In the video, Vaishnaw was seen hugging the engineer after he got to know that the employee graduated from the same college in which he studied.
Former bureaucrat Ashwini Vaishnaw, who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways after the reshuffle in the Modi cabinet, was seen hugging an engineer of the Signal Department of the Indian Railways, in a video that has now gone viral on social media.
In the video, Vaishnaw was seen hugging the engineer after he got to know that the employee graduated from the same college, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, in which the Railway Minister studied.
While interacting with the minister, an employee told him that an engineer of the signal department was an alumnus of MBM Engineering College, to which Vaishnaw said, "Aao Gale lagte hain!".
Vaishnaw went on to joke about how juniors addressed their seniors as 'boss' back in college and further asked the employee to call him 'boss. "you should call me boss from today", the new Railway Minister said.
Watch the video here-
Who is Ashwini Vaishnaw?
Vaishnaw, who has made a straight entry into the Union Cabinet without any stint as Minister of State, is a former IAS officer holding degrees from IIT Kanpur and Wharton Business School, and a BJP Rajya Sabha member from Odisha since 2019.
An engineer, CEO, IAS officer, entrepreneur, and finally a politician, he also did a stint in the PMO when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister.
Vaishnaw served as a Collector in Odisha's Balasore and Cuttack districts. He worked in Odisha till 2003, when he was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the office of then Prime Minister Vajpayee.
On completing his MBA in the US, Vaishnaw came back to India, quit the IAS in 2010, and joined GE Transportation as Managing Director. Then he joined Siemens as the Vice President, Locomotives & Head, Urban Infrastructure Strategy.
In 2012, he quit the corporate sector and set up Three Tee Auto Logistics Private Ltd and Vee Gee Auto Components Private Ltd, both automotive components manufacturing units in Gujarat.
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