THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT & RULES, 2025

समुद्रीय प्रशासन महानिदेशालय

Directorate General of Maritime Administration

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT & RULES, 2025

No. of Year	Title	Issue Date	Downloadd/View
24 of 2025	MS Act 2025-Corrigenda	30-Sep-2025	View (267.57 KB) PDF
24 of 2025	The Merchant Shipping Act,2025	18-Aug-2025	View (2.15 MB) PDF

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S.No	Name	Designation	Ext. No.	Contact No.	Mobile No.	Email
Directorate General of Maritime Administration
1	Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS	Director General of Maritime Administration	201	022-25752005 / 25752010	+91-9435119100	dg-dgs@gov.in
DGMA Secretariat
2	Shri P.L. Muthu	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration Official 1, DGMA Secretariat	265	022-65860065	+91-9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
3	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Official 2, DGMA Secretariat	294	022-65860094	+91-7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
4	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Official 3, DGMA Secretariat	282	022-65860082	+91-9920637128	rjadhav-dgs@gov.in
5	Shri Krishnakant Sharma	Official 4, DGMA Secretariat			+91-7727851106	ksharma.dgs@gov.in
6	Shri. Gourav D Kandalgaonkar	Executive Assistant 1	202	022-25752005	+91-9868940488	Executiveassist1-dgs@gov.in
7	Shri Navneet Mishra	Executive Assistant 2	202	022-25752010	+91-8451060504	Executiveassist2-dgs@gov.in
8	Shri Manas Kumar	Executive Assistant 3			+91-7319973200	Executiveassistant3-dgs@gov.in
9	Shri Shubham More	Office Assistant 01			+91-8169801465	OA1-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
10	Shri Kuldev Jaiswal	Office Assistant 02			+91-8070855551	OA2-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
11	Shri Sarvesh Jangam	Office Assistant 03			+91-8433598791	OA3-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
12	Shri Sumit Jadhav	Office Assistant 04			+91-7900186598	OA4-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
13	Shri Keshav Raj Thapa	OA-1 Liaison Delhi Office -1			+91-9876139997	dlo.dgs01@govcontractor.nic.in
14	Shri Mohd Faijal Khan	OA-2 Liaison Delhi Office -2			+91-9717208766	dlo.dgs02@govcontractor.nic.in
15	Shri Pushpendra Singh	OA-3 Liaison Delhi Office -3			+91-7982082168	dlo.dgs03@govcontractor.nic.in
16	Shri Anas Khan	Office Support Assistant 1			+91-9930787151	OSA1-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
17	Shri Yash Dinesh Waghela	Office Support Assistant 2			+91-9967358039	OSA2-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
18	Shri Aditya Akaram	Office Support Assistant 3			+ 91 7499858246	OSA3-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
Additional Director General of Maritime Administration
19	Shri Sushil Khopde, IPS	Additional Director general of Maritime Administration	206	022- 65860006		addldg-dgs@gov.in
20	Shri Sanjay Mourya	PS to Addl. DGMA	207	022- 65860007	+91-8859988544	sanjay.m96@gov.in
21	Shri Nandu Manadev Bhagat	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	208	022- 65860008	+91-8286746482
22	Mr. Shubham Kadam	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 2	322	022- 65860122	+91-8087876635	seeed2-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
23	Shri Austin Kounder	Data Entry Operator			+91-9967988943
24	Shri Pranav Anant Holam	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91- 7391971826
Administration Branch
25	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade, IRS	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752012		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
26	Major Anutosh Singh	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration			+91-7499900653	anutosh.singh@gov.in
27	Mrs. Samruddhi Prakash More	Assistant	259		+91-9930257307	sujatam-dgs@gov.in
28	Shri B. S. Das	Assistant	285		+91-7738582494	das-dgs@gov.in
29	Ms. Jayashree Chodankar	Assistant	339		+91-8898539248	jayashree-dgs@gov.in
30	Shri Mannulal Rajbhar	Assistant			+91-9987014822	mannulal-dgs@gov.in
31	Shri Rohit Sharma	Lower Division Clerk	318		+91-7357703910	rohits-dgs@gov.in
32	Shri M.H. Bane	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9969870388
33	Shri Sanjay Khedekar	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9867885495	sanjaykhedekar.dgs@gov.in
34	Shri Sohal lal	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	300		+91-9555524706	sohanlal-dgs@gov.in
