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Ashwini Vaishnaw

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Who is Ashwini Vaishnaw?

Ashwini Vaishnaw is India's incumbent Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology (IT)
 

Early life and education

Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician and former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who was born on July 18, 1970, in Rajasthan.
 
Ashwini Vaishnaw is a Member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha since June 2019 and has served as a collector in Cuttack and Balasore districts of the state.
 

Career

Ashwini Vaishnaw graduated from MBM Engineering College (JNVU) Jodhpur in 1991 and received a gold medal in an electronic and communications engineering course. He cracked IAS in 1994 with an all-India rank of 27. He went to the US in 2008 for an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
 
Bureaucrat-turned politician Ashwini Vaishnaw holds a bachelor's degree and gold medal in electronics and communications engineering from Jai Narain Vyas University and a master's degree in industrial management and engineering from IIT Kanpur.
 
The 1994-batch IAS officer is known for his involvement in the Public-Private Policy (PPP) framework in infrastructure development.
 
Vaishnaw joined GE Transportation as Managing Director after coming back to India. Later, he was appointed as the Vice President - Locomotives & Head Urban Infrastructure Strategy at Siemens.
 
Vaishnaw left the corporate sector in 2012 and established automotive components manufacturing units -- Vee Gee Auto Components Pvt Ltd and Three Tee Auto Logistics Pvt Ltd in Gujarat.
 
Ashwini Vaishnaw ventured into politics when he worked in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's administration after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) lost the election in 2004.
 
Two years later, he became the deputy chairman of Mormugao Port Trust. He took charge of the Railway Ministry on July 8, 2021.

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Updated On: 31 Jan 2023 | 7:42 PM IST

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday said digital divide should be bridged for digital inclusion to take place so that the marginalised people are not left out from technological development.

Updated On: 20 May 2022 | 10:47 PM IST

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday launched GatiShakti Sanchar portal that will centralise and speed up approvals for laying of fibre and tower installations, boosting upcoming 5G roll out

Updated On: 14 May 2022 | 7:55 PM IST

Minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at conference that Indian Semiconductor Mission is evaluating the process and the approvals will come after the due diligence is done

Updated On: 29 Apr 2022 | 3:19 PM IST

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also said developing a semiconductor industry is not a sprint but a marathon and that the government is for it

Updated On: 29 Apr 2022 | 2:51 PM IST

The minister said that the Department of Telecom is working as per expected timeline and the process is on to resolve industry concerns around spectrum pricing

Updated On: 29 Apr 2022 | 1:28 AM IST

Terming startups as "accelerators", he said the combination of their multiplier force along with the strength of a trusted post office network can yield phenomenal results

Updated On: 21 Apr 2022 | 2:50 PM IST

All telecom operators except state-owned telecom firm BSNL, only in one circle, have been complying with call drop norms, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

Updated On: 06 Apr 2022 | 6:33 PM IST

Indigenous 4G telecom network will soon be rolled out across India with BSNL planning to install about 112,000 towers throughout the country, Telecom Minister said in Lok Sabha

Updated On: 07 Apr 2022 | 12:52 AM IST

WhatsApp on Friday said that it banned 1,426,000 bad accounts in India in the month of February in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021

Updated On: 01 Apr 2022 | 9:20 PM IST

He also said that the ministry has no plans of restoring the concessions at present

Updated On: 30 Mar 2022 | 4:05 PM IST

Referring to the new initiatives, he said that the Ministry has planned to roll out 75 Vande Bharat trains till 2024

Updated On: 24 Mar 2022 | 9:46 PM IST

"If we won't do it then we will never be able to cross subsidize passenger fare," Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Updated On: 24 Mar 2022 | 8:44 PM IST

South Central zone of the Indian Railways is at number two position with 17,022 entry-level posts lying vacant

Updated On: 23 Mar 2022 | 7:21 PM IST

In Gujarat, 98.76 per cent out of 954.28 hectares needed for the project has been acquired, Vaishnaw said

Updated On: 23 Mar 2022 | 5:36 PM IST

The total number of vacant posts in the Indian Railways is 2,98,428, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.

Updated On: 16 Mar 2022 | 8:30 PM IST

With the fitment of bio-toilets in all broad gauge coaches, no faecal matter is discharged on railway tracks, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday

Updated On: 16 Mar 2022 | 8:20 PM IST

The remarks came against the backdrop of the ruling TRS alleging that the NDA government at the Centre meted out a raw deal to Telangana in allocation of funds and other developmental projects

Updated On: 04 Mar 2022 | 9:50 PM IST

The setting up of the area office will provide greater access and engagement to India and South Asian countries in global policy and standard formation in the field of telecommunication

Updated On: 03 Mar 2022 | 11:07 PM IST

The Indian Railways will come up with a policy in the next 7-8 days to make private-sector research and development a major part of the railway budget with 90 per cent allocation in the future, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday.

Updated On: 03 Mar 2022 | 2:09 AM IST