DMRC sets up new entity to run metro projects abroad

The DMRC has launched Delhi Metro International Limited, appointing Sanjay Jamuar as CEO to expand metro projects and operations outside Delhi and abroad.

Published on: Apr 27, 2026, 03:36:12 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has set up a separate entity––the Delhi Metro International Limited (DMIL), appointing former Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer Sanjay Jamuar as its chief executive officer (CEO).

DMRC sets up new entity to run metro projects abroad

The entity, set up with support of the Central government, will take up Metro projects as well as operation and maintenance (O&M) assignments in India outside Delhi, and abroad, officials said on Sunday. Till date, DMRC was handing these roles.

“Sanjay Jamuar has been appointed as the first chief executive officer (CEO) of the DMIL,” said Anuj Dayal, principal executive director, corporate communications at DMRC in a statement on Sunday, adding that DMIL’s role involves assisting and setting up Metro projects outside Delhi and abroad.

Dayal said the DMRC is also handling crucial O&M contracts for the Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Mumbai (Maharashtra), and Bihar’s Patna metro projects, and it has played the role of consultant for almost all major Metro projects in India.

“DMRC has also carried out construction work for Metro projects in Mumbai, Jaipur and Patna. Therefore, the DMIL is now expected to further expand DMRC’s footprint across the world,” he said.

DMRC is currently involved as a consultant with the Dhaka Metro project in Bangladesh.

The DMIL has the mandate to offer advisory services to other authorities and lenders to help develop, improve and prepare long term plans for metro and transit systems.

Officials said the DMIL will further leverage the experience and expertise of DMRC which has directly or indirectly helped many cities across the country to build their own metro systems.

Meanwhile, the newly appointed CEO, Jamuar, hold a wide experience across the Indian Railways, the DMRC, and internationally in the UK, USA, France, Middle East and Europe.

“He holds a post graduate diploma in strategic leadership from Warwick Business school UK, and has done research work at Leeds University in transport economics.When he joined DMRC in 1998, he was the first O&M employee,” Dayal added.

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Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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