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| Born | Elattuvalapil Sreedharan 12 June 1932 Karukaputhur, Pattambi Taluk, Malabar District, British India (present-day Pattambi Taluk, Palakkad district Kerala, India) |
| Other names | Metro Man |
| Alma mater | G.L.P.S Chathanur, Government Victoria College, Palakkad, Kerala University College of Engineering, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh (JNTUK) |
| Occupation | Civil engineer (retired) Politician |
| Known for | Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro, Kochi Metro and other rail related developments |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2021-2021) |
| Spouse | Radha Sreedharan |
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Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (born 12 June 1932) is an Indian engineer and politician from the Indian state of Kerala. He is credited with changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) between 1995 and 2012.[1] Known as the Metro Man, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001,[2] the Padma Vibhushan in 2008,[3] the Chevalier de la Legion of Honour[2] in 2005 by the Government of France and was named one of Asia's Heroes by Time magazine in 2003.[4][5] Sreedharan was appointed by the former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to serve on the United Nations's High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST) for a period of three years in 2015. He is a member of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.[6][7][8] He briefly served as a national executive council member of Bharatiya Janata Party, but later quit active politics in December 2021.[9] He also worked as an advisor of Dhaka Metro authority which is called Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited under the Railway Ministry of Bangladesh.[10]
- ^ "Metro man batting for Kochi'". 4 July 2012.
- ^ a b "French award presented to Sreedharan". The Hindu. 23 March 2005. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Sachin, Tata, Sreedharan get Padma Vibhushan". 26 January 2008.
- ^ "E. Sreedharan, Padma Shri, Public Transport in India". 20 August 2013.
- ^ "E Sreedharan resigns as MD of DMRC". 12 July 2009. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Sreedharan on Vaishno Devi Board". The Hindu. 28 March 2012.(subscription required)
- ^ Timmons, Heather; Raina, Pamposh (5 October 2011). "A Conversation With: E. Sreedharan". India Ink. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "E Sreedharan: More Than The Metro Man". Forbes India. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "E Sreedharan quits politics". Asianet News (in Malayalam). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ BonikBarta. "পুরোটাই উড়ালপথে নির্মাণ ভারতের 'মেট্রো ম্যান' শ্রীধরনের পরামর্শে". পুরোটাই উড়ালপথে নির্মাণ ভারতের ‘মেট্রো ম্যান’ শ্রীধরনের পরামর্শে. Retrieved 18 April 2024.