Bhubaneswar: Bureaucrat-turned-politician Ashwini Vaishnav, known for his efforts to reform the railway sector and establish the public-private partnership model in infrastructure projects, was on Sunday re-inducted into the Union Cabinet.
The 53-year-old Rajya Sabha member from Odisha was appointed as deputy secretary in the office of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002 when the BJP had an alliance with the BJD.
In July 2021, his inclusion in the Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0 came as a surprise to many and Vaishnav, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, was given the responsibility of important departments like Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology.
He earned praise not only from the Prime Minister but also from his cabinet colleagues on several occasions.
During his tenure as an IAS officer, Vaishnav served the people of Sundergarh, Balasore and Cuttack in Odisha and was appreciated for his proactive measures during the 'Super Cyclone' that hit the eastern state in October–November in 1999. Went.During his brief tenure in the PMO in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, his efforts to pioneer the public-private partnership model in infrastructure projects were appreciated.
Later, Vaishnav, a native of Rajasthan, was appointed as Vajpayee's personal secretary after the BJP-led NDA lost the elections in 2004.
An alumnus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the BJP leader was first elected to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha in 2019 and was nominated unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament in February this year with the active support of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal. (BJD)
After leaving government service, he joined the private sector and worked in Gujarat, during which he is believed to have caught the attention of Modi, who was then the chief minister of the western state.
The 53-year-old Rajya Sabha member from Odisha was appointed as deputy secretary in the office of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2002 when the BJP had an alliance with the BJD.
In July 2021, his inclusion in the Narendra Modi Cabinet 2.0 came as a surprise to many and Vaishnav, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, was given the responsibility of important departments like Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology.
He earned praise not only from the Prime Minister but also from his cabinet colleagues on several occasions.
During his tenure as an IAS officer, Vaishnav served the people of Sundergarh, Balasore and Cuttack in Odisha and was appreciated for his proactive measures during the 'Super Cyclone' that hit the eastern state in October–November in 1999. Went.During his brief tenure in the PMO in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, his efforts to pioneer the public-private partnership model in infrastructure projects were appreciated.
Later, Vaishnav, a native of Rajasthan, was appointed as Vajpayee's personal secretary after the BJP-led NDA lost the elections in 2004.
An alumnus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the BJP leader was first elected to the Rajya Sabha from Odisha in 2019 and was nominated unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament in February this year with the active support of Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal. (BJD)
After leaving government service, he joined the private sector and worked in Gujarat, during which he is believed to have caught the attention of Modi, who was then the chief minister of the western state.
