RITES Limited appointed Shri A.K. Chandra (DIN: 10076614) as Director (Technical)(Additional Charge) of the Company w.e.f. March 17, 2023 till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier. Shri A.K. Chandra, an IRSME officer of 1987 batch, graduated from Delhi University in Mechanical Engineering in 1986 and after a brief stint with ONGC, joined Indian Railways. During his long tenure of more than 33 years with Indian Railways, he has successfully executed and piloted many important projects.

He has worked for about ten years during initial years in divisions acquiring valuable experience in core railway operations, planning, budgeting, material management and industrial relations. He has served for about fifteen years in zonal railway headquarters in various capacities like Deputy General Manager, Chief Public Relations Officers, Chief Mechanical Engineer Planning & Chief Workshops Engineer acquiring skill sets like General Management, Project Planning and executions, Public Relations, setting up new Workshops and almost all facets of railways working. He is one of the core members of many transformative reforms that IR has seen and gone through during recent times.

He successfully piloted largest ever Rolling Stock Acquisition plan in the history of Indian Railways with a RSP sanction of INR 1.41 lakh crore in 2022-23 which was ten times more than the 2014 level. He is currently coordinating the activities of 08 Production Units and 48 Workshops of IR and coordinating and associated with the production of most prestigious Vande Bharat Series of Trains which has emerged as one of the best examples of "Make In India" In addition to his techno-managerial, administrative and change management skills, he likes to pay back to society to the best of his abilities. He has looked after sports administration at division and zonal level for about 20 years.

He was Chief-de-Mission for the Indian Women's Cricket Team's tour to England & Ireland in 2007. He is also credited with raising the first ever women's football on Indian Railways.