Ajay Kumar takes charge as Gurugram Metro managing director

Ajay Kumar, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran’s chief administrator, has been appointed managing director of Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL).

The Union housing and urban affairs ministry confirmed the appointment. The post had been vacant since September 8 following an administrative reshuffle. GMRL officials said the vacancy had slowed decisions, including a tender for the metro depot.

Kumar is a 2013-batch IAS officer and also serves as managing director of the Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation, the state’s nodal agency for planning and executing mass-transit projects. He was Gurugram’s deputy commissioner between November 2024 and April 2026.

GMRL is building the 29km Gurugram Metro project, with work under way between Millennium City Centre and Sector 9. The agency has also floated a ₹1,662 crore tender for construction of the Phase 2 corridor.