Ity Pande takes over charge as first lady Divisional Railway Manager of Bhusawal

Ity Pande

Ity Pande, a 1998-batch officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) earlier working as Chief Commercial Manager/Passenger services at Central Railway, has joined as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Bhusawal. She is 1st lady DRM of the Bhusawal division. She has succeeded SS Kedia.

A CR note said she was instrumental in the outstanding performance of Central Railway in ticket checking earnings and Non-Fare revenue earnings in the year 2022-23.

"Under her guidance, CR remained at the No. 1 position amongst all 16 zones of Indian railways in terms of ticket checking earnings of Rs 303.91 crores and penalising 46.95 lakhs ticketless passengers in the year 2022-23. Due to her planning, Central Railway was also No.1 in Indian Railway, in terms of Non-Fare revenue with earnings of 87 Crores, which was Rs 5 crores more than the target of Rs 82 crores given by the Railway board in the year 2022-23," a press note stated.

Apart from commercial department work, Pande has experience of workings in vigilance and safety departments.

Pandey has also worked in Western Railway as Chief Commercial Manager/freight services & Dy chief safety officer & Dy Chief Vigilance Officer at WR HQ.

A keen athlete, she has participated in various events. In May-2023 she successfully completed International Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in South Africa, which is known as one of the toughest Ultra Hill Marathons of the world and termed as the Ultimate Human Race, becoming the first lady Civil Servant & 1st from Indian Railways to achieve this.