Engineer Rakesh Kumar “Lal Bhadur Shashtri “ Award from Ministry of Railways
No. of awards to his credit and publication of 8 books
Engineer Rakesh Kumar “Lal Bhadur Shashtri “ Award from Ministry of Railways
Ferozepur, January 5, 2016: Engineer Rakesh Kumar working as Senior Section Engineer (Works) Land in Divisional Railway Manager Office, Firozpur has bestowed Railway Ministry “Lal Bhadur Shashtri “ Award for writing Technical Book in Hindi on Railway Land Management i.e. “Railway Bhumi Parbandan Karoron kamane Ka Sarot” (Railway Land Management :Source of earning crores).This first prize award in overall India shall be given by Chairman Railway Board in Rail Bhawan on 08.01.2016 on behalf of Railway Ministry.
Rakesh speaking to this correspondent informed that Railway Land is the biggest asset of Indian Railways. Railway owned 4.32 lacs hectares of land & is the second largest owner of land in the country after the Defence forces.
He further said, “This is the first book in Hindi in India on Indian Railway land management. This is for ground level staff of all Departments of railway facing practical problems in day-to-day working while dealing with railway land issues. With the help of this practical reference guide, railway staff can manage Railway Land more effectively, protect and utilize it properly and earn crores of Rs monthly from the valuable asset land”.
Rakesh Kumar confidently shared that this book shall helpful to hundreds other who are interested to establish projects on Railway land and also Revenues Departments as well as other World Railways to know how Indian Railways manages its land.
Rakesh Kumar is known for his honesty in the Railways. He thwarted numbers of attempts of private parties and land mafia grabbing the railway land in Firozpur Division. He traced Railway Land worth Crores of rupees from old Punjab State Government Revenue records
He has number of awards to his credit for his outstanding work fo rprotecting the Railway land – Ministry of Railway Award, English Essay Competition Second Prize Award on the topic – ‘PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OVER INDIAN RAILWAYS’, ‘General Manager Group Award’ during the Railway Week 2011, ‘Principal Chief Engineer Award' on 4 August 2011 at New Delhi, Divisional Railway Manager Awards’ for the year 2002, 2008 ,2009 & 2012’ besides cash awards.
He was also awarded Baba Farid Society Faridkot Awarded “Baba Farid Award for Honesty of the Year 2011 being Most Honest man. This includes Rs. 50,000, Citation, Doshala and Siropa.
Rakesh has already written total 08 books, out of which 02 artechnical and 03 books regarding Shaheed Udham Singh,two books regarding Sahaheed Bhagat Singh and one book regarding Gadar Lehar.
