Batra elected chairman of prestigious rly body UIC

New Delhi, Dec 7 (UNI) Chairman, Railway Board, J P Batra has been elected to the post of Chairman of the International Union of Railways (UIC), a prestigious world-wide organisation for international cooperation among railways and promotion of rail transport mode, headquartered in Paris, France.

He is the first non-European to be elected for the prestigious assignment.

The organisation founded in 1922, has 171 members, including railways, rail operators, infrastructure managers, railway service providers, public transport companies, spread over all five continents.

Mr Batra, who is also at present Chairman of World Executive Council (WEC) of UIC, an executive body of Chief Executives from different geographical regions of the world and responsible for UIC activities at global level, had led the transformation of UIC to meet the aspirations of all its members across the globe.

Major functions undertaken by UIC involve promoting technical cooperation between its members and maintaining the overall coherence of the railway system, notably at pan-European level, and achieving interoperability which is one of the keys for bolstering rail transport competitiveness.

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