NEW DELHI: Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Sons was on Thursday appointed as the head of ‘Kayakulp’ Council, an innovation council of the Indian Railways.
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu constituted the ‘Kayakulp’ Council and appointed Tata to head it. The purpose of the Council is to recommend innovative methods and processes for the improvement, betterment and transformation of the Indian Railways.
According the Ministry of Railways press release, “This council would be a standing body and would interact with all stakeholders and other interested parties. This Council would initially also have Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, All Indian Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) and Dr M Raghavaiah, General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), the two recognized federations representing the railway employees as members.”
The other members of the Council would be announced in due course.
Prabhu while presenting the Railway Budget 2015-16 in Parliament on 26th February 2015 had said, “Every dynamic and thriving organization needs to innovate and re-invent its practices.”
“In accordance with the vision of the Prime Minister for Innovation, Technology Development and Manufacturing, the Indian Railways intend to set up an innovation council called ‘Kayakalp’ for the purpose of business re-engineering and introducing a spirit of innovative in Railways,” he had said.