35	Mr. Shubham Kadam	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 2			+91-8087876635	seeed2-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
36	Shri Yogesh Jadhav	Consultant			+91- 7796465605	traveldeskconsul-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
37	Ms. Sneha Sawale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9321011634	admn-dgs@nic.in
38	Shri Sanjeet Gond	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91 9693567741
Coastal Shipping Branch
39	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration (Tech.)	327	022- 25752056	+91-7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
40	Shri PL Muthu	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	265	022- 65860065	+91-9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
41	Shri Debansu Prasad Sinha	Executive Officer	259		+91-9892476815	dpsinha-dgs@gov.in
42	Shri. Vanneru Rajasekhar	Regional Officer (Sails), MMD, Mumbai and MMD Jamnagar		022- 22039881 (Mumbai) 0288- 2754693 (Jamnagar)	+91-7799355369	rajasekhar.vanneru@gov.in
43	Ms. Aneena Rose Innocent	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 11				SEEED11-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
44	Shri. Vikash	Upper Division Clerk	274		+91-9518409245	vikash.97@gov.in
45	Ms. Toshavi Mayur Panchal	Data Entry Operator	243	022-65860074		coastal-dgs@nic.in
46	Ms. Prerana Vijay Raynak	Data Entry Operator	243			coastal-dgs@nic.in
47	Rajesh Choudhary	Manager (PMU), M/S Deloittee Touche Tohmatsu India LLP			+91-8800974971	rajchoudhary.ext@deloitte.com
48	Shri Jai Kumar	Sr. Consultant (PMU) , M/S Deloittee Touche Tohmatsu India LLP			+91-8879629489	jkumar9@deloitte.com
49	Tejaswini Gedam	Consultatnct- Analytics (PMU), M/S Deloittee Touche Tohmatsu India LLP			+91-8208327126	tejgedam.ext@deloitte.com
50	Ayesha Barudwale	Sr. Consultant (PMU), M/S Deloittee Touche Tohmatsu India LLP			+91-8010493105	aybarudwale.ext@deloitte.com
51	Aditya Narayan	Research Officer, Legal consultancy, IIFT			+91-8700380156	ro2_dgskol@iift.edu
Coordination Branch
52	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade, IRS	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752012		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
53	Shri S.P. Sinha	Senior P.S. / Coordination Branch	205	25752040	9029162200	shambhusinha-dgs@gov.in
54	Shri Debansu Prasad Sinha	Executive Officer	259		+91-9892476815	dpsinha-dgs@gov.in
55	Shri Suresh Kumar Pandey	Assistant	356		+91-9867559947	pandey-dgs@gov.in
56	Shri Dinesh Dhula Waghela	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9004481872
57	Mr. Shubham Kadam	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 2			+91-8087876635	seeed2-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
58	Shri Aman G. Pawar	Management Consultant, Coordination	256		+91-9820260298	amanpawar0103@gmail.com
59	Ms. Shweta S. Shiravale	Data Entry Operator (DEO) (Contract)	356		+91-9326444241	deo.coordination-dgs@govcontractor.nic.in
Crew Branch
60	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor/DDG, CREW (WELFARE)		022-25752030	+91-9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
61	Capt. Bipin Kumar	Nautical Surveyor-cum- DDG (Tech.)/DDG, CREW (PROCESSES)	348	022-25752028	+91-9867002698	bipin.kumar-dgs@gov.in
62	Shri Santosh Kumar Singh	Assistant Director General of Shipping	348	022- 25752028	+91-9320490825	kssantosh-dgs@gov.in
63	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Executive Officer	279	022- 25752035	+91-9819540668	archana-dgs@gov.in
64	Shri Amit Kumar	Upper Division Clerk		022- 25752053277	+91-8059944560	amit.kumar-dgs@gov.in
65	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Upper Division Clerk			+91- 9920637128	rjadhav-dgs@gov.in
66	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Upper Division Clerk		022- 25752242	+91- 8505078103	dharmendra.kr.dgs@gov.in
67	Shri Vipassi Bhammarkar	Upper Division Clerk		022- 25752345	+91- 7974690449	vipassi.b@gov.in
68	Ms. Anindita Das	Legal Consultant				aninditad3@gmail.com
69	Shri Sumit Patra	[SWFS] Project Manager Seafarers Welfare Board Audit Team (PM SWBAT)			+91-9920642085	pmconsult.swfs-dgs@gov.in
70	Shri Rohit Sahi	[SWFS -MSU] Project Consultant				sagarmeinyogcrew@gmail.com
71	Ms. Gulnar Syyad	[SWFS -IT] Project Consultant			+91-7045600210	sagarmeinyogcrew@gmail.com
72	Shri Saravana Babu	Data Entry Operator			+91-9629259986	babusaravanan189@gmail.com
73	Smt.Pooja Redkar	Data Entry Operator			+91-9702917451	poojaredkar2324@gmail.com
74	Smt.Pooja Laghave	Data Entry Operator			+91-9702866307	direha2013@gmail.com
