Vivek Sahai

{{Short description|Vivek Sahai is a railway and transport expert in India who has worked with the Indian government}}

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| birth_place = Uttar Pradesh, India

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| occupation = Retired Bureaucrat

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Vivek Sahai is a transportation and management expert in India. He is a 1973 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service officer. He was appointed as Chairman Railway Board from 01-06-2010 to 30-06-2011 and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India.{{cite news |title=Vivek Sahai takes over as chairman, Railway Board |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vivek-Sahai-takes-over-as-chairman-Railway-Board/articleshow/5995824.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104130117/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-01/india/28304240_1_railway-board-mumbai-terror-attacks-s-s-khurana |url-status=live |archive-date=4 November 2012 |work=The Times of India |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=26 January 2011 }}{{cite news |title=Vivek Sahai signs off as chairman, Railway Board |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Vivek-Sahai-signs-off-as-chairman-Railway-Board/Article1-715568.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203190232/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Vivek-Sahai-signs-off-as-chairman-Railway-Board/Article1-715568.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2013 |work=Hindustan Times |date=June 30, 2011}} Additionally, he was the chairman at Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited, and served on the National Transport Development Policy Committee for the Government of India.{{cite news |title=Vivek Sahai Executive Profile|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=104433162&ticker=CCRI:IN&previousCapId=9406148&previousTitle=TECH%20MAHINDRA%20LTD |work=Business Week |date=December 20, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In the past, he served as a Director of Coal India Limited from July 9, 2007, to August 20, 2008, and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd until July 26, 2011. He has also served as Director at Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited.

He is particularly lauded for handling the Railways response to the Mumbai serial blasts in 2006 {{cite news |title=How were Mumbai locals restored in 4 hours|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=70978 |work=Indian Express |date=July 16, 2006}}

After retirement, he was recalled in 2013 to serve as an adviser to the railway minister to help steer large projects.{{cite news |title=New Role |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/new-role/1194649/ |work=Indian Express |date=November 14, 2013}}

Sahai is a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation.