Mukesh Kumar Singh

Shri MK Singh, an M Phil in Maths from University of Delhi and a PGDFM from IGNOU, is a Professor of Practice in Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM). He is the Program Director of Training Program for Civil Services Probationers (of four different organised Group A services of GoI). He is also the Training in-charge of Procurement Courses run by Department of Expenditure, besides being in-charge of many short term MDP courses.

After joining the Indian Railways Accounts Service (IRAS), Shri Singh has held various positions in Indian Railways and its PSUs. He has also gained vast experience in the Ministry of Railways. He possesses wide exposure to aspects of Railway earnings, project finance in all its varied shades, manufacturing environment of railway units, accounting, audit and budgeting functions of Railways. He has independently headed the Finance and Accounts wing of field units and overseen the functioning of the Railways while working in Railway Board.  Interacting with ministries like Ministry of Finance, Defence etc. helped him understand the system from a holistic perspective. He was also involved in PPP initiatives in railways during his stint of four years in Railway Board.

His vast canvass has equipped him with the necessary skill sets to join as a Professor of Practice in AJNIFM.

He held the charge of CMD IRCON before superannuation. He has also worked as Director Finance IRCON and during his tenure at IRCON, he has helped in charting out a turnaround path for the company to arrest the decline in the Turnover. He has a long experience of being a part of the functioning of a Board Room, Business Development, overseeing corporate compliances of a PSU, fund management, budgeting, audit, policy formulation and developing robust internal processes and controls, project management, implementation of an ERP system etc.

Close association with the overseas operations of IRCON provided him with the opportunity to deal with foreign business dealings of IRCON.

He has been involved in PPP projects in Ports, Roadways and Railways for last 15 years of his career. He has steered the listing process and disinvestment of Govt of India shares in IRCON.

He has attended a number of Seminars on planning, budgeting, modes of financing, emerging trends in employee benefits, accounting reforms, e-governance, and so on. He has also attended short term Program in IIM Ahmedabad, Rotman Business School. Toronto, INSEAD Singapore and ICLIF Malaysia.

He taught mathematics in Delhi University to the undergraduate and post graduate students. During the process, he had had the opportunity of developing an intrinsic analytical ability which has honed his Arithmetic and Logical aspects.