Dr. Surendra Kumar Ahirwar is a 1996 batch officer of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He is currently posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industries, looking after Logistics. Before joining Ministry of Commerce and Industries in 2018, he has worked in Ministry of Railways in various positions, managing operations, marketing, infrastructure planning, project implementation, PPP Project planning & implementation and Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project etc. He has been recipient of many awards including the National Award for improving efficiency in operations of Railways.

Dr. Surendra Kumar Ahirwar is a 1996 batch officer of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He is currently posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industries, looking after Logistics. Before joining Ministry of Commerce and Industries in 2018, he has worked in Ministry of Railways in various positions, managing operations, marketing, infrastructure planning, project implementation, PPP Project planning & implementation and Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project etc. He has been recipient of many awards including the National Award for improving efficiency in operations of Railways.

Dr. Ahirwar has been associated with the Logistics Division since 2018 as Director, and as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry from February 2020, he has been looking after International Trade with regards to North East Asia, CIS, GeM, besides Logistics. In DPIIT, as Joint Secretary, has been associated with the launch and implementation of the flagship initiatives of Government of India viz PM GatiShakti and National Logistics Policy. He has also chaired the Working Group for ‘Logistics for Trade’ under G-20 Presidency of India and has been instrumental in adoption of High Level.