Mr Sahu took charge from Kaushalendra Kishore Khadanga, who is deputed abroad to Mauritius Railways. Mr Sahu was earlier posted as Dy. Chief Material Manager at ECoR Headquarters in Bhubaneswar.
Mr Sahu hails from Budhapal village of Deogarh district of Odisha. He had joined Indian Railways in 2015. He had completed B.Tech from CET, Bhubaneswar and M.Tech from IIT, Kanpur.