authority and as the Secretary Municipal Administration and Urban Development in Government of AP.He has also served as Government nominated Director in both central and state government Public Sector Enterprises.
Mr. Rao has attended various leadership and training programs in United States (Maxwell School of Public Policy, Syracuse), Japan (JICA) and London (ESCP).
