New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Gupta was appointed as Managing Director of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited.

Gupta, who is presently holding the additional charge of the post, has been appointed for five-year term, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said.

He is presently working as Director (Operations and Commercial) in the Konkan Railway. 

The 741-kilometre Konkan Railway line connects Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. 

In another order, the Centre has extended the additional charge of Managing Director, HMT Watches Ltd, given to B M Shivashankar for six months beyond May 1, 2016. 

Shivashankar is presently Director (Technology), HMT Machine Tools Ltd.