Dr. Amit Kumar Jain is Director (Operations & Services) of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). An Indian
Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer of the year 2000, Dr. Jain has over two decades of experience in
numerous key leadership positions. Prior to taking up this role, he was working as General Manager, Centre
for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).
Earlier he had also worked as the Head of Operations for the Delhi Division of Railways and as Director Railway
Board. Dr. Jain worked with DMRC from 2009 to 2015 as Deputy Head of Department in Operations and
Maintenance as well as Principal, Training School.
He has done his Ph.D. in Urban Transportation from SPA, Delhi, M.Tech from IIT Delhi, and B.E in Civil Engg
from IIT Roorkee. He is a gold medallist from IIT Roorkee.
Dr. Jain has authored books titled ‘Excellence in Metro Operations and Management - Best Practices world
over, ‘Exploring Life@2050” and ‘Intelligent Transportation Systems’. He is a regular contributor to newspaper
columns and journals.
He has also developed a digital transformation strategy for Iranian Railways as a Rail Digitalization expert with
UNESCAP. He is on the Government of India's ‘National Pool of Trainers on Leadership’. He is a visiting faculty
to various institutes including LBSNAA-Mussoorie, TERI, IIT Mumbai, IEG, NAIR, IRITM, SPA Delhi, and IUT
Delhi.