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Who is E Sreedharan?

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian politician and engineer who is known for transforming the public transport sector in India. His leadership in the building of the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro is acknowledged globally. Sreedharan was the managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) between 1995 and 2012. The Metro Man, as Sreedharan is popularly known, has been awarded numerous times for his contributions. In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government. In 2008, the Indian government awarded him the Padma Vibhushan. The French government, in 2015, awarded Sreedharan with the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, which is considered as the highest French order of merit for both civil and military. The TIME magazine named him as one of Asia’s Heroes in 2003. In 2021, Sreedharan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The 88-year-old engineer is expected to be the saffron party’s chief minister candidate for Kerala in the 2021 Assembly election.

He was born on June 12, 1932 in Karukaputhur in the present-day Thrithala constituency in the district of Palakkad of Kerala to parents Keezhveettil Neelakandan Moosath and Ammaluamma. He did his primary education from Government Lower Primary School Chathannur, which was situated near Pattambi in Palakkad. He then went on to Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School and later to the Victoria College in Palghat. He completed his Civil Engineering degree from the Government Engineering College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, which is currently known as Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU Kakinada).
 
Sreedharan and former chief election commissioner of India T N Seshan were classmates in Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School and later in Victoria College in Palghat. T. N. Seshan is known for the electoral reforms he brought to the Indian politics. Seshan won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996.  
 
Career
 
In 1953, Sreedharan joined the Indian Railway Service of Engineers after clearing the Indian Engineering Services conducted by the UPSC. He was posted in the Southern Railway as a Probationary Assistant Engineer in December 1954. He has, over the years, worked on various projects leading different departments. In 1970, he was in charge of the implementation, planning, and design of the Kolkata Metro. Then he joined the Cochin Shipyard, which was undergoing a phase of unproductivity. He was instrumental in leading a turnaround of the shipyard. He then led the Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro, and the Kochi Metro. He was also the chief advisor for the Lucknow Metro. His contributions to the Delhi Metro have been the most notable in his decades-long career.
 
Political career
 
In 2021, Sreedharan joined the BJP and will contest from the Palakkad constituency in Kerala. Before joining, he had praised BJP and Narendra Modi on various occasions. He had also criticised Aam Aadmi Party’s move to reduce the metro fares in Delhi.

Latest Updates on E Sreedharan

Vikas Kumar, a 1988-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, on Friday assumed charge as the new managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), officials said.

Updated On: 01 Apr 2022 | 12:31 PM IST

The Centre is unlikely to give its approval for the SilverLine Project in Kerala as there were lot of faults in it, E Sreedharan said

Updated On: 06 Jan 2022 | 6:57 PM IST

Sreedharan said more than 300 kms of tracks are proposed through land including agriculture fields, which is unscientific and causes heavy damage

Updated On: 16 Dec 2021 | 7:32 PM IST

In a surprise move, Metroman E Sreedharan on Thursday said he was quitting from active politics

Updated On: 16 Dec 2021 | 1:29 PM IST

'Metro man' E Sreedharan, Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Kerala's Palakkad, is leading from the constituency as counting of votes is underway in the state

Updated On: 02 May 2021 | 11:43 AM IST

Counting of votes began at 8 am on Sunday in Kerala and in the initial rounds Metroman E.Sreedharan of the BJP was leading in the Palakkad Assembly constituency

Updated On: 02 May 2021 | 10:08 AM IST

88-year-old 'Metroman' E. Sreedharan, who faced a stiff poll battle at the Palakkad Assembly constituency, on Wednesday said for the rest of his life, he will work in the constituency

Updated On: 07 Apr 2021 | 12:42 PM IST

BJP candidate from Palakkad Assembly constituency, E Sreedharan on Tuesday said his party will for sure put an impressive show in the Kerala Assembly Elections adding that he will win from Palakkad

Updated On: 06 Apr 2021 | 8:47 AM IST

Kerala's Palakkad constituency is set to witness a tight competition with India's 'Metro Man' and BJP candidate E Sreedharan in the fray in this electoral battle.

Updated On: 06 Apr 2021 | 6:48 AM IST

On Saturday, he shared pictures of his vandalised posters on social media

Updated On: 28 Mar 2021 | 12:05 PM IST

BJP state president K Surendran will contest from two constituencies

Updated On: 14 Mar 2021 | 7:04 PM IST

Sreedharan recently joined the BJP

Updated On: 07 Mar 2021 | 7:58 PM IST

Kerala BJP chief on Thursday announced that Sreedharan will be the party's chief ministerial candidate in the upcoming state Assembly polls

Updated On: 04 Mar 2021 | 11:50 PM IST

PM Modi is also attending the CEC meeting at the party headquarters. Stay tuned for latest LIVE news

Updated On: 04 Mar 2021 | 8:47 PM IST

The 88-year-old hugely popular engineer known for his widespread contribution in the fields of building iconic infrastructure projects

Updated On: 26 Feb 2021 | 8:52 AM IST

If BJP wins Kerala assembly polls, focus will be to bring state out of debt trap, develop infrastructure, says Sreedharan ahead of joining party

Updated On: 19 Feb 2021 | 3:26 PM IST

The entry of Sreedharan into politics through the BJP was announced by state party chief K Surendran at a press conference here on Thursday

Updated On: 19 Feb 2021 | 12:09 AM IST

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008

Updated On: 18 Feb 2021 | 3:44 PM IST

Survey lessons like exports' importance for growth and jobs, how govt intervention in markets can be harmful, and wealth creation via privatisation should have been imbibed long ago, writes T N Ninan

Updated On: 01 Feb 2020 | 12:38 AM IST

PPP in India was tried out in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and the Airport line of Delhi

Updated On: 17 Aug 2017 | 6:22 PM IST