All-woman crew operates Vande Bharat Express between Bengaluru and Mysuru

Bengaluru: An all-woman crew operated the Vande Bharat Express between Bengaluru and Mysuru on Sunday to mark International Women's Day. 

Loco pilot Balla Sivaparvathi, assistant loco pilot Aswathi S Nair, and train manager (guard) Priyadarshini operated the train number 20607 Chennai Central-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express. 

The train was flagged off by Priya, Senior Divisional Operations Manager; Uma Sharma, Senior Divisional Personnel Officer (Co-ordination); Nivedita Balaraddiyavar, Divisional Commercial Manager; and Akhil Mattu, Divisional Electrical Engineer (Traction Operations). 

Women staff and women passengers were greeted by presenting rose buds, according to the South Western Railway (SWR).