Mukesh Rathore has taken over as new Director (Technical) of RITES limited. Rathore was previously RITES Executive Director (Quality Assurance) responsible for business of exports, domestic operation and maintenance of railway rolling stocks, workshops and manufacturing facility consultancy and turn key projects, and quality assurance works through third party inspections.
A mechanical engineer and Railway Rolling stock expert by profession, Rathore joined Indian Railways in 1982 as IRSME probationer. He has rich, diverse & versatile experience of over 36 years, and has handled many challenging assignments in Indian Railways concerning to operations & maintenance of diesel locomotives, its spares procurements and planning and development of maintenance facilities and training packages. He had held several positions as in charges of diesel loco maintenance depots of Northeast Frontier, Central Railways at Guwahati (Assam), Malda (WB) and Itarsi (MP) & also CAMTECH, Gwalior (MP).