75	Ms.Sarojini Swamy	Data Entry Operator			+91-9702917451	sarojini.swamy0807@gmail.com
76	Arjun Kumar Singh	Senior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9833125659	grsu.pmc-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
77	Nimish Koli	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9920618045	nimish_koli@cms.co.in
78	Alok Gurav	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9152000711	alok_gurav@cms.co.in
79	Yogita Nagare	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9821096968	yogita_nagare@cms.co.in
80	Siddhi Mahendra Tambe	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9867504423	sidtambe23@gmail.com
81	Vaishnavi Rajgopal	Consultant Tier 1 PMC – Crew TSU			+91-9920938586	vaishnavi.rajgopal@in.ey.com
82	Devika Tiwari	Consultant Tier 1 PMC – Crew TSU			+91-9340969656	devika.tiwari1@in.ey.com
83	Kunal Vaval	Consultant Tier 1 PMC – Crew TSU			+91-9004076130	kunal.vaval@in.ey.com
84	Shailansh Shah	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 7			+91-9818988361	seeed7-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
85	Aishwarya Malve	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 12			+91-7507259444	seeed12-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Engineering Wing
86	Shri Killi Mohana Rao	Chief Surveyor cum Addl. DG (In-Charge)	211	022-65860011	+91-9930181909	cs-dgs@nic.in
87	Shri Shrish Kumar	Deputy Chief Surveyor- cum- Sr. Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration (DDG (Tech.))	241	022-65860041	+91 7506038954	shrish.kumar@gov.in
88	Shri Praveen Nair	Deputy Chief Surveyor- cum-Sr. Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration (DDG (Tech.))	242	022-65860042	+91-9870428538	praveen.nair@gov.in
89	Shri Pravin Vishwanath Kapale	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration DDG (Tech)	243	022-65860043	+91-9372379929	pravin.kapale.mmd@gov.in
90	Shri Mugilrajan Devarajan	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration DDG (Tech)	244	022-65860044	+91- 9791227711	mugilrajan.mmd@gov.in
91	Shri Niket Pathak	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration DDG (Tech)	245	022-65860045	+91- 9981946660	niketpathak-dgs@gov.in
92	Shri Pravin Kumar Roy	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration DDG (Tech)	246	022-65860046	+91- 9207856694	pravin.roy-dgs@gov.in
93	Ms. Rajni C. Nanwani	Senior Private Secretary	212	022-65860012	+91- 9763882830	rajni.nanwani-dgs@gov.in
94	Shri Navdeep Kharb	Upper Division Clerk	315	022-65860115	+91- 8053000988	navdeep.kharb@gov.in
95	Shri Krishan Murari Ranjan	Upper Division Clerk	316	022-65860116	+91- 9835984054	kmranjan.dgs@gov.in
96	Shri Ujjawal Siradhana	Lower Division Clerk	314	022-65860114	+91- 7900449449	ujjawals-dgs@gov.in
97	Shri Sanjay Janardan Khanderkar	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91- 9820779990	sanjaykhanderkar.dgs@gov.in
98	Shubhash Lambe	Multi Tasking Staff			+91- 8879737441
99	Shri Devarshi Datta	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 3	323	022-65860123	+91-9692665668	seeed3-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
100	Shri Karan Gandhi	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 9	329	022-65860129	+91- 7875445412	seeed9-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
101	Mrs Deepa Sunil Nair	Senior Executive Assistant (Outsourcing staff from IRS)			+91-9920103003	pstocs-dgs@gov.in
102	Shri Tanaji Narayan Bhoir	Data Entry Operator				dgs.stcwconsultants@gmail.com
103	Shri Yogesh Palkar	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
104	Shri Rahul Utekar	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
105	Ms. Suchita Kadam	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
106	Shri Prasad Bhogale	Data Entry Operator	232	25752040		engexam-dgs@nic.in
107	Ms. Prachi Sawant	Data Entry Operator	294	25752040		eng-dgs@nic.in
108	Ms Prachi Vijay Narvekar	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
109	Mrs Kalpana Bhavesh Sabale	Data Entry Operator	295	25752040		engg-stcw@gov.in
110	Ms. Yamini Sakhardande	Data Entry Operator	295	25752040		eng-dgs@nic.in
111	Shri Ajay Sakpal	Multi- Tasking Staff (MTS on Contract)
112	Exam cell	Exam cell	343/344	022- 65860143/022- 65860144		Engexam-dgs@nic.in
113	ISM Cell	ISM Cell	345	022-65860145		Ism.dgs@gov.in
Finance, Account, Audit and Public Procurement (FAAPP) Branch
114	Shri Dinesh Hariram Mate (IA&AS)	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration			+91-9822115508	mate.dh@gov.in
115	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	252	022- 25752060	+91- 8850116977	j.jadhav@gov.in
