Leadership

Organisation built around engineering leadership

A Chairman & Managing Director with 36+ years in Indian infrastructure, and two directors leading digital transformation and commercial operations.

Prof. (Dr.) H. R. Yadav

Chairman & Managing Director

Ex-IRSE, 1989 batch

A 1989-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Engineers, Dr. Yadav has spent more than three decades planning, designing and delivering railway, metro, RRTS, tunnel and bridge infrastructure — including senior leadership as Executive Director at NCRTC and RVNL.

Education

Ph.D., IIT Delhi — Geotechnical Evaluation of Delhi Metro Tunnels
M.E. & B.E. (Civil), IIT Roorkee — First with Honours

Academia & standards

Adjunct Professor, IIT Kanpur
Honorary Fellow, IIT Roorkee
BIS panel member for IS 456 / IS 1343

Expert & advisory roles

Advisor to BRO for the Atal Tunnel, Rohtang — nominated by DMRC
Design review, Chenab Bridge (USBRL)
Feasibility & DPR, Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR

Expertise

RailwaysMetroRRTSTunnelsBridgesHighways

Recognition

Best Performance Shield 1998–99 — a first for Eastern Railway.

36+years in infrastructure engineering & delivery

25+years across metro and RRTS systems

210 kmRRTS corridors led

₹2,800 Crunderground metro packages commissioned ahead of schedule

Prior-role experience. Figures reflect the CMD's prior roles in public-sector organisations and consultancies. They are not Devstrat projects.

Career journey, 1989 to today

Manish Kumar Kushwaha

Director – Digital Transformation & Advisory

Reports to the CMD

Manish leads Devstrat's digital engineering practice, bringing a background in reliability engineering and applied AI to the monitoring and management of infrastructure assets.

Qualifications & experience

M.Tech, IIT Patna (AI & DSE)
8+ years of marine engineering and reliability experience

Areas of responsibility

Digital Twin solutions
AI-PMS and AI-DMS
Dam and flood twins
Agentic AI for infrastructure
Predictive maintenance and reliability

Bhavesh Pal

Director – Business Development, Finance & Commercial Operations

Reports to the CMD

Bhavesh leads business development and the commercial side of Devstrat — proposals, contracts, finance and the partner and supplier ecosystem behind its monitoring work.

Qualifications & experience

IIT Patna
B.Tech (ECE), USICT
6+ years in business development, manufacturing and supply chain

Areas of responsibility

Business development and proposals
Commercial negotiations and contracts
Finance, P&L and cost modelling
Procurement and vendor ecosystem
Partnerships with OEMs, integrators and institutions
Sensor and IoT hardware sourcing for SHM

Organisation

Reporting structure

The directors report directly to the CMD at the same level. Core engineering and consultancy work sits under the CMD's direct technical leadership.

Chairman & Managing Director

Prof. (Dr.) H. R. Yadav, Ex-IRSE

Ph.D., IIT Delhi · Ex-ED, NCRTC & RVNL

Core Engineering & Consultancy

Feasibility studies & DPR
Infrastructure planning & advisory
Detailed civil & structural engineering
Tunnels & underground structures
Bridges & viaducts
Highways & hill roads

Digital Transformation & Advisory

Manish Kumar Kushwaha

Digital Twin solutions
AI-PMS · AI-DMS
Dam & flood twins
Agentic AI for infrastructure
Predictive maintenance & reliability

BD, Finance & Commercial Operations

Bhavesh Pal

Business development & proposals
Contracts & negotiations
Finance, P&L & cost modelling
Procurement & partnerships
SHM sensor & IoT sourcing

Functional responsibilities describe areas of ownership, not employee headcount.

Discuss your infrastructure project

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