<p>Bengaluru: In a surprise decision, the Bengaluru divisional railway manager has been transferred out in less than four months. </p>.<p>Amitesh Kumar Sinha, who took charge as the Bengaluru DRM only in January this year, has been deputed to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as additional secretary. </p>.<p>His successor, Ashutosh K Singh, took office on Wednesday. </p>.<p>Singh is a 1995-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE). He is a BE (Electrical Engineering) graduate from IIT, Roorkee. </p>.'GCCs to spur growth story of Hyderabad over Bengaluru'.<p>Prior to this, Singh was Chief Electrical Engineer at the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited. He also worked for the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), where he was a part of the high-speed projects. He was also involved in the safety certification of various metro projects, including in Bengaluru, the South Western Railway (SWR) said. </p>.<p>Railway enthusiasts said that DRMs are often given short stints in Bengaluru, affecting their performance. </p>.<p>Sinha's predecessor, Yogesh Mohan, had a 17-month stint. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: In a surprise decision, the Bengaluru divisional railway manager has been transferred out in less than four months. </p>.<p>Amitesh Kumar Sinha, who took charge as the Bengaluru DRM only in January this year, has been deputed to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as additional secretary. </p>.<p>His successor, Ashutosh K Singh, took office on Wednesday. </p>.<p>Singh is a 1995-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE). He is a BE (Electrical Engineering) graduate from IIT, Roorkee. </p>.'GCCs to spur growth story of Hyderabad over Bengaluru'.<p>Prior to this, Singh was Chief Electrical Engineer at the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited. He also worked for the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), where he was a part of the high-speed projects. He was also involved in the safety certification of various metro projects, including in Bengaluru, the South Western Railway (SWR) said. </p>.<p>Railway enthusiasts said that DRMs are often given short stints in Bengaluru, affecting their performance. </p>.<p>Sinha's predecessor, Yogesh Mohan, had a 17-month stint. </p>