Alka Arora Misra is a senior bureaucrat who worked for Indian Railways in a variety of roles in a career spanning 35 years. A postgraduate in Economics and a Gold Medalist from Allahabad University, she recently retired as AdditionalMember Human Resources of the Railway Board and as the Vice Chancellor of National Rail and Transport University, Vadodara- a unique institution that she had the privilege to set up from scratch.

She won the Railway Minister’s Award for excellence and was also selected for a Chevening Scholarship. She has significant experience and expertise in infrastructure and logistics management; Human Resource development; education and inter- ministerial affairs. Well-read and widely travelled, her passion includes institution building; skill building; community service and women participation in economic activity.