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
31 of 2014	Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014	09-Dec-2014	View (90.57 KB) 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 Sarvesh Jangam	Office Assistant 02			+91-8433598791	OA2-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
11	Shri Sumit Jadhav	Office Assistant 03			+91-7900186598	OA3-dgmaecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
12	Shri Keshav Raj Thapa	OA-1 Liaison Delhi Office -1			+91-9876139997	dlo.dgs01@govcontractor.nic.in
13	Shri Mohd Faijal Khan	OA-2 Liaison Delhi Office -2			+91-9717208766	dlo.dgs02@govcontractor.nic.in
14	Shri Pushpendra Singh	OA-3 Liaison Delhi Office -3			+91-7982082168	dlo.dgs03@govcontractor.nic.in
15	Shri Anas Khan	Office Support Assistant 1			+91-9930787151	OSA1-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
16	Shri Yash Dinesh Waghela	Office Support Assistant 2			+91-9967358039	OSA2-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
17	Shri Aditya Akaram	Office Support Assistant 3			+ 91 7499858246	OSA3-dgsecretariate@govcontractor.nic.in
Additional Director General of Maritime Administration
18	Shri Sushil Khopde, IPS	Additional Director general of Maritime Administration	206	022- 65860006		addldg-dgs@gov.in
19	Shri Sanjay Mourya	PS to Addl. DGMA	207	022- 65860007	+91-8859988544	sanjay.m96@gov.in
20	Shri Nandu Manadev Bhagat	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	208	022- 65860008	+91-8286746482
21	Mr. Shubham Kadam	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 2	322	022- 65860122	+91-8087876635	seeed2-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
22	Shri Austin Kounder	Data Entry Operator			+91-9967988943
23	Shri Pranav Anant Holam	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91- 7391971826
Administration Branch
24	Shri Prashant Patil	Dy. Director General of Maritime Administration		022-65860187	+91 7569975513	prashantpatil-dgma@gov.in
25	Major Anutosh Singh	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration			+91-7499900653	anutosh.singh@gov.in
26	Mrs. Samruddhi Prakash More	Assistant	259		+91-9930257307	sujatam-dgs@gov.in
27	Shri B. S. Das	Assistant	285		+91-7738582494	das-dgs@gov.in
28	Ms. Jayashree Chodankar	Assistant	339		+91-8898539248	jayashree-dgs@gov.in
29	Shri Mannulal Rajbhar	Assistant			+91-9987014822	mannulal-dgs@gov.in
30	Shri Rohit Sharma	Lower Division Clerk	318		+91-7357703910	rohits-dgs@gov.in
31	Shri M.H. Bane	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9969870388
32	Shri Sanjay Khedekar	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9867885495	sanjaykhedekar.dgs@gov.in
33	Shri Sohal lal	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	300		+91-9555524706	sohanlal-dgs@gov.in
34	Mr. Shubham Kadam	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 2			+91-8087876635	seeed2-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
35	Shri Yogesh Jadhav	Consultant			+91- 7796465605	traveldeskconsul-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
36	Ms. Jivika Chandekar	Consultant
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	Shri Prasant Patil, IAS	Dy. Director General of Maritime Administration		022-65860187	75699 75513	prashantpatil-dgma@gov.in
53	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752060	+91- 8850116977	j.jadhav@gov.in
54	Shri S.P. Sinha	Senior P.S. / Coordination Branch	205	25752040	9029162200	shambhusinha-dgs@gov.in
55	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Executive Officerr & DDO (SBFAS & SBDS)	265	022-25752053	9821916727	rgupta-dgma@gov.in
56	Shri Suresh Kumar Pandey	Assistant	356		+91-9867559947	pandey-dgma@gov.in
57	Shri Dinesh Dhula Waghela	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9004481872
58	Mr. Shubham Kadam	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 2			+91-8087876635	seeed2-dgma@govconsultant.nic.in
59	Shri Aman G. Pawar	Management Consultant, Coordination	256		+91-9820260298	coord.consult-dgma1@govconsultant.nic.in
60	Shri Rohit Sahi	Consultant			7757955357	coordination.consultant@govconsultant.nic.in
61	Ms. Shweta S. Shiravale	Data Entry Operator (DEO) (Contract)	356			deo.coordination-dgma@govcontractor.nic.in
Crew Branch
62	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor/DDG, CREW (WELFARE)		022-25752030	+91-9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
