Who is Ashwini Vaishnaw?

Ashwini Vaishnaw

About Ashwini Vaishnaw

Who is Ashwini Vaishnaw?

Ashwini Vaishnaw is India's incumbent Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology (IT)
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Early life and education

Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician and former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who was born on July 18, 1970, in Rajasthan.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw is a Member of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha since June 2019 and has served as a collector in Cuttack and Balasore districts of the state.
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Career

Ashwini Vaishnaw graduated from MBM Engineering College (JNVU) Jodhpur in 1991 and received a gold medal in an electronic and communications engineering course. He cracked IAS in 1994 with an all-India rank of 27. He went to the US in 2008 for an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Bureaucrat-turned politician Ashwini Vaishnaw holds a bachelor's degree and gold medal in electronics and communications engineering from Jai Narain Vyas University and a master's degree in industrial management and engineering from IIT Kanpur.
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The 1994-batch IAS officer is known for his involvement in the Public-Private Policy (PPP) framework in infrastructure development.
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Vaishnaw joined GE Transportation as Managing Director after coming back to India. Later, he was appointed as the Vice President - Locomotives & Head Urban Infrastructure Strategy at Siemens.
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Vaishnaw left the corporate sector in 2012 and established automotive components manufacturing units -- Vee Gee Auto Components Pvt Ltd and Three Tee Auto Logistics Pvt Ltd in Gujarat.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw ventured into politics when he worked in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's administration after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) lost the election in 2004.
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Two years later, he became the deputy chairman of Mormugao Port Trust. He took charge of the Railway Ministry on July 8, 2021.

Latest Updates on Ashwini Vaishnaw

Qualcomm agreed to create roadmap for developing 6G Labs: Ashwini Vaishnaw

4 min read Last Updated :Mar 14 2024 | 2:35 PM IST
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First chip from Dholera plant will be out in December 2026, says Vaishnaw

3 min read Last Updated :Mar 13 2024 | 2:44 PM IST
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U'khand CM Dhami inaugurates, lays foundation stone of development schemes

2 min read Last Updated :Mar 10 2024 | 12:17 PM IST
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India to be on high-stake global stage of chip makers in 5 years: Vaishnaw

5 min read Last Updated :Mar 03 2024 | 3:18 PM IST
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Employment process for 150,000 employees complete, says Ashwini Vaishnaw

2 min read Last Updated :Jan 28 2024 | 10:35 AM IST
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India most-trusted; world should consider trust-shoring for doing biz: Min

3 min read Last Updated :Jan 18 2024 | 1:07 PM IST
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India's semiconductor mission focused on designing entire chip: Vaishnaw

6 min read Last Updated :Jan 18 2024 | 7:28 AM IST
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LS proceedings adjourned till 2 PM, Telecommunications Bill introduced

2 min read Last Updated :Dec 18 2023 | 12:59 PM IST
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Bullet train to be functional within 3 yrs, Ayodhya airport by Dec end: Min

3 min read Last Updated :Dec 08 2023 | 1:44 PM IST
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Centre giving Rs 6,080 cr for railways sector in Tamil Nadu: Vaishnaw

2 min read Last Updated :Nov 28 2023 | 9:35 AM IST
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India to have draft regulation on deepfakes in 10 days: Ashwini Vaisnaw

3 min read Last Updated :Nov 23 2023 | 10:27 PM IST
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Siddaramaiah requests Vaishnaw to extend Vande Bharat Express till Belagavi

2 min read Last Updated :Oct 31 2023 | 1:26 PM IST
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Andhra train accident: Vaishnaw speaks with CM, updates him on situation

3 min read Last Updated :Oct 30 2023 | 6:26 AM IST
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Govt wants telecom service to remain most affordable in entire world: Min

3 min read Last Updated :Oct 29 2023 | 12:19 PM IST
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Four killed and 30 injured in train crash in Bihar, says Railways

3 min read Last Updated :Oct 12 2023 | 11:15 PM IST
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Matter of happiness that PM Vishwakarma scheme being launched on his b'day

2 min read Last Updated :Sep 17 2023 | 8:21 AM IST
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Airbus signs MoU with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to develop workforce

3 min read Last Updated :Sep 08 2023 | 7:21 AM IST
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Dell, HP among 32 firms that applied to make laptops locally: Vaishnaw

3 min read Last Updated :Aug 30 2023 | 10:51 PM IST
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32 companies apply under PLI IT hardware scheme: Ashwini Vaishnaw

1 min read Last Updated :Aug 30 2023 | 5:58 PM IST
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Raghuram Rajan is doing 'shadow-boxing on someone's behalf': Vaishnaw

2 min read Last Updated :Aug 19 2023 | 10:06 PM IST
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