Prem Narayan

About Prem Narayan

An accomplished management professional, he possesses about 30 years of distinguished career in the areas of Supply Chain Management, transport and urban sector, Customer Relationship Management, Large infrastructure projects management, General Administration. Portfolio of achievements includes successful implementation of E-Awas: Online automatic housing allotment system and JnNURM programme (GOI’s Mission mode programme) in the Ministry of Urban Development, whereas Vendor Managed inventory system over IRCTC’s base kitchens across Indian Railways network, GRIHA 5 Star rating for UIDAI, HQ, building, Roll out of online Aadhaar PVC Card service for the residents. Broad-based background encompasses exceptional technical and managerial skills in wide areas such as Urban Infrastructure Development, Transportation, Supply-Chain Management, Project Implementation and Evaluation, Procurement, Inventory Management, Sale of Scrap through Public Auction, Vigilance, Import Clearance, Food Safety & Quality and Corporate Planning. An MBA from IIM-Bangalore, B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Kanpur and M. Tech. in Design of Mechanical Equipments from IIT-Delhi, he has also completed a course on ‘Budgeting and Financial Management for Public Sector’ from Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA, Managerial Accounting and Financial Control from London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK and Strategic Management from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and Trainers training on development of Customer Satisfaction index, Asian Productivity Organisation at Seoul, Republic of Korea.He is an author of the book “Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Management – Frameworks, Models & Applications”, a publication of Quality Council of India (QCI) which is available in more than 450 leading Management and Engineering institutions of India.He is a civil servant belonging to Indian Railway Stores Services (IRSS/1989 batch) and currently working as a Director (Foreign Procurements), Ministry of Railways, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

Experience

1. Chief Materials Manager

   Northern Railway

   Jun 2024 — Present

Education

• Insead The Business School for the world Singapore

  Training Course, Leadership course in Strategic Management

  2016 — 2016

• Indian School of Business

  Strategic Management

  2015 — 2015

• Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

  Short term training course, Budgeting & Financial Management for Public Sector

  2012 — 2012

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering

  1984 — 1988

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  PGPPM, Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management

  2005 — 2007

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  Short term training course, Budgeting and Financial Control

  2014 — 2014

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  M TECH, Design of Mechanical Equipments

  1988 — 1990