Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian civil engineer and retired Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer known as "Metro Man". He is credited for changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building Konkan Railway and Delhi Metro when he served as managing director of Delhi Metro between 1995 and 2012. He was awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001, Padma Vibhushan in 2008, Chevalier de la LÃÆ' Â © gion d'honneur in 2005 by the French government and was named as one of the Asian Heroes by TIME magazine in 2003. Recently Sreedharan was appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve in the High Level Advisory Group United Nations on Sustainable Transportation (HLAG-ST) for a period of three years. He is also Member of the Vaishno Devi Shine Board Eye
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E. Sreedharan was born on June 12, 1932 in Karukaputhur in the current district of Palakkad in the state of Kerala. His main education is from Chathannur State Senior High School near Pattambi in Palakkad district. He finished his education at the Evangelical Basel Mission School and then went to Victoria College in Palghat. He then completed his Civil Engineering degree from Government Engineering College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, now known as JNTUK.
E. Sreedharan and T. N. Seshan are classmates at BEM High School and Victoria College in Palakkad. Both were selected for Engineering at JNTU Kakinada, a university in the port city of Andhra Pradesh, but E. Sreedharan decided to pursue it, while T. N. Seshan decided to join Madras Christian College (MCC).
Careers as a lecturer
For a short time, Sreedharan worked as a lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Government Polytechnic, Kozhikode and a year at the Bombay Port Trust as an apprentice. He later joined the Indian Engineering Service (IES), after completing the Engineering Service Exam in 1953 conducted by UPSC. His first assignment was at Southern Railway as an Assistant Engineer Experiment in December 1954.
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Careers of government
In December 1964, a typhoon swept part of the Pamban Bridge connecting Rameswaram to the mainland of Tamil Nadu. The train set a six-month target for the bridge to be repaired while the Sreedharan boss, under the jurisdiction of the bridge, reduced it to three months. Sreedharan was commissioned on execution and he returned the bridge in only 46 days. Appreciation of the Minister of Railways was given to him in recognition of this achievement.
Metro Kolkata
In 1970, as deputy chief engineer, he was assigned to carry out, plan and design the Calcutta metro, the first metro in India. Sreedharan not only completed this much-vaunted project but also laid the foundation for modern infrastructure engineering in India. He was expelled from this post in 1975.
Cochin Shipyard Limited
When Sreedharan joined the Cochin Shipyard in October 1979, it was experiencing an unproductive phase. The production of its first vessel MV Rani Padmini has been delayed for a long time. When Sreedharan took over, he changed the fate of the shipyard around and made sure his first ship was built when he was chairman and executive director (CMD). In 1981, under the leadership of Sreedharan, the shipyard launched its first ship, MV Rani Padmini.
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Konkan Railway
He was promoted as general manager, Western Railway in July 1987, and in July 1989 was appointed to the Member Engineering post, Railway Council and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India. In his retirement in June 1990, the Government insisted that he still needed his services and he was appointed CMD Konkan Railway on a contract in 1990 by then railway minister, George Fernandes. Under his supervision, the company carries out its mandate within seven years. The project is unique in many ways. This is India's first major project undertaken on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) basis; its organizational structure is different from that of the Indian Railway; the project has 93 tunnels along 82 km and involves tunnels through soft soil. The total project covers 760 km and has more than 150 bridges. That public sector project can be completed without significant cost and excessive time is considered as achievement by many people. Konkan Railway has been covered in the Extreme Railways program by Chris Tarrant as one of the most difficult railroad projects that have been built in the world.
Delhi Metro
He was appointed executive director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation at the time by Delhi's Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma and in mid-1997 all parts scheduled for completion on the target date or earlier, and within their budgets. Sreedharan was nicknamed Metro Man by the media for a great success in executing the completion of Metro Delhi. His job at Delhi Metro has been deemed to be very successful and important for India which in 2005, he was awarded the Chevalier de la LÃÆ' Â © gion d'honneur (Honorary Legion Knight) by the French government, and Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government in 2008. There is also demands by prominent political figures that Sreedharan was awarded Bharat Ratna, India's most prestigious civilian award. He is primarily known for isolating his projects from political pressure and influence and winning political commitment to project execution quickly. She has announced that she will retire at the end of 2005, but her term is extended to oversee the completion of Delhi Metro's second phase. After 16 years working at Delhi Metro, Sreedharan retired from service on December 31, 2011.
