IITD Alum Yogesh Kumar Misra appointed CMD of IRCON

Yogesh Kumar Misra has been appointed Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Ircon International Limited (IRCON), a PSU under the Ministry of Railways. Misra graduated in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of the 1987 batch and has over 29 years of rich and varied experience in infrastructure works. He joined IRCON in 2006 and subsequently took absorption in IRCON. He has made a valuable contribution while working earlier on the Design & Construction of J&K Rail Link Project and on other Railway capacity enhancement works. Under his leadership, IRCON has secured several projects within India and foreign countries.

Ircon International Limited (IRCON) is an engineering and construction organisation, specialized in transport infrastructure. The PSU was established in 1976, by the government under the Indian Companies Act 1956. IRCON was registered as the Indian Railway Construction International Ltd., a wholly (100%) owned entity of the Ministry of Railways. Its primary charter is the construction of railway projects in India and abroad. IRCON has since diversified into other transport and infrastructure segments and with its expanded scope of operations around the world, the name was changed to Indian Railway International Ltd. in October 1995.