63	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade, IRS	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752012		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
64	Capt. Bipin Kumar	Nautical Surveyor-cum- DDG (Tech.)/DDG, CREW (PROCESSES)	348	022-25752028	+91-9867002698	bipin.kumar-dgs@gov.in
65	Shri Santosh Kumar Singh	Assistant Director General of Shipping	348	022- 25752028	+91-9320490825	kssantosh-dgs@gov.in
66	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Executive Officer	279	022- 25752035	+91-9819540668	archana-dgs@gov.in
67	Gaurav Goel	Assistant			9769349502	goel.gaurav@gov.in
68	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Upper Division Clerk	316		+91-7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
69	Shri Amit Kumar	Upper Division Clerk		022- 25752053277	+91-8059944560	amit.kumar-dgs@gov.in
70	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Upper Division Clerk			+91- 9920637128	rjadhav-dgs@gov.in
71	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Upper Division Clerk		022- 25752242	+91- 8505078103	dharmendra.kr.dgs@gov.in
72	Shri Vipassi Bhammarkar	Upper Division Clerk		022- 25752345	+91- 7974690449	vipassi.b@gov.in
73	Ms. Anindita Das	Legal Consultant				aninditad3@gmail.com
74	Shri Sumit Patra	[SWFS] Project Manager Seafarers Welfare Board Audit Team (PM SWBAT)			+91-9920642085	pmconsult.swfs-dgs@gov.in
75	Shri Saravana Babu	Data Entry Operator			+91-9629259986	babusaravanan189@gmail.com
76	Smt.Pooja Laghave	Data Entry Operator			+91-9702866307	direha2013@gmail.com
77	Ms.Sarojini Swamy	Data Entry Operator			+91-9702917451	sarojini.swamy0807@gmail.com
78	Arjun Kumar Singh	Senior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9833125659	grsu.pmc-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
79	Nimish Koli	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9920618045	nimish_koli@cms.co.in
80	Alok Gurav	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9152000711	alok_gurav@cms.co.in
81	Yogita Nagare	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9821096968	yogita_nagare@cms.co.in
82	Siddhi Mahendra Tambe	Junior Strategic Consultant (Grievances)			+91-9867504423	sidtambe23@gmail.com
83	Vaishnavi Rajgopal	Consultant Tier 1 PMC – Crew TSU			+91-9920938586	vaishnavi.rajgopal@in.ey.com
84	Devika Tiwari	Consultant Tier 1 PMC – Crew TSU			+91-9340969656	devika.tiwari1@in.ey.com
85	Kunal Vaval	Consultant Tier 1 PMC – Crew TSU			+91-9004076130	kunal.vaval@in.ey.com
86	Prasham Khanna	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 7			7666528105	seeed7-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
87	Aishwarya Malve	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 12			+91-7507259444	seeed12-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Engineering Wing
88	Shri Killi Mohana Rao	Chief Surveyor cum Addl. DG (In-Charge)	211	022-65860011	+91-9930181909	cs-dgs@nic.in
89	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
90	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
91	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
92	Shri Mugilrajan Devarajan	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration DDG (Tech)	244	022-65860044	+91- 9791227711	mugilrajan.mmd@gov.in
93	Shri Niket Pathak	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration DDG (Tech)	245	022-65860045	+91- 9981946660	niketpathak-dgs@gov.in
94	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
95	Ms. Rajni C. Nanwani	Senior Private Secretary	212	022-65860012	+91- 9763882830	rajni.nanwani-dgs@gov.in
96	Shri Navdeep Kharb	Upper Division Clerk	315	022-65860115	+91- 8053000988	navdeep.kharb@gov.in
97	Shri Krishan Murari Ranjan	Upper Division Clerk	316	022-65860116	+91- 9835984054	kmranjan.dgs@gov.in
98	Shri Ujjawal Siradhana	Lower Division Clerk	314	022-65860114	+91- 7900449449	ujjawals-dgs@gov.in
99	Shri Sanjay Janardan Khanderkar	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91- 9820779990	sanjaykhanderkar.dgs@gov.in
100	Shubhash Lambe	Multi Tasking Staff			+91- 8879737441
101	Shri Devarshi Datta	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 3	323	022-65860123	+91-9692665668	seeed3-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
102	Shri Karan Gandhi	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 9	329	022-65860129	+91- 7875445412	seeed9-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
