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Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and a businessman serving as the 39th Minister of Railways, the 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024.
He previously served as the Minister of Railways and Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and is the incumbent Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019.
Vaishnaw is originally a resident of Jeewand Kallan village of Pali district, Rajasthan. Later, his family settled in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Vaishnaw attended St. Anthony's Convent School, Jodhpur, and Mahesh School, Jodhpur. He graduated in 1991 from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, with a gold medal in an electronic and communications engineering and then completed a masters in engineering from IIT Kanpur, before joining the Indian Administrative Service in 1994 with an all-India rank of 27. In 2008, Vaishnaw left for the US to do his MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1994, Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service in the Odisha cadre. He worked extensively in different parts of Odisha including serving as the District Collector of Balasore and Cuttack districts. At the time of super cyclone 1999, he managed to collect data related to real timing and place of cyclone, by collecting that data Government of Odisha took safety measurements for people of Odisha. He worked in Odisha till 2003 when he was appointed as deputy secretary in the office of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After his brief stint in the PMO where he contributed to creating the public-private-partnership framework in infrastructure projects, Vaishnaw was appointed as Vajpayee's private secretary after the BJP-led NDA lost the election in 2004.
In 2006, he became the deputy chairman of Mormugao Port Trust, where he worked for two years.
He took an educational loan to complete his MBA at the Wharton Business School.
After his MBA, Vaishnaw returned to India and joined GE Transportation as its managing director. Subsequently, he joined Siemens as the Vice President of Locomotives & Head Urban Infrastructure Strategy.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and a businessman serving as the 39th Minister of Railways, the 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024.
He previously served as the Minister of Railways and Minister of Information and Broadcasting, and is the incumbent Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing Bharatiya Janata Party since 2019.
Vaishnaw is originally a resident of Jeewand Kallan village of Pali district, Rajasthan. Later, his family settled in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Vaishnaw attended St. Anthony's Convent School, Jodhpur, and Mahesh School, Jodhpur. He graduated in 1991 from MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, with a gold medal in an electronic and communications engineering and then completed a masters in engineering from IIT Kanpur, before joining the Indian Administrative Service in 1994 with an all-India rank of 27. In 2008, Vaishnaw left for the US to do his MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1994, Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service in the Odisha cadre. He worked extensively in different parts of Odisha including serving as the District Collector of Balasore and Cuttack districts. At the time of super cyclone 1999, he managed to collect data related to real timing and place of cyclone, by collecting that data Government of Odisha took safety measurements for people of Odisha. He worked in Odisha till 2003 when he was appointed as deputy secretary in the office of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After his brief stint in the PMO where he contributed to creating the public-private-partnership framework in infrastructure projects, Vaishnaw was appointed as Vajpayee's private secretary after the BJP-led NDA lost the election in 2004.
In 2006, he became the deputy chairman of Mormugao Port Trust, where he worked for two years.
He took an educational loan to complete his MBA at the Wharton Business School.
After his MBA, Vaishnaw returned to India and joined GE Transportation as its managing director. Subsequently, he joined Siemens as the Vice President of Locomotives & Head Urban Infrastructure Strategy.