Railway and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw: Back-room boy entrusted to lead from the front

While the induction of Ashwini Vaishnaw, an IAS officer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-Rajya Sabha member, into the Union council of ministers was widely anticipated, his direct entry into the Union Cabinet with the crucial portfolios of railways and communications and information technology just two years after his election to the Upper House, and without a stint as a minister of state, has drawn attention.

Railway and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw: Back-room boy entrusted to lead from the front
While the induction of Ashwini Vaishnaw, an IAS officer-turned-entrepreneur-turned-Rajya Sabha member, into the Union council of ministers was widely anticipated, his direct entry into the Union Cabinet with the crucial portfolios of railways and communications and information technology just two years after his election to the Upper House, and without a stint as a minister of state, has drawn attention.