Rakesh Kumar is presently working as Sr.Section Engineer (W)/Land & Heritage in Divisional Railway Manager Office, Firozpur, Punjab as Incharge Divisional Land Cell from the last four years and dealing with Divisional Land Policies. He has twenty years field experience. He thwarted numbers of attempts of private parties and land mafia grabbing the railway land in Firozpur Division. He traced Railway Land worth Crores of rupees from old Punjab State Government Revenue records. He also organized a seminar on land. In recognition of his meritorious services in protecting railway land.
He was awarded highest award of Indian Railways ‘Ministry of Railway National Award for outstanding work for protecting the Railway Land during the year 2009’.
He has also won highest award of Indian Railways ‘Ministry of Railway National Award for English Essay Competition (Second Prize) for the year 2010’ on the topic ‘PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP OVER INDIAN RAILWAYS’.
He has also got ‘Divisional Railway Manager Awards for the year 2002, 2008 , 2009 & 2012’
He has got second prize in Divisional level both Hindi Language Essay & Noting and Drafting competition on 20 September 2010.
He has also got numbers of ‘Cash Awards’. His numbers of articles on different topics published in different news papers and magazines.
LATEST AWARDS
General Manager Group Award during the Railway Week Award 2011
Awarded Rs. 5000/- individually in the shape of Group Award for earnest efforts, realizing 30-40 years long pending licence fee from State Govt/Private Parties. Land earning amounting Rs. 69.29 crores during the year 2010-11 against HQ Annual target of Rs. 20 crores, which is EVER BEST ACHIEVEMENT DURING THE YEAR OF FIROZPUR DIVISION over Indian Railways. This achievement also applauded by Railway Board and HQ Officers
Principal Chief Engineer Award for the year 2010-11
Princepal Chief Engineer Award on 4 August 2011 at New Delhi

IRTSA AWARD
Indian Railways Technical Supervisors Association (IRTSA) a struggling Association from Year 1965 awarded Rakesh Kumar  as “INDIA's MOST OUT STANDING RAIL ENGINEER OF THE YEAR ” during their 47th  Annual Conference on 4 December 2012 at Rail Coach Factory (RCF) at Kapurthala, By recognizing his work on Railway Land Management. He author two books on Railway Land Management and also suggest how Indian Railway earn crores from their valuable asset land.

BABA FARID AWARD FOR HONESTY - 2011

Baba Farid Society Faridkot Awarded “Baba Farid Award for Honesty of  the Year 2011” to Sh. Rakesh Kumar Sr.Section Engineer (W) Land & Heritage on 23 September 2011 being Most Honest man. This includes Rs. 50,000, Citation, Doshala, Siropa. This Award is given by society to the most honest person , after lots of enquiry to the competent person.
This Award was already given to Dr. Kiran Bedi  IPS, Sh. Kirshan  Kumar IAS, Sh. L K Yadav IPS, Sh. Kanwar Vijay Partap Singh IPS, Sh. Tarun Tejpal of Tehlka New Delhi. Sh. Hem  Raj Mittal Ex. SSS Board  Chairman  ,Justice Kuldeep Singh etc. by the society.
This Award was given to Rakesh Kumar as he never took a single penny from any contractor or other person as a commission/gift  during his 25- year Railway service, although he made payment of crore of Rupees  for construction work to the contractors.
 He exposed encroachments upon hundreds of acres  Railway Land from Land Mafia/Private parties & got space freed  under threat to life & department backlash.
He faces criminal cases, inquires but not left the path of honesty.

SOME SPECIAL

1) Organized Seminar on Dissemination of Knowledge about Revenue Records including procedure for Acquisition & Demarcation of Railway Land including Maintenance of land records
 At Jalandhar on 17-18 November 2008

2) Visiting lecturer  As a visiting lecturer  on 5 December 2011 IRICEN (Indian Railway Institute Of Civil Engineering ,Pune) to deliver lecture on Railway Land Management .

3) Attended workshop on Land matters (Land plan and working out of various charges) at Northern Railway Headquarter  office on 17 December 2011

4) Attend and present paper during seminar cum Workshop on Land Management on 02 Februry 2012 at Centre for Advance Maintenance Technology(CAMTECH), maharajpur,Gwalior (M.P.)