Shri Satish K. Vij, Member Engineering/Railway Board, born in 1949, did his B.Tech./Civil Engineering from DCE/Delhi in 1969 and M.S. in 1973 from Cornell University. He won Merit Scholarships for all the five years of study. His mental capabilities and affectionate personality are still recalled by scholars of his and nearby years.

He worked with Engineers India Limited at Delhi for Structural Engineering Designs. Through Engineering Services 1970, he got into the most preferred Engineering Service in the country i.e., Indian Railway Service of Engineers, by ranking amongst the top ten in the country. However, having been brilliant student in School and Engineering College days, he pursued further study abroad. He won a Scholarship and got admitted to one of the most prestigious Ivy League Institutions of USA, CORNELL University. He completed MS (Civil Engineering) in 1973 with 4.3 GPA and was sought after by the Institution to study further. He instead chose to return to India and Indian Railways. While with Indian Railways he has received several medals and awards during working in various capacities in his distinguished career of over 36 years. He was specially chosen for High Speed Project on Iraqi Railways. He is instrumental in introducing 'Long rails' rolled at Rail Mill itself, on Indian Railways which shall improve reliability and durability of infrastructure.

A man of clear & focused vision, has authored several papers in the field of P.Way engineering and environment. His extensive experience in track machines & procurement had yielded best ever track machines utilization on IR. He co-authored the Track Machines Manual for Indian Railways.

He has widely travelled internationally and brought new technologies for the IR. He was chosen in 1989 to be the singular Railway's nominee for pursuing National Security Strategy at National Defence College. This one year programme brought him into contact with 59 Indian & Foreign Armed Forces and Civil Services chosen classmates. As a part of the programme besides National and International interactions in India, there were interactions with Foreign Minister of Soviet Union and Defence Ministers of Soviet Union and Egypt. A professionally sound person with ever smiling personality is member of several institutions and currently is the head of Institution of P.Way Engineers. He is actively associated with UIC (Union of International Railways) on Railway management and has held various positions in several technical committees. He is FIE, V.P.IBC, Member ASCE, ICI & IABSE, INA.

While working as DRM, Railways, Jabalpur he brought about a total change in the working culture. Worked as General Manager on Northeast and East Central Railways before taking over the charge of Member Engineering in Jan.' 07. Under his able leadership, Engineering construction has achieved best ever performance of adding over 2000 BG km during 2007-08.

He is a successful practical engineer, doesn't seek loyalty from individuals and is loyal to the Nation & Indian Railways.