116	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Executive Officer	265	02225752053	+91-9821916727	rgupta-dgs@gov.in
117	Shri Ajit Sajjan Tambe	Assistant			+91-8652456669	ajittambe-dgs@gov.in
118	Shri Anjani Meena	Assistant	266		+91- 9892839154	ameena-dgs@gov.in
119	Shri Subhash Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	266		+91- 7678329100	subhash.kr85@gov.in
120	Shri Pankaj Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	331		+91-8295702207	pankaj.kumar-dgs@gov.in
121	Shri Nishant	Upper Division Clerk	331		+91- 8295702207	nishant.d-dgs@gov.in
122	Shri Karan Gandhi	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 9			+91- 7875445412	seeed9-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
123	Ms. Meenakshi	Lower Division Clerk	331		+91- 9813222123	meenakshi.mmdkol@gov.in
124	Shri Ishan S. Surve	Accountant	331		+91-9769506142	ishansurve26052003@gmail.com
125	Ms. Ashwini A. Bhingardeve	Data Entry Operator	347		+91-9967728779	ashwini.bhingardeve1989@gmail.com
126	Shri Sunil Sahebrao Dhaske	Multi Tasking Staff			+91- 9892505613	ssdhaske.dgs@gov.in
Hindi Branch
127	डॉ. सुधीर एस कोहकड़े भा.रा.स़े. Dr. Sudhir Kohakade, IRS	उप नौवहन महाननद़ेशक DDG		022- 25752012	+91- 8080470877	sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
128	श्री विमलेन्द्र पाल सिंह भदौरिया	उप निदेशक (संयुक्त निदेशक की एवज में)	280	022- 25752023		bhadauria-dgs@gov.in
International Cooperation Branch
129	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration	271	022- 25752015	+91-9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
130	Shri Avinash Ashok Gaidhankar	Upper Division Clerk	275		+91- 8652739901	avinash.g-dgs@gov.in
131	Shri Karan Gandhi	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 9			+91- 7875445412	seeed9-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
132	Dr. Shubhasree Bhadra	Research Officer			+91- 9433971400	ro1_dgskol@iift.edu
133	Mr. Aditya Narayan	Research Officer			91- 8700380156	ro2_dgskol@iift.edu
134	Ms. Bidisha Kole	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 8777593536	ra5_dgskol@iift.edu
135	Ms. Sneha Roy	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 9512741602	ra1_dgskol@iift.edu
136	Ms. Swarna Jain	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 8617215339	ra3_dgskol@iift.edu
137	Ms. Ankita Ugar	Research Associate (Consultant)			91- 9819481175	ra7_dgskol@iift.edu
138	Mr. Sohai Ahamed	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 7980992643	ra4_dgskol@iift.edu
139	Mr. Thejas RS	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 9847588265	ra2_dgskol@iift.edu
140	Ms. Prachy Mody	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 9702021144	ra6_dgskol@iift.edu
141	Ms. Disha Jain	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91- 9920076097	ra8_dgskol@iift.edu
142	Ms. Niveditthaa Rejendran	Principal Consultant			+91- 9790798424	niveditthaa@primuspartners.in
143	Mr. Prakash Gaidhankar	Data Entry Operator			+91- 8652143446	prakashgaidhankar@gmail.com
IT & E Governance
144	Shri Praneet Choudhary	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752015	+91- 9650367755	praneet.choudhary@gov.in
145	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Social Media Web Master/Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration (Tech.)	327	022- 25752056	+91- 7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
146	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752060	+91- 8850116977	j.jadhav@gov.in
147	Shri Azad Singh	Upper Division Clerk			9368757891	azad.singh99@gov.in
148	Shri Durgesh Sharma	Upper Division Clerk		02225711210	+91- 7679869088	s.durgesh@gov.in
149	Shri Gaurav Kumar Meena	Upper Division Clerk			9968975192	gauravmeena.dgs@gov.in
150	Shri Amar R. Rewale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)
151	Ms. Pallavi Sanjay Padwale	Data Entry Operator (DEO)				dgship-dgs@nic.in
152	Abhishek Kumawat	Creative Head/Visualizer			9672067114	abhishek.kumawat@immortal-technologies.com
153	Kasish Chandwani	Content Writer				kashish.chandwani@immortal-technologies.com
154	Sushil Pandurang Pawar	Video Editor				sushil.pawar@immortal-technologies.com
155	Shaikh Nasir Husain Mehmood Husain	Programme Manager			9975996545	support-dgswebsite@nic.in
156	Pankaj Yashwante	Project Manager				eoffice-dgs@nic.in
157	Satish Manohar Birhade	Server Engineer				support.dgseoffice@gov.in
158	Aniket Jagan Pawar	Support Engineer				support.dgseoffice@gov.in
159	Shri Dinesh Vishwakarma	Support Engineer			8691987118	dinesh.1189@gmail.com
