Brijesh Dixit conferred with Distinguished Alumnus Award by NAIR

01 Feb 2023 CW Team

Dr Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maha Metro, has been conferred with the prestigious Distinguished Alumnus Award by the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara, today. NAIR is the apex training academy of Indian Railways which provides initial training to railway officers at the time of appointment and conducts various in-service training programme. As part of its Foundation Day celebrations, NAIR awards one of its outstanding Alumnus with the Distinguished Alumnus Award. This year, Dr Dixit has been presented with the award for his illustrious career in the Indian Railways and also for outstanding contributions towards the efficient implementation of large scale Urban Transport Projects like Nagpur Metro, Pune Metro and Navi Mumbai Metro.

It is worth noting that Dr Dixit has been felicitated and honoured on multiple occasions. He was felicitated at 4 th World Record Holders’ Meet held at New Delhi for being chosen in the top 100 record holders for excellence in world stage 2022 by Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records. Geospatial World – a prominent media platform with diverse activities – had conferred `Excellence Award for Metro Project’ on Maha Metro Nagpur recently.

Dr Dixit was also conferred with the prestigious `Special Lifetime Achievement Award' at an event held at Andheri East, Mumbai. The award was presented to him by Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers (IIBE) for his tireless efforts in the field of infrastructure development in the country. Further, he was accorded civic reception by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in March last year. Dixit was felicitated with a memento at the hands of Union Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and City Mayor Daya Shankar Tiwari.

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