Ms Pompa Babbar has taken charge as the Financial Commissioner and ex-officio Secretary, Railways.

Prior to this, she was General Manager of Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. Ms Babbar belongs to1975 batch of Indian Railways Accounts Services and has worked in various capacities, including Divisional Railway Manager (Alipurdar Division of North-east Frontier Railway), Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer (FA and CAO) in Western, Central and Northern Railway.

She has visited Moscow to attend a meeting of steering committee for signing of MoUs between Indian Railways and Russian Railways. She has also visited France in connection with accounting reforms. As Advisor (Finance), Railway Board, she has rendered financial advice on new initiatives of public-private partnership and joint venture in Indian Railways.