Smt. Jaya Varma Sinha has taken over as the new Member Operations & Business Development, Railway Board. Prior serving as Principal Chief Commercial Manager of South Eastern Railway.
An Alumnus of Allahabad University, Smt. Jaya Varma Sinha joined Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1988 and worked in Northern Railway, S.E.Railway and Eastern Railway. She also worked as Railway Adviser in the High Commission of India, Dhaka, Bangladesh for four years. The Maitree Express from Kolkata to Dhaka was inaugurated during her tenure in Bangladesh. She also worked as the Divisional Railway Manager, Eastern Railway, Sealdah Division.
She has keen interest in Sports and other socio-cultural activities.