#Ashwani #Lohani appointed director of Prime Ministers Museum and Library for 3 years, acknowledged for his achievements in #Indian Railways and #Air #India.
The authorities accredited his appointment to the publish of “Director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pay of Secretary to the government of #India, on contract basis for three years from the date of assumption of charge, or until further orders whichever is earlier”, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) stated within the official order.
#Lohani, a 1980-batch officer of the #Indian Railway Service of Mechanical #Engineering (IRSME), is understood for organisational turnarounds throughout his profession. While he has retired from IRSME companies, he has held the posts of chairman and managing director of #Air #India, and chairman of the Railway Board.
The seasoned bureaucrat additionally holds a number of notable acclaims. He had entered the #Limca Book of Records for having 4 engineering levels – mechanical, electrical, metallurgical, and electronics and telecommunication – from the Institution of Engineers (#India), Kolkata. He additionally earned a spot within the Guinness Book of World Records for efficiently reviving and working the ‘Fairy Queen’, recognised because the world’s oldest working steam locomotive.
The PMML Society, which oversees the establishment housed at Teen Murti Bhavan, was reconstituted earlier this yr. Prime Minister Narendra Modi serves as its president, with Union defence minister Rajnath Singh being the vice-president. The society’s members embrace former Union minister Smriti Irani, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and retired #Indian Army General Syed Ata Hasnain, amongst others.
Former principal secretary to the federal government of #India, Nripendra Misra, at present serves because the director of the museum and heads a seven member govt council.
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