Question

_______, a member of the 1967 batch, made it to the position of Financial Commissioner of the Indian Railways Board.
1. Kiran Devi
2. Vijaylakshmi Viswanathan
3. Smita Jena
4. Lalita Suryawanshi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Vijaylakshmi Viswanathan

The correct answer is Vijaylakshmi Viswanathan.

• In 2002  Vijaylakshmi Viswanathan, a member of the 1967 batch, made it to the position of Financial Commissioner of the Indian Railways Board.
• Vijaylakshmi was also the first woman Divisional Rail Manager on the Indian Railways in the late 1990s.
• She was the additional manager general of the southern railway.
• She got promoted to the GM cadre and posted as an additional member of the railway board.

• Financial Commissioner for Railways:
  • The Financial Commissioner for Railways was appointed in April 1923.
  • This was followed by the Separation Convention of 1924 in which the Railway finances were separated from the General Finances of the Government of India.
  • The process of the separation of the Accounting and Auditing functions on the Railways was completed in 1929.
  • The Financial Commissioner for Railways represents the Ministry of Finance on the Railway Board.
  • And also functions ex-officio as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Railways in financial matters.