E. Sreedharan
| E. Sreedharan ഇ ശ്രീധരൻ |
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12 June 1932 Palakkad district, Kerala, India |
| Other names | Metro Man |
| Alma mater | University College of Engineering, Kakinada JNTUK |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Known for | Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro and Other Related Rail Developments |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, Lifetime Achievement award, Several honorary doctorates. |
Government Victoria College, Palakkad
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (/eːlaːʈʈuvaɭappil ɕriːd̪ʱaɾʲan̪/ in Malayalam) is a retired Indian Engineering Service (IES) officer popularly known as the "Metro Man". He is credited for changing the face of public transport in India by his leadership for building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro when he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro between 1995 and 2012. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001, the Padma Vibhushan in 2008, the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2005 and was named one of Asia's Heroes by TIME magazine in 2003. Recently he has been appointed to serve the United Nations’ High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST). He was invited by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve on his HLAG-ST for a period of three years.
E. Sreedharan was born on 12 June 1932 in Pattambi in the Palakkad district of Kerala. His family hails from Karukaputhur, near Koottanad, part of Thrithala legislative assembly, Palakkad district, Kerala. He completed his education at the Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School and then went to the Victoria College in Palghat. He later on completed his Civil Engineering from the Government Engineering College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh known as JNTUK.
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