Currently on the panel of Arbitrators on Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA), Delhi International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Ministry of Defence, NTPC, DFCCIL, RITES, KONKAN Railway, IRCTC, All Zonal Railways & Production Units of Indian Railways.

Head of materials management department on Central Railways. Deals with planning, procurement, distribution and disposal of materials required for projects, maintenance and operations of Railway traffic. To ensure all activities are carried out online i.e. computerization.

Diesel Loco Modernization Works is a Diesel Locomotive manufacturing & Rehabilation unit of Indian Railways. It manufacture 50 Locomotives, Rehabilate 80 old locomotives & manufactures spares for locomotives. Material Management Department is headed by Controller of Stores (COS) like other Zonal Railways. The Brief duties of COS are as under: 1. To monitor planning, procurement, stocking & distribution of goods & services required for manufacturing & Rehabilation. 2. To approve awards of contract costing up to US$ 1,600,000 and recommend awards of contract costing more than US$ 1,600,000. 3. To develop the vendors for outsourcing in-house manufactured components and for indigenization of imported components. 4. To carry out inspection of warehouses for ensuring smooth functioning & uninterrupted material support to shops. 5. To redress the grievances of users through regular meetings & interactions with the heads of user department. 6. To contribute in generation of internal resources through effective expenditure control, and by monitoring of inventory control & disposal of scrap/unserviceable material. 7. To look after the training and welfare of staff. 8. To provide necessary information to Top Management for taking strategic decisions. 9. To formulate purchase policies & procedures, to take care of local needs 10. To monitor the inventory level of warehouses for ensuring it at optimal level 11. To redress the grievances of suppliers & settle the disputes amicably

East Coast Railway (ECoR) is one of SBU i.e. Zonal Railway, covering 2567 route Kms and 280 stations. NWR operates 176 passenger trains daily. NWR has three Divisions for monitoring train operations. ECoR has 1 workshop, 3 loco sheds and 2 C&W Sheds for repairs & maintenance of rolling stocks and 6 warehouses for stocking & distribution of 6000 items to different users. Material Management Department is headed by Controller of Stores (COS), like other Zonal Railways & Manufacturing Units. The Brief duties of COS are as under:1. To monitor planning, procurement, stocking & distribution of goods & services required for smooth operations of train services, maintenance of rolling stocks and construction activities. 2. To approve awards of contract costing up to US$ 3million and recommend awards of contract costing more than US$ 3million each. 3. To carry out inspection of warehouses over ECoR, for ensuring smooth functioning & uninterrupted material support to workshops, sheds & divisions. 4. To redress the grievances of users through regular meetings & interactions with the heads of user department. 5. To contribute in generation of internal resources through effective expenditure control, inventory control and disposal of scrap & unserviceable material. 6. To look after the training & welfare of staff. 7. To provide necessary information to Board Management for taking strategic decisions. 8. To formulate & implement purchase policies & procedures at Zonal Railway Level 9. To monitor the inventory level of warehouses for ensuring it at optimal level 10. To redress the grievances of suppliers & settle the disputes amicably 11. To monitor the performance of printing press, to ensure timely supply of printed tickets & stationery.

CRIS, an autonomous body under Ministry of Railways, is engaged in implementing IT projects like Freight Operations System (FOIS), Passenger Reservation System (PRS), Unreserved Ticketing Systems (UTS), Control Office Application (COA), Crew Management System (CMS), Workshops Information System (WISE), E-Procurement System (EPS) etc. on Indian Railways. This organization is basically a project oriented organization. Chief Purchase Manager is the head of the Material Management Department, working directly under Managing Director. Description of Duties:(i) To provide material support to project and to ensure timely availability of quality materials at optimal cost. (ii) To approve award of contract costing upto US$ 1 million and recommend award of contract costing more than US$ 1 million. (iii) To interact with market regularly, as IT products got obsolete very fast. (iv) To have latest updates on products available in the market, to avoid procurement of obsolete materials. (v) To coordinate regularly with Project Incharge to assess their requirement, to help them in framing the latest specifications and to resolve their problems related to goods & services. (vi) To have proactive interaction with suppliers, to ensure timely availability of materials for completion of projects in time and to redress their grievances like inspections, payments etc. (vii) To frame & implement Purchase Policies, Guidelines & Procedures for ensuring transparent and effective procurement system in the organization. (viii) To monitor the procurement, stocking and distribution of office equipments and supplies, required for day to day working. (ix) To monitor disposal off IT equipments expeditiously to avoid environmental pollution. (x) To direct & look after the welfare of staff and to provide them better working environment and career prospect.

