U Subba Rao assumes charge as Southern Railway General Manager

U Subba Rao, General Manager of Southern Railway

U Subba Rao assumed charge as the General Manager of Southern Railway on Saturday. Prior to this assignment, Rao served as the General Manager of the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.An officer belonging to the 1987 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Rao has held key leadership positions across various Zonal Railways and Production Units.Prior to his tenure as GM of ICF, Rao served as Additional General Manager and Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer of South Western Railway at Hubballi; Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Salem Division in Southern Railway, Chief Mechanical Engineer (Planning) of South Central Railway at Secunderabad, Chief Workshop Manager at the Coaching Workshop in Mysuru (SWR), and Chief Workshop Engineer at the Rail Wheel Factory, Bengaluru, says a release.Rao succeeds RN Singh, who superannuated on July 31, 2026, the release said.Published on August 1, 2026