160	Mr . Ramdas Jadhav	Support Engineer			9969160875	ramdas_jadhav@hotmail.com
161	Shri Devendra Jaiswar	Support Engineer			7021525855	dev@procomindia.com
162	Shri Omkar Sakpal	Support Engineer			9321729600	osakpal115@gmail.com
163	Shri Loknath Shroff	Project Lead		022- 25752038		egovernance-dgs@gov.in
164	Shri Nagakrishna Murthy	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		egovernance-dgs@gov.in
165	Ms. Hrutuja Rajesh Ghadi	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		egovernance-dgs@gov.in
166	Venkatesh Naidu	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		vnaidu@arisimaulation.com
167	Neeraj Gupta	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		neerajgupta@arisimulation.com
168	Shri Maram Rammohan	Project Director				maram_rammohan@cms.co.in
169	Shri Sachin Khandagale	Additional Project Manager			8830692356	sachin_khandagale@cms.co.in
170	Shri Atul Sabhajeet Pandey	Sr. Business Analyst			8767330339	atul_pandey@cms.co.in
171	Shri Gaurav Raisoni	Sr. Business Analyst			9730158586	gaurav_raisoni@cms.co.in
172	Ms. Monika Singh	Sr. Business Analyst				monika_singh@cms.co.in
173	Shri Chintamani Tejas Dilip	Business Analyst			89834 58722	tejas_chintamani@cms.co.in
174	Shri Mukesh Kumar Dangi	Mobile App Specialist			9691043642	mukeshkumar_dangi@cms.co.in
175	Shri Sateesh Kumar Vakada	Change Management Specialist / Trainer			9885988458	sateeshkumar_vakada@cms.co.in
176	Shri Imran Usman Shaikh	Change Management Specialist / Trainer			7045896296	imran_shaikh@cms.co.in
177	Shri Numan Hassan	Data Center Specialist/AWS			7045896296	numan_hassan@cms.co.in
178	Shri Mahesh Jeevan Gaikwad	Sr. MySQL Database Administrator/DB Expert			8055089905	mahesh_gaikwad@cms.co.in
179	Ms. Harshada Tondilkar	Helpdesk Support Lead
180	Ms. Ashly Saji	Helpdesk Support
181	Shri Umesh Ranjit	Helpdesk Support
182	Shri Prithivraj Ramasami	Helpdesk Support
183	Shri Sunil Verma	Senior Manager				verma.radheshyam@in.ey.com
184	Shri Kunal Vaval	Senior Consultant				kunal.vaval@in.ey.com
185	Shri Aparna Bhat	Consultant				Aparna.bhat@in.ey.com
186	Shri Payal Behera	Consultant				payal.behera@in.ey.com
187	Shri Anirudha Biswas	Consultant				anirudha.biswas@in.ey.com
188	Shri Debashis Dutta	Senior Consultant				debashis.dutta1@in.ey.com
189	Shri Prateek Joshi	Consultant				prateek.joshi@in.ey.com
190	Shri Yoganand Shanmogham	Senior Manager				yoganand.shanmogham@in.ey.com
191	Shri Aditya Abhishek	Consultant				aditya.abhishek@in.ey.com
192	Shri Vaishakhan K.V.	Consultant				vaishakhan.kv@in.ey.com
193	Shri Pranav Udayaraj	Consultant				m.pranav.udayaraj@in.ey.com
194	Shri Sagnik Ghosh	Jr. Procurement Advisor	390		8961176411	jr.procureadv-dgs@gov.in
195	Shri Deep Jyoti Saikia	Jr. Procurement Advisor	389		8638267125	jr.procureadv1-dgs@gov.in
196	Bhanu Pratap Singh	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 14	334	022- 65860134	9897788467	seeed14-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Mercantile Marine Law Branch
197	Shri Ash Mohomad	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration	232	25752025	9619011035	amohd-dgs@nic.in
198	Shri Sandeep Awasthi	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	259	25752054	+91- 9757447608	sawasthi-dgs@gov.in
199	Shri Naresh K. Shanker	Assistant	286		+91 7506086271	msl-dgs@nic.in
200	Shri Vivek Joy	Advocate				adv.vivekjoy@gmail.com
201	Shri Aditya Prakash	Team Lead (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 8800601360	aditya.rao@plrchambers.com
202	Ms. Shreya Ramakrishnan	ounsel (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 9599485171	shreya.ramakrishnan@plrchambers.com
203	Ms. Tanya Chandra	Senior Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 9599485172	tanya.chandra@plrchambers.com
204	Ms. Rhythma Kaul	Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 8800899943	rhythma.kaul@plrchambers.com
205	Shri Atul Raj	Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 8800592409	atul.raj@plrchambers.com
206	Shri Rajath K U	Legal Consultant(NALS AR)				msl.consultant-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
207	Ms. Pooja Jayeshkumar Vakani	Legal Consultant (NALSAR)				msl.consultant-dgs1@govconsultant.nic.in
208	Ms Anindita Das	Legal Consultant (NALSAR)				msl.consultant-dgs2@govconsultant.nic.in
209	Ms Rehana Dhawade	Maritime Legal Consultant	284			trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
210	Ms. Shikha Sain	Maritime Legal Consultant				msl.consultantdgs3@govconsultant.nic.in
211	Ms. Arundathi M S	Maritime Legal Consultant				msl.consultant5-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
