Shri Hari Mohan Gupta (DIN:08453476), is an Indian Railway Officer (IRSE-1989), Civil Engineering from IIT/Roorkee. Before joining as CMD/IRCON, he was holding the position of Director (Infra) of DFCCIL for around 4 years and during this tenure, 1404 Route Kms (3173 Track Kms) double line electrified with automatic signalling of WDFC got Commissioned. He also worked as ED/Works in MoR, Railway Board from 23-04-2019 to 12-10-2020.Before ED/Works, he worked for 7 years on deputation on a challenging Iconic Project as Chief Project Manager of Rewari-Dadri section of WDFC in DFCCIL and was instrumental in acquisition of land in 7 Prime Districts (Rewari, Alwar, Mewat, Gurgaon, Palwal, Faridabad & GB Nagar of UP), ensuring Forestry clearances in all Districts including special permission to pass through Aravali Ranges by making a tunnel in Aravali Hills, getting freehold land in Noida & getting Noida-Greater Noida metro alignment changed to accommodate DFC alignment. All designs & drawings of the project components were finalized during his tenure and construction activities all along the alignment started in a big way.
He is also having experience of track maintenance, repair/maintenance/overhauling of huge Railway track machines, tendering/contract finalization/arbitration/administration of Zonal Railways etc. and while working as ED/Works, he gained lot of experience in project monitoring, financing & other related fields.
In July’24, he took charge of CMD/IRCON and ensured commissioning of projects across various infrastructure sectors like USBRL (Jammu-Kashmir) Rail Project of J&K, doubling of Kiul-Gaya Rail project, Katni-Singrauli Rail Doubling project, iconic MP Katni Grade separator project, massive electrification of North Frontier Railway, converting Mechanical interlocking to Electronic interlocking of Northern Railway, upgradation of Maho-Umanthai Rail track of Sri Lanka, laying of Khulna-Mongla New Rail line in Bangladesh, commissioning of Solar Power in Karnataka for Indian Railways, commissioning of Modern Tunnel communication systems, Rigid overhead catenary system in Tunnels, overhead electrification in Rapid Rail NCRTC project, faster execution of Highway projects etc.
In addition, he also developed the separate Electrical & S&T verticals in Business Development wing of the company. Since, the Human Resource of any company is the main driving force for the growth of the company, hence, he ensured various policy changes for uplifting the satisfaction & ownership of the employees.
His vision for the company is to leverage the business strengths, industrial knowledge, and experience of infrastructure projects to achieve a profitable and sustainable growth for the company through robust contract management, efficient execution, design innovation and use of advanced technology.
As a responsible head of a public sector organization, he recognizes his duty to make IRCON a socially responsible company and to set a high benchmark to meet larger social goals. He intends to put in place a properly designed and consistently enforced system of operational and financial controls, safeguard the resources, generate reliable financial reports and comply with all laws and regulations.
He is very passionate & hardworking person & approach to leadership has always been to accommodate input from each and every member of team, keep their motivation high and pursue the project on a mission mode. He truly believes in the power of honesty, integrity, perseverance & a healthy work culture in an organization, hence, always ensured on maintaining good interpersonal relations across various departments, seniors & juniors. This has not only brought harmony in his working but has also helped him in getting faster clearances & approvals from various State Governments & Authorities.
