Frederick Robert Upcott
Frederick Robert Upcott
Joined the Public Works Department, 1868, Assistant Engineer; Executive Engineer, 1874; Superintending Engineer, 1890 [1].
Railway Achievements
- North Western Railway, 1890, Executive Engineer [2].
- Bengal-Assam Railway, later named the Assam-Bengal Railway, 1891, Engineer-in-Chief, N.Section [1].
- Consulting Engineer for Railways and Joint Secretary to Government Railway Branch, Madras, 1893 [1].
- Promoted Chief Engineer, 1894 [1].
- Officiating Director-General of Railways and Deputy Secretary to Government of India, 1897 [1].
- Director of Railway Construction, 1897 [1].
- Secretary to Government of India, 1898 [1].
- Retired from Public Works Department, 1901 [1].
- Government Director of Guaranteed Indian Railway Companies, 1901 [1].
- Chairman Railway Board, Calcutta, 1905 [1].