212	Ms. Anjaly S	Maritime Legal Consultant				msl.consultant-dgs6@govconsultant.nic.in
213	Mr. Christopher Fernandes	Multi Tasking Staff (On Contract Basis)
214	Mr. Mohammad Ahkamuddin	Intern (10/07/2026 to 10/01/2027)			9589146862	ahkamuddin@gmail.com
MTT Branch
215	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration (STCW)	271	022- 25752015	9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
216	Maj. Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	226	022- 25711226	9660099646	anutosh.singh@gov.in
217	Shri Vishal Sinha	Assistant			8652178735	vsinha-dgs@gov.in
218	Shri Azad Singh	Upper Division Clerk			9368757891	azad.singh99@gov.in
219	Ms. Jivika Jitendra Chandekar	Data Entry Operator (DEO)				contract.trg3-dgs@gov.in
220	Ms. Sakshi Sunil Paste	DDG (PA) & (DEO)				contract.trg2-dgs@gov.in
221	Ms. Rehana Dhawade	Legal Consultant				trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
222	Shri Ajay Balyam	Data Entry Operator (DEO)			8655798737	contract.trg1-dgs@gov.in
223	Dr. Pradeep Kumar	Manager, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)			9850507085	pradeepkumar1.ext@deloitte.com
224	Shri Rohit Kumar	Sr. Consultant, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)				rkumar98@deloitte.com
225	Ms. Sukriti Priya	Consultant, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)				sukpriya.ext@deloitte.com
Multimodal Transport Operation Branch
226	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade, IRS	Dy. Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752012	+91- 8080470877	sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
227	Shri Shailendra Kale	Upper Division Clerk	338	022- 25752041	+91-8898932734	kale-dgs@nic.in
228	Ms. Liza Kailash Dakua	Data Entry Operator		022- 25752053356
Maritime Training Trust
229	Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS	Director-General of Maritime Administration Chairman (Trustee)	201	022-25752005 / 25752010	+91-9435119100	dg-dgs@gov.in
230	Shri Sushil Khopde, IPS	Additional Director general of Maritime Administration Member (Trustee)	206	022- 65860006		addldg-dgs@gov.in
231	Shri Anil Devli ,CEO	CEO, Indian National Ship- Owners Association (INSA),Member (Trustee)
232	Dr. (Mrs.) Sujata Naik Chairperson, Tolani Shipping	Indian National Ship- Owners Association (INSA) ,Member (Trustee)
233	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA)	271	022- 25752015	+91-9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
234	Mrs. Sonali Deshpande	Chief Executive Officer		022 25752049	+91-9224285720	ttc-dgs@nic.in
235	Mrs. Monica Dalvi	Office Assistant			+91-9920648846	monicaadalvi@gmail.com
236	Mr. Rajesh Utekar	Office Assistant			+91-8451992861	rajeshutekar12345@gmail.com
237	Ms. Monica Landge	Office Assistant			+91-9664144140	monika.0558@gmail.com
238	Mrs. Pranaya Sule	Office Assistant			+91-9619455105	pranaya.asolkar@gmail.com
239	Mrs. Archana Joshi	Office Assistant			+91-9833567565	a.a.joshi1979@gmail.com
240	Ms. Shriya Amre	Office Assistant
Nautical Wing
241	Capt. S.I. Abul Kalam Azad	Nautical Adviser – cum-Addl. DG (Nautical) [In-Charge]	211	022 25752009	+91-9869064561	abulkalam.azad@gov.in
242	Capt. Vikram Singh Manhas	Deputy Nautical Advisor- cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	215	022- 25752047		vikram.manhas@gov.in
243	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor- cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022- 25752030	+91-9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
244	Capt. Harinder Singh	Nautical Surveyor-&- DDG(Tech.)	216	022- 25752063		singh.harinder@gov.in
245	Capt. Ravi Singh Sikarwar	Nautical Surveyor- cum- DDG [Tech.]	218	022- 25752061	+91-9833975481	ravi.sikarwar@gov.in
246	Capt. Mahadev Dhandhiya	Nautical Surveyor- cum-DDG (Tech.)	218	022- 25752061	+91-9699841581	mdhandhiya-dgs@gov.in
247	Capt. Bipin Kumar	Nautical Surveyor- cum-DDG (Tech.)	348	22- 25752028	+91-9867002698	Bipin.kumar-dgs@gov.in
248	Shri Balunkeshore Mohapatra	Senior Radio Surveyor- cum- Assistant Director General	225	022- 25752044	+91-8450960215	mohapatra.balu@gov.in
249	Shri Sumit Kumar	Sr. Private Secretary to Nautical Advisor (I/c)	212	022- 25752009	+91-9905908888	sumit-dgs@nic.in
250	Ms. Shriya Khelurkar	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 4				SEEED4-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
251	Ms. Mehar Kalra	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 8				SEEED8-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
