Shri Yatish Kumar is a 1996 batch Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Institute of Engineers (India). He is also Honorary Chairman of State Centre Institute of Engineers (Mechanical Branch), Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry (Eastern Region) Manufacturing Subcommittee and life member of Indian Institute of Welding (IIW). Shri Kumar is h
aving more than 24 years’ glorious experience working with Indian Railways in various capacities. An Administrative Officer of the Indian Railway Service, Yatish Kumar has the distinction of becoming the youngest Chairman and Managing Director of Central 'Public Sector Undertakings'. Presently, he is posted as Chairman & Managing Director, Braithwaite & Co. He was previously holding the post of Director (I&L), RDSO, Kolkata. It is worth mentioning the role of Shri Yatish Kumar in turning around BCL within a short span of less than 4 years of his tenure. Under his leadership, he infused new life into the organization resulting in tremendous growth in respect of all major parameters, registering a Revenue of Rs 610 Cr and Profit (PBT) of Rs 31.07 Cr in 2020-21, as compared to Rs 119 Cr and Rs 2.60 Cr in 2017-18 respectively (a growth of 413% w.r.t. Revenue & 1095% w.r.t.PBT), which is the highest ever achievement in history of BCL. During the current FY 2021-22 too, BCL is continuing its stellar performance and is likely to surpass major performance parameters of last year. Under Sri Kumar’s leadership, BCL was rated ‘Excellent’ in MoU performance by Govt. of India in two consecutive FYs 2019-20 & 2020-21; recently also conferred ‘MiniRatna-I’ status, both being first ever achievement in its history. Shri Yatish Kumar was honoured with National Award in 2006 for outstanding contribution in Indian Railways and Five Zonal Railways Award (at General Manager level) for outstanding contribution in Eastern Railway and RDSO. Awards received during Shri Kumar’s tenure in BCL
• Conferred “Gold Medal” to BCL and “Outstanding Global Leadership Award 2019” to CMD/BCL by The Institute of Economic Studies.
• CII (ER) conferred Quality Award 2019-20 in the category of Medium Scale and Annual Productivity Award 2019-20 in the Category: Significant.
• Recognition Award to BCL in Rail Analysis Innovation & Excellence Summit 2020 towards “Manufacture and Supply of Wagon to Indian Railways.
• Sri Kumar, awarded the “CEO with HR Orientation” Award by World HRD Congress.
• BCL awarded the “The Governance Now 7th PSU Awards” in “Strategic Performance (Financial)” category in 2020 & Mr Yatish Kumar, awarded 'CMD Leadership Award' at the Governance Now 8th PSU awards in 2021. Social & Cultural Association:
Imbued with compassion and a spirit of service towards the underprivileged sections of society, Yatish Kumar has always been at the forefront in supporting various social upliftment programs. He has also keen interest in Hindi Poetry and he has made a special creative presence in the literary world in the last few years. His poetic reviews on popular novels, stories and travelogues have particularly attracted the attention of readers. Recently his first Hindi poetry book ‘Antas Ki Khurchan’ has been published, which is getting a lot of appreciation from the readers and litterateurs.