E. Sreedharan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

E. Sreedharan

Indian civil engineer

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1932

Place of Birth: Palakkad, Kerala, India

Profession: engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About E. Sreedharan

  • Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian civil engineer and a retired IRSE officer popularly known as the "Metro Man".
  • He is credited for changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro between 1995 and 2012.
  • He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001, the Padma Vibhushan in 2008, the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2005 by the French government and was named one of Asia's Heroes by TIME magazine in 2003.
  • Sreedharan was appointed by the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve on the United Nations's High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST) for a period of three years in 2015.
  • He is also a member of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.

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