252	Ms. Sanjivani Desai	Assistant	388			sanjivani-dgs@gov.in
253	Shri Madhav Damodar Patil	Assistant	246	022- 25752041	+91-8652690051	madhav.patil-dgs@gov.in
254	Shri Amol Deorao Raut	Assistant	330	022- 25752041	+91-9960651049	amolraut-dgs@gov.in
255	Shri Rahul Tomar	Upper Division Clerk	220	022- 25752041	+91-7838797819	rahul.tomar-dgs@gov.in
256	Shri Sandeep Puralkar	Multi Tasking Staff (MTS)	293	022- 25752035	+91-9867406158	nt-dgs@nic.in
257	Mrs. Shifa shaikh	LRIT Accountant	214	022- 25752035		shifakhan29@gmail.com
258	Ms. Saniya Santosh Raut	Data Entry Operator	215	022- 25752035		sanuraut7208@gmail.com
259	MS. Shivani Dilip Raut	Data Entry Operator	218	NA 022- 25752035
260	Ms. Sneha Ganesh AMTE	Data Entry Operator	218	022- 25752035
261	Ms. Pooja Utekar	Data Entry Operator	245	022- 25752035
262	Ms. Ashwini Karkare	Data Entry Operator	245	022- 25752035
263	Shri Prashant Prakash Nimbare	Data Entry Operator	388	022- 25752035
264	Ms. Mrunali Mahesh Shirodkar	Data Entry Operator				nt-dgs@nic.in
265	Ms. Meenakshi Ashok Polleyi	Data Entry Operator				nt-dgs@nic.in
266	Ms. Darshika Vinod Mishra	Data Entry Operator	388	022- 25752035
267	Ms. Khan Sher Banu Aleem Raza	Data Entry Operator	216	022- 25752035		khansaher1999.@gmail.com
268	Mrs. Renuka Nishant Kadechkar	Data Entry Operator	388	022- 25752035		renukabiredar2024@gmail.com
269	Ms. Smruti Priyadarshini Swain	Data Entry Operator
270	Ms. Sheetal	Data Entry Operator
271	Ms. Rutika Hate	Executive Assistant
272	Ms. Priyanka Samresh Surve	Multi- Tasking Staff (MTS)	202 & 388	022- 25752010
273	Shri Shubham Jain	Project Manager			+91-7507537053	shubham_jain@cms.co.in
274	Shri Arinut Sharma	Project Manager			+91-7006767610	arinutsharma-dgs@outlook.com
275	Ms. Ruchita Ram	Project Manager			+91-9702876654	ruchita.ram-dgs@outlook.com
276	Mr. Manneck Vesuna	Legal Assistant				nautic.lglassit1-dgs@gov.in
277	Ms. Deeksha Kathayat	Legal Assistant			+91-8779258584	nautic.lglassit2-dgs@gov.in
278	Mr. Ujjwal Ranjan	Legal Assistant				nautic.lglassit3-dgs@gov.in
279	Ms. Pooja Vakani	Legal Intern				poojavakani1480@gmail.com
280	Ms. Ayusha Naresh sawant	Data Entry Operator	218	022- 25752035
Naval Architecture Branch
281	Shri Pradeep Sudhakar	Chief Ship Surveyor	234	022- 25752006	+91-9388539955	pradeepsk-dgs@gov.in
282	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Dy. Chief Ship Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
283	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Ship Surveyor- cum-Deputy Director General (Tech.)	327	022- 25752056	+91-7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
284	Shri Nikhil Kumar	Ship Surveyor- cum- DDG(Tech.)	253		+91-8800679397	nikhil.kumar-dgs@gov.in
285	Shri. Ankur Anal	Junior Ship Surveyor-cum- ADG (Tech)		022- 25752029	+91-7738076483	ankuranal.dgs@gov.in
286	Shri Shriram	Sr. Private Secretary			+91-9920511726	shriram-dgs@gov.in
287	Shri Anup Kumar Sahu	Upper Division Clerk			+91-8779838112	sahu-dgs@gov.in
288	Shri Anand Kumar Gupta	Assistant	233	25752040	+91- 9892200417	anandgupta-dgs@gov.in
289	Akshay S	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 5	325	022-65860125	+91-8714348044	seeed5-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
290	Amal Aloshie Vithayathil	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor (IRS - DGMA)			+91-9847454357	amal.aloshie@irclass.org
291	Hariprasad R	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor (IRS - dgma)			+91-9790751770	hariprasad.r@irclass.org
292	Rohit Tagade	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor(IRS - dgma)			+91-8454981957	rohit.tagade@irclass.org
293	Amit Dethe	Consultant			+91-7218125201	amitdethe@kpmg.com
294	Anuj Gupta	Subject Matter Expert			+91-8689891551	anujgupta21@kpmg.com
295	Shri Subhash T. Shiravale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			9137235473	stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
296	Smt Ankita Sansare	Multi Tasking Staff			7559342269	anki.sansare23@gmail.com
297	Shri Alok Subhash Gupta	Multi Tasking Staff			9372951323	alokg8169@gmail.com
298	Smt Sejal Rajendra Hendwe	Business Analyst			9158500332	sejal_hendwe@cms.co.in
299	Shri Sarthak Garg	Consultant			+919650371553	Garg.sarthak@bcg.com
300	Shri Bhramar Jain	Consultant			+91-8062577602	Jain.bhramar@bcg.com
301	Shri Nihar Ranjan Panigrahi	Consultant			+91 94376 59416	Panigrahi.niharranjan@bcg.com
302	Smt Neha Mathur	Project Manager			9004573368	neha_mathur@cms.co.in
303	Shri Gaurav Deshmukh	Business Analyst			7067576587	gaurav_deshmukh@cms.co.in
304	Shri Raj Sahu	Business Analyst			9421444522	raj_sahu@cms.co.in
