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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.

Latest Updates on Ashwini Vaishnaw

India's first quantum communication line is operational. Here's what this technology is

Updated On: 28 Mar 2023 | 10:17 PM IST

A quantum network transmits quantum bits (qubits) that can simultaneously take the value of zeros and ones thus making it more difficult to break end-to-end encryption

Updated On: 27 Mar 2023 | 9:20 PM IST

Immediate action by the govt to help Indian startups in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank collapse ensured they were not adversely impacted by the minor crisis, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said

Updated On: 27 Mar 2023 | 2:33 PM IST

Addressing media persons, the minister announced setting up a special training academy for engineers at Jammu

Updated On: 27 Mar 2023 | 7:15 AM IST

He said India has become $3.5 trillion, and it can become the world's largest economy with transformation across governance, infrastructure and businesses

Updated On: 16 Mar 2023 | 11:32 PM IST

SVB was deeply entrenched in the tech startup ecosystem and the default bank for many high-flying startups

Updated On: 14 Mar 2023 | 10:16 PM IST

Sharing her news on Twitter, Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday said, Vande Bharat "powered by Nari Shakti"

Updated On: 14 Mar 2023 | 12:07 PM IST

The minister further said that that Mission Bhashini - National Language Translation Mission and Digital Payments have come together to make UPI 123 Pay available in the local language

Updated On: 10 Feb 2023 | 10:44 AM IST

Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw will launch the Digital Payments Utsav on Thursday in New Delhi.

Updated On: 09 Feb 2023 | 7:47 AM IST

Govt should have moved fast in Vodafone Idea matter

Updated On: 05 Feb 2023 | 11:40 PM IST

Vaishnaw declined to comment on how allegations against Adani were being assessed by the government

Updated On: 02 Feb 2023 | 11:42 AM IST

"Revenue realisation in telecom is consistent. Telecom today is a sunrise industry and this is reflected in the higher revenue realisation which has been budgeted," the minister said

Updated On: 01 Feb 2023 | 9:07 PM IST

Sitharaman has announced that coastal shipping will be a preferred mode of transport for passengers and freight

Updated On: 01 Feb 2023 | 8:40 PM IST

Entire stack of indigenously built 4G & 5G will be offered to the world in 2024

Updated On: 23 Jan 2023 | 8:58 PM IST

Indigenously developed 5G, 4G telecom technology stack will be rolled out in the country this year

Updated On: 23 Jan 2023 | 7:56 PM IST

'In this entire 2023, we will be rolling it out on about 50,000 to 70,000, towers, sites and then in 2024 will be offering it to the world'

Updated On: 23 Jan 2023 | 3:01 PM IST

The minister said India's economy has been resilient and the policy framework has been for a sustained growth with a very moderate inflation

Updated On: 18 Jan 2023 | 11:58 PM IST

The regular services of the train would start from January 16 and the bookings commenced on Saturday, railway sources said

Updated On: 14 Jan 2023 | 5:14 PM IST

BSNL has shortlisted a TCS and C-DOT led consortium for rolling out 4G network, which will be upgraded to 5G in about a year of placing the order under the contract

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 11:32 PM IST

Debt-ridden telecom firm Vodafone Idea has various requirements, including infusion of capital, and discussions on this front are going on, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 5:24 PM IST