RITES Limited announced Dr. Deepak Tripathi has been appointed as Director (Technical). Dr. Deepak Tripathi, an IRSME officer of 1990 batch, mechanical engineer with Doctorate & Post Graduation from NITIE/Mumbai specializing in Operations, Quality & Lean Management. He has even attended various Leadership and Management Training in NUS/INSEAD/IIM-K and other institutes.

During his career span of 30+ yrs. in Indian Railways (IR) & Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL), he has covered wide business spectrum in Traction & Rolling Stock, Railway Operations & Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Rolling Stock Infrastructure, O&M and Technology Projects, Marketing & Business Development and International Business. He has steered several multidisciplinary projects in KRCL such as International Business in Railway Operations & Maintenance focusing on South Asia, Middle East and Africa and major leads in Nepal and Kenya, Development and O&M of innovative Roll-On Roll-Off services, Electric Traction Operations and Mechanized Railway Maintenance, Design to Construction of Rolling Stock Infrastructure, Anti-Collision Device (ACD) and also worked on Multimodal logistics, Rail & Port Connectivity projects.

He has even worked as Director/Quality Assurance (I&L)/RDSO for 06 yrs. He has organized Vendor Development Inspections, Quality Assurance etc. for Rolling Stock with 100+ firms in india and abroad.

He has Invented/Patented `SMART Yard technology' implemented in IR & KRCL. He has even led other Technology/Transfer projects including Industry 4.0 and Al projects. He has authored 03 books, and is also having 10+ International Publications in his name.

He has attended various Conferences & Workshops in India/US/Europe/Middle East/Asia Pacific on lean and technology in Rail & Metro. He has been awarded with `National Award for Outstanding Services;' Best Innovative Idea of the Year Award, from Hon'ble Minster of Railways. He has even received `Outstanding Author Award' from EMERALD Publications, U.K for his publications.

He has been awarded with `Lal Bahadur Shastri Award' for his book `Smart Lean Management' He won `Director General Medals'-National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) and RDSO/Ministry of Railways. He has also received two Presidential Awards from Hon'ble Home Minister.