NMDC
305	Shri Sunil Laxman Hinukale	Dealing Assistant			+91-9619941151	nmdc-dgs@nic.in
306	Shri Arun J. Amberkar	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9819382784	nmdc-dgs@nic.in
Personnel Branch
307	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration	271	022- 25752015	+91-9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
308	Shri Naveen Kundu	Upper Division Clerk	347		+91-8053507003	naveen.kri@gov.in
309	Shri Deepak Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	347		+91-9097084069	kumar.depak89@gov.in
310	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Upper Division Clerk	316		+91-7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
311	Shri Umesh Kumar Ranjan	Assistant	268	22-022- 25752040	+91-8097629342	ranjan-dgs@gov.in
312	Shri Amit Verma	Upper Division Clerk			+91-7393031987	amit.v-dgs@gov.in
313	Shri. Manoj Prasad	Lower Division Clerk			+91-9625345529	manojprasad-dgs@gov.in
314	Shri Jitendra R. Jagtap	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-98902078192	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
315	Shri Sunil S. Patil	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	243		+91- 9967242570	coastal-dgs@nic.in
316	Shri Jay Dohare	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 10				SEEED10-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
317	Ms. Rehana Dhawade	Legal Consultant				trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
318	Ms. Trupti Hotkar	Data Entry Opeator			+91-9029109402
319	Ms. Sushmita Sunil Ingale	Multi-Tasking Staff (On Contract basis)			+91-9653680870	sushmitaingale15@gmail.com
RTI
320	Dr. Sudhir Kohakade, IRS	DDG		022- 25752012	+91- 8080470877	sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
321	Shri Sandeep Awasthi	ADG(CPGRAM)			+91-9757447608	asawasthi-dgs@gov.in
322	Ms. Archana P. Naik	AO			+91-9819540668	archana-dgs@gov.in
Shipping Development Branch
323	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Dy. Chief Ship Surveyor		022- 25752056	+91-9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
324	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Assistant	263	022-022-25752040	7506178720	dkumar-dgs@gov.in
325	Smt. Anita Sinha	Assistant		022- 25752305	9422779401	anita.sinha71@gov.in
326	Shri Subhash T. Shiravale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	268	022-022- 25752040	9137235473	stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
327	Ms. Namrata Namdev Kudav	Data Entry Operator	263	022-022- 25752040	9067729228	kudavnamrata49@gmail.com
328	Shri Ankush Raj	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 1			7742647887	seeed1-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Training Branch
329	Shri Praveen Nair	Dy. Chief Surveyor -cum- Sr. Dy. Director general of Maritime Administration (Tech.)	227	022- 25752037	9870428538	praveen.nair@gov.in
330	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	226	022-25711226	9660099646	anutosh.singh@gov.in
331	Shri Vishal Kumar Sinha	Assistant			8652178735	vsinha-dgs@gov.in
332	Shri Ravinder Kumar	Assistant		9137332741	9167905620	ravinder-dgs@gov.in
333	Ms. Sakshi Sunil Paste	Data Entry Operator (DEO)& DDG (PA)				contract.trg2-dgs@gov.in
334	Shri Ajay Balyam	Data Entry Operator (DEO)			8655798737	contract.trg1-dgs@gov.in
335	Ms. Jivika Jitendra Chandekar	Data Entry Operator (DEO)				contract.trg3-dgs@gov.in
336	Ms. Rehana Dhawade	Legal Consultant				trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
337	Dr. Pradeep Kumar	Manager, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)			9850507085	pradeepkumar1.ext@deloitte.com
338	Shri Rohit Kumar	Sr. Consultant, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)				rkumar98@deloitte.com
339	Ms. Sukriti Priya	Consultant, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)				sukpriya.ext@deloitte.com
340	Pranit Chute	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 6			7083828710	Pranit.Chute@in.ey.com
341	Akaash Sivakumar	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 13	333	022- 65860133	7506419785	seeed13-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Vigilance Branch
342	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	226	022- 25711226		anutosh.singh@gov.in
343	Shri Shishupal P. Kotangale	Assistant	308		+91-9970952773	vig-dgs@nic.in
344	Shri Chetan Bhatkar	Upper Division Clerk	308		+91-9920533850	chetan.bhatkar@gov.in
345	Shri Vivek B. Asadala	Multi-Tasking Staff (Contractual)	308			vig-dgs@nic.in

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