Ashwani Lohani

Ashwani Lohani is IRSME officer, current Chairman & Managing Director of Air India. Holds a Limca Record for having four "engineering degree equivalents" in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Institution of Engineers, India; a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for successfully running the ‘Fairy Queen Express’, the world’s oldest working steam locomotive. Also served as DRM, Delhi Division; Director, National Rail Museum; Chief Administrative Officer, Rail Alternate Fuels; Commissioner and Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation and Chairman & Managing Director India Tourism Development Corporation.[1][2]

Education

He is a trained engineer; he specialized in metallurgy, mechanics, electronics, and telecommunication engineering. He is in the Limca Book of Records for completing four engineering degrees in four years.[3] He completed his schooling at St. Aloysius High School in Kanpur and studied engineering at Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jamalpur.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/money/report/pix-ais-new-chief-features-in-record-books-has-garden-named-after-him/20150820.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ashwani-lohani-in-limca-book/story-9EYuqu0iGIvpp4uZ6FtxSL.html
  3. ↑ "Ashwani Lohani is a railway man and tourism veteran; can he pull Air India out of the mess?". Firstpost. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.


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