01736nam a22002177a 4500 1958 1958 OSt 20181126141246.0 181126b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 978-81-291-4521-5 Allied Informatics, Jaipur 5606 13/11/2018 2018-19 BSDU English BSDU 625.10092 AKL Aklekar, Rajendra B. India's Railway Man: A Biography of E. Sreedharan New Delhi Rupa Publication India Pvt, Ltd 2017 Sreedharan’s expertise and foresight—on behalf of those not as richly blessed as he was—ensured that political will was converted into a multipurpose railway project. The [Chithoni railway link] bridge was completed eleven weeks ahead of schedule and proved to be helpful to one and all. Two key railway projects changed the way India travels by train—the 760-km stretch of Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro. Both the projects were up and running in seven years flat and the man in charge was Dr Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, popularly known as the Railway Man. He has been hailed as the messiah of new-age infrastructure projects and his success stories have become railway engineering benchmark. Respected, loved and equally hated, this book covers the amazing story of one man—his perseverance, beliefs and public and private battles. India’s Railway Man: A Biography of E. Sreedharan is a tribute to this extraordinary man Contents: 1. Sreedharan, who? 2. Early Life 3. Career: Trains, Bridges, Ships and More 4. Post-Retirement Marvels 5. Then and Now 6. Engineering and Beyond 7. Vox Populi 8. Inspiration Biography Entrepreneurship ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 BSDU BSDU GEN 2018-11-26 295.00 0 625.10092 AKL 017539 2020-02-12 00:00:00 295.00 2018-11-26 BK