Andrew Yule & Company Limited announced that Shri Ananta Mohan Singh, Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) has assumed the charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. with effect from 26th December, 2023 for a period of 5 (five) years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier, in place of Shri Rajinder Singh Manku, Director (Planning), who was entrusted with the additional charge of the post of Managing Director of the Company. Shri Ananta Mohan Singh, Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) has been appointed as Managing Director of the Company vide Order F. No.10(2)/2022- CPSE.I/PE.I dated 10th October, 2023 issued by the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India, for a period of 5 (five) years from the date of assumption of charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Accordingly, Shri Singh has assumed the charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of the Company effecyive 26th December, 2023. Shri Singh, aged 54 Years, is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He also holds degree in Master of Technology in Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

Shri Ananta Mohan Singh, had brief stint at Thermax Limited, Pune and Indian Telecom Factory before joining Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers in January, 1995. Shri Singh had experience of working in different domains and geographies. He has wide experience operation and maintenance Diesel Locomotives, Coaches and Wagons.

As head of Diesel Locomotive Maintenance Unit, Divisional Operation and Maintenance of Rolling stock, he had experience of Budgeting, Planning for the present and for the future, Project conceptualization and execution. Shri Singh had also served as Director/Engineering at Burn Standard Company Limited, Kolkata from June, 2011 to March, 2016.