Shri Brijesh Kumar Gupta holds a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineer (B.E. - Civil) from Madhav Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Gwalior and Post Graduate Degree (M.Tech) in Applied Mechanics from IIT, Delhi.

He belongs to Indian Railway Services of Engineers (IRSE) of 1985 batch. He is also Member of Indian Institute Permanent Way Engineers (IIPWE), New Delhi. He has been trained in Strategic Management Programme in Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA in October 2018; and Leadership Programme in SDA Bocconi Business School, Milan, Italy in July, 2017.

He is presently working as Additional Member (Civil Engineer), Railway Board. He has over 37 years of enriched and varied experience in Railways, especially in execution and management of Railway Projects. He held various important and challenging posts in Railways such as Chief Administrative Officer (Const.), [North Western Railway, Jaipur & East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar], Chief Safety Officer [West Central Railway, Jabalpur], Divisional Railway Manager [Central Railway, Nagpur].

He is recipient of prestigious award of Railway Minister’s Civil Engineering Construction shield consecutively for 2020-21 & 2021-22 while working as CAO/C/North Western Railway, Jaipur and Zonal Safety Shield in 2013-14 and 2014-15 while working as Chief Safety Officer, West Central Railway, Jabalpur. During his two years of tenure as Divisional Railway Manager, Nagpur Division was adjudged as best division in Central Railway in both the years. Further, he is awarded at Ministry of Railways level as a member of team for Excellent work in completing Gauge conversion of Jodhpur – Jaisalmer (300 Kms.) section in record time in 1994-95 while working as Dy. Chief Engineer/Construction/Jodhpur.