Heartiest Birthday Greetings to Union Minister for Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw. Wish you a Long and Healthy life.
Your exemplary service and dedication inspire us all.
Ashwini Vaishnaw (born 18 July 1970) is an Indian politician, former IAS officer and a businessman.
Vaishnaw is originally a resident of Jeewand Kallan village of Pali district, Rajasthan. Later, his family settled in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
In 1994, Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service in the Odisha cadre. He worked extensively in different parts of Odisha including serving as the District Collector of Balasore and Cuttack districts.
He took an educational loan to complete his MBA at the Wharton Business School. He realized that it would barely take him months to payback the educational loan and eventually left civil service in 2010 to join private sector and open an Industry. He gained an MBA degree to get insights on how to run a successful business.
After his MBA, Vaishnaw came back to India and joined GE Transportation as Managing Director.
Subsequently, he joined Siemens as the Vice President – Locomotives & Head Urban Infrastructure Strategy.
In 2012, he set up Three Tee Auto Logistics Private Limited and Vee Gee Auto Components Private Limited, both automotive components manufacturing units in Gujarat.
In June 2024, in the 22nd cabinet reshuffle, he was given the responsibility of Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Ministry of Communications.