103	Mrs Deepa Sunil Nair	Senior Executive Assistant (Outsourcing staff from IRS)			+91-9920103003	pstocs-dgs@gov.in
104	Shri Yogesh Palkar	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
105	Shri Rahul Utekar	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
106	Ms. Suchita Kadam	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
107	Shri Prasad Bhogale	Data Entry Operator	232	25752040		engexam-dgs@nic.in
108	Ms. Prachi Sawant	Data Entry Operator	294	25752040		eng-dgs@nic.in
109	Ms Prachi Vijay Narvekar	Data Entry Operator				engexam-dgs@nic.in
110	Mrs Kalpana Bhavesh Sabale	Data Entry Operator	295	25752040		engg-stcw@gov.in
111	Ms. Yamini Sakhardande	Data Entry Operator	295	25752040		eng-dgs@nic.in
112	Shri Ajay Sakpal	Multi- Tasking Staff (MTS on Contract)
113	Exam cell	Exam cell	343/344	022- 65860143/022- 65860144		Engexam-dgs@nic.in
114	ISM Cell	ISM Cell	345	022-65860145		Ism.dgs@gov.in
Finance, Account, Audit and Public Procurement (FAAPP) Branch
115	Shri Dinesh Hariram Mate (IA&AS)	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration			+91-9822115508	mate.dh@gov.in
116	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	252	022- 25752060	+91- 8850116977	j.jadhav@gov.in
117	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Executive Officer	265	02225752053	+91-9821916727	rgupta-dgs@gov.in
118	Shri Ajit Sajjan Tambe	Assistant			+91-8652456669	ajittambe-dgs@gov.in
119	Shri Anjani Meena	Assistant	266		+91- 9892839154	ameena-dgs@gov.in
120	Shri Subhash Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	266		+91- 7678329100	subhash.kr85@gov.in
121	Shri Pankaj Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	331		+91-8295702207	pankaj.kumar-dgs@gov.in
122	Shri Nishant	Upper Division Clerk	331		+91- 8295702207	nishant.d-dgs@gov.in
123	Shri Karan Gandhi	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 9			+91- 7875445412	seeed9-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
124	Ms. Meenakshi	Lower Division Clerk	331		+91- 9813222123	meenakshi.mmdkol@gov.in
125	Shri Ishan S. Surve	Accountant	331		+91-9769506142	ishansurve26052003@gmail.com
126	Ms. Ashwini A. Bhingardeve	Data Entry Operator	347		+91-9967728779	ashwini.bhingardeve1989@gmail.com
127	Shri Sunil Sahebrao Dhaske	Multi Tasking Staff			+91- 9892505613	ssdhaske.dgs@gov.in
Hindi Branch
128	डॉ. सुधीर एस कोहकड़े भा.रा.स़े. Dr. Sudhir Kohakade, IRS	उप नौवहन महाननद़ेशक DDG		022- 25752012	+91- 8080470877	sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
129	श्री विमलेन्द्र पाल सिंह भदौरिया	उप निदेशक (संयुक्त निदेशक की एवज में)	280	022- 25752023		bhadauria-dgs@gov.in
International Cooperation Branch
130	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration	271	022- 25752015	+91-9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
131	Shri Avinash Ashok Gaidhankar	Upper Division Clerk	275		+91- 8652739901	avinash.g-dgs@gov.in
132	Shri Karan Gandhi	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 9			+91- 7875445412	seeed9-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
133	Dr. Shubhasree Bhadra	Research Officer				ro1_dgskol@iift.edu
134	Mr. Aditya Narayan	Research Officer			91- 8700380156	ro2_dgskol@iift.edu
135	Ms. Sneha Roy	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra1_dgskol@iift.edu
136	Shri Nihal Kumar	Research Associate (Consultant)			+91-88001 75274	ra3_dgskol@iift.edu
137	Ms.Prokriti Ghosh	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra4_dgskol@iift.edu
138	Ms. Nidhi Pathak	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra5_dgskol@iift.edu
139	Ms. Ashwini Lokhande	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra7_dgskol@iift.edu
140	Ms.Vijaylaxmi Gupta	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra8_dgskol@iift.edu
141	Ms. Niveditthaa Rejendran	Principal Consultant				niveditthaa@primuspartners.in
142	Mr. Swastik Nakhwa	Consultant			+91-9821229871	swastiknakhwa@primuspartners.in
IT & E Governance
143	Shri Praneet Choudhary	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752015	+91- 9650367755	praneet.choudhary@gov.in
144	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Social Media Web Master/Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration (Tech.)	327	022-25752015	+91- 9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
145	Major Anutosh Singh	Assistant Director General of Maritime Administration