Kochi Metro
After retiring from DMRC, Sreedharan has been appointed as the Main Advisor of Metro Railway Project in Kochi. Initially, the project faced an obstacle when a controversy broke out with the government announcing a global tender process for Kochi Metro, rather than allowing DMRC to handle project consultation and implementation as requested by Sreedharan and DMRC. Personal interests in government have been alleged in this decision. However, several political parties emerged against the move, and supported Sreedharan's decision to enforce the DMRC role on the Kochi Metro, after which the government reversed its stance. The Kochi metro was finally inaugurated on June 17, 2017 amid many celebrations. The disclosure of the metro is considered an important event in India in terms of completion time, the control system used and initiatives such as employing transgender people, vertical gardening, respect for migrant workers, and use of solar power.
Lucknow Metro
Sreedharan has also been appointed Chief Advisor to Metro Lucknow. As per Sreedharan, Kochi metro is built in four years while Lucknow Metro will be completed within two years and nine months, and it will be the fastest in India and the world until now.
Metros Others
He has suggested for Metro Jaipur and DMRC has implemented it. He has also been adjudged as an adviser to the proposed Metro rail system in Andhra Pradesh in Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada (VGTM) areas, under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. He is also an adviser to Coimbatore Metro.
Awards and awards
- Appreciation of the Minister of Railways (1963)
- Padma Shri by the Government of India (2001)
- Man of the Year by The Times of India (2002)
- Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for professional engineering excellence (2002)
- CII (Indian Industry Confederation) Jury Award for leadership in infrastructure development (2002-03)
- One of the Asian Heroes by TIME (2003)
- AIMA Award (All India Management Association) for Public Service (2003)
- Doctoral Degree (Honoris causa) from IIT Delhi.
- Bharat Shiromani Award from the Shiromani Institute, Chandigarh (2005)
- Chevalier de la LÃÆ'Â © gion d'Honneur (Honorary Legends of Knights) by the French government (2005)
- Qimpro Platinum Standard (Business) National Negotiators for Quality in India (2007)
- CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2007: Public Services (2008)
- Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India (2008)
- D.Lita. By Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, Rajasthan, in 2009
- Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) from IIT Roorkee, 2009.
- Newsmaker of the Year by Manorama News in 2012.
- National Award for Sree Chithira Thirunal, 2012
- SR Jindal's gift (honors) is provided by Sitaram Jindal Foundation, 2012.
- TKM 60 Plus Award for lifetime achievement, 2013 by TKM College of Engineering.
- Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Mahamaya Technical University at first meeting (2013)
- Rotary International for Honor Award (2013)
- Lifetime Achievement Good Corporate Governance Awards by Grifles, 2013
Biography
A book about Sreedharan's life is 'Karmayogi: E. Sreedharante Jeevitha Katha' (Translated: The life story of E. Sreedharan) is an authentic biography by M. S. Asokan. A short biography of E. Sreedharan was written by P.V. Alby, named 'Jeevithavijayathinte Paadapusthakam' (translated: A Texbook about success in life). These two books are the top sellers in Kerala during the time Sreedharan took his place in the Metro Project of Kochi as the main adviser of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Another book about Dr. E Sreedharan is "Indian railroad man - Biography Dr. E Sreedharan" by Rajendra B Aklekar. This book has been supported by Dr. Sreedharan and includes notes signed from him.
Family
Sreedharan's wife is Radha Sreedharan. The couple has four children: Ramesh's eldest son is one of the vice presidents at Tata Consultancy Services; Shanthi Menon's daughter runs a school in Bengaluru, another son, Achyuth Menon, is a doctor in England. Their youngest son is M. Krishnadas, who works at ABB INDIA LTD
See also
- Metro Jaipur
- Delhi Airport Metro Express
- Fast transport in India
- Suburban trains in India
- Railway transport in India
- List of bridges in India
- Transportation in India
- 1964 Rameswaram cyclone. E.Sreedhan's efforts in the reconstruction of the Pamban Bridge.
References
External links
- /spectrum/main1.htm An article
- News about Chevalier's award
- PM Karma's article on E.Sreedharan
- Dr. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan... Bharat Ratna no one is talking about
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