After stints at Railways and Air India, Ashwani Lohani joins GMR Group

Move could a boost for the company, as it was in the process of expanding in Railways sector by showing interest in private train project, station redevelopment and dedicated freight corridors

Former chairman of the Railway Board and two-time chief of Air India, Ashwani Lohani, has joined GMR Group’s Services Business (which includes railways) as chief executive officer (CEO). The move may well be a boost for the company, as it was in the process of expanding its wings in the Railways sector by showing its interests in the private train project, station redevelopment plans and dedicated freight corridors (DFC).   

The move comes some 19 months after he retired from the post of chairman of the Railway Board. Lohani's move is a prize catch for the company's railway division considering