RailTel Designates CTO & CISO as Senior Management Personnel
RailTel Corporation of India Limited has designated its Chief Technology Officer, Shri R S Mani, and Chief Information Security Officer, Shri Ravi Kant Prasad, as Senior Management Personnel. This change is effective from April 13, 2026, following a revision in the company's Materiality Policy.
This is an internal administrative change regarding management designation, which is unlikely to have a significant immediate impact on the company's operations or financial performance.
The announcement pertains to a change in management designation, which is a procedural update and does not inherently carry positive or negative financial implications for the company.
RailTel Corporation of India Limited has announced a significant change in its management structure, designating the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) as Senior Management Personnel. This decision was made following a revision in the company's Materiality Policy by the Board of Directors in a meeting held on April 13, 2026.
As per the revised policy and Regulation 16(1)(d) of SEBI LODR, both Shri R S Mani, the Chief Technology Officer, and Shri Ravi Kant Prasad, the Chief Information Security Officer, are now officially recognized as Senior Management Personnel. The appointments are effective from April 13, 2026.
Shri R S Mani brings over 39 years of experience in technology design, implementation, and strategic leadership. His notable past roles include Distinguished Scientist at CSIR and Deputy Director General at NIC. He has played a key role in national projects like the National Knowledge Network (NKN) and the AarogyaSetu application. His expertise spans network planning, cybersecurity, and data center management, with international experience in establishing Centers of Excellence and Data Centers in Mongolia and Laos.
Shri Ravi Kant Prasad, an Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer with over three decades of experience, serves as the Chief Information Security Officer. He oversees dual Tier-III data centers and leads RailTel's Network Operations Center. His CISO role focuses on architecting cybersecurity defenses against advanced threats and implementing Zero Trust architectures. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering and a postgraduate degree in Management.
What to do with a filing like this
Railtel Corporation Of India Limited filed this with the NSE as a statutory disclosure, categorised under key management changes. It is a primary document, not a recommendation, and the desk marks it low impact, the band that almost never moves a portfolio on its own.
That call is the part a filing cannot make for you. On RealCase, SEBI-registered research analysts and investment advisers read announcements like this one and turn the ones that matter into actions inside their model portfolios: a change in weight, a hold, or nothing at all. You are not left working out which of the roughly 250 filings published each day needs a response. The portfolio you follow is updated when a filing actually warrants it, with the reason written down.
See the model portfoliosA plain-language summary of a public exchange filing by Railtel Corporation Of India Limited. Read the original for the full detail.