North Western Railway (NWR) is one of SBU i.e. Zonal Railway, covering 5535 route Kms and 578 stations. NWR operates 452 passenger trains daily. NWR has four Divisions for monitoring train operations. NWR has 2 workshops, 3 loco sheds and C&W Sheds for repairs & maintenance of rolling stocks and 15 warehouses for stocking & distribution of 12000 items to different users. Material Management Department is headed by Controller of Stores (COS), like other Zonal Railways & Manufacturing Units. Chief Material Manager (CMM) is second-in-command to COS. The Brief duties of CMM are as under:1. To monitor planning, procurement, stocking & distribution of goods & services required for smooth operations of train services, maintenance of rolling stocks and construction activities. 2. To approve awards of contract costing up to US$ 100,000 and recommend awards of contract costing more than US$ 100,000 & up to US$ 700,000 each. 3. To carry out inspection of warehouses over NWR, for ensuring smooth functioning & uninterrupted material support to workshops, sheds & divisions. 4. To redress the grievances of users through regular meetings & interactions with the heads of user department. 5. To contribute in generation of internal resources through effective expenditure control, inventory control and disposal of scrap & unserviceable material. 6. To look after the training & welfare of staff. 7. To provide necessary information to Top Management for taking strategic decisions. 8. To formulate & implement purchase policies & procedures at Zonal Railway Level 9. To monitor the inventory level of warehouses for ensuring it at optimal level 10. To redress the grievances of suppliers & settle the disputes amicably 11. To monitor the performance of printing press, to ensure timely supply of printed tickets & stationery.

Rail Coach Factory is a Rail Passenger Cars manufacturing unit of Indian Railways. It has manufactured around 16000 passenger cars of 51 different types since 1986, which constitute over 35% of the total population of passenger coaches on Indian Railways. Apart from manufacturing coaches for Indian Railways, RCF also manufacture coaches for Postal & Defense department and export to Foreign Railways like Vietnam National Railways, Myanmar Railways, PTB Senegal. Material Management Department is headed by Controller of Stores (COS) like other Zonal Railways. Chief Material Manager (CMM) is second-in-command to COS. The Brief duties of CMM are as under:1. To monitor planning, procurement, stocking & distribution of goods & services required for manufacturing of various type of Passenger Cars. 2. To approve awards of contract costing up to US$ 100,000 and recommend awards of contract costing more than US$ 100,000 & up to US$ 700,000. 3. To develop the vendors for outsourcing in-house manufactured components and for indigenization of imported components. 4. To carry out inspection of warehouses for ensuring smooth functioning & uninterrupted material support to shops. 5. To redress the grievances of users through regular meetings & interactions with the heads of user department. 6. To contribute in generation of internal resources through effective expenditure control, and by monitoring of inventory control & disposal of scrap/unserviceable material. 7. To look after the training and welfare of staff. 8. To provide necessary information to Top Management for taking strategic decisions. 9. To formulate purchase policies & procedures, to take care of local needs 10. To monitor the inventory level of warehouses for ensuring it at optimal level 11. To redress the grievances of suppliers & settle the disputes amicably

Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC), a public sector undertaking under Ministry of Railways, was incorporated on July 12, 1999. MRVC has to develop world-class infrastructure for an efficient, safe and sustainable Railway system in Mumbai suburban section under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP). This project has been funded by World Bank (Rs.1613 Cr.), Maharashtra State Government (Rs.756 Cr.) and Indian Railway (Rs.756 Cr.). Mumbai Suburban System spread over 319 route Kms, carrying 6.3 millions passenger everyday through Electric Multiple Units (EMUs). I have joined MRVC, as Controller of Stores, the head of Material Management Division, working under Director Technical. The Brief duties are:1. To set up the Material Management Division. 2. To arrange planning, procurement, of Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) with transfer of technology for Mumbai Suburban System. 3. To interact with World Bank Procurement Consultant at New Delhi as the project is funded by World Bank. 4. To monitor procurement of other goods & services required by the organization.

Indian Railways, functioning as Ministry of Railways, is headed by the Minister for Railways. The apex body, Railway Board, entrusted with the management of this mega enterprise is led by the Chairman Railway Board (CRB). Members of the Railway Board include Financial Commissioner, Member Traffic, Member Engineering, Member Mechanical, Member Electrical and Member Staff who represent their respective functional domains. Material Management Department is headed by Additional Member (Stores), under Member Mechanical. During 2008-09, the procurement bill was to the tune of US$ 6 billions. There are 224 warehouses on Zonal Railways and Production Units, stocking 0.02 millions components, for uninterrupted & timely supply of goods for operation, maintenance and production. I joined Railway Board as Director Railway Stores (IC), reporting to Executive Director Railway Stores (G). As Director Railway Stores (IC), my brief duties are:1. Framing of Material Management Policies for Indian Railways, to ensure simplified and transparent procedures. 2. Monitoring of Inventory & Budget performance of Zonal Railways & Production Units. 3. Preparing the Inventory Budget for entire Indian Railway. 4. Monitor the implementation of online computerization of Material Management functions on Railways for ensuring transparency in the procurement. 5. Manpower Planning (Gazetted Level) for Material Management Department on Indian Railways 6. Coordinate with Heads of Material Management Department (COS) on Indian Railways for compilation of data & achievements 7. Conducting meeting of COSs to review performance parameters of Zonal Railways & Production Units. 8. Conduct investigation, enquiry & meeting with supplier regarding Banning of Business. 9. Write up on achievements of Material Management Department for publishing in Indian Railway Annual Report & The Year Book 10. Other works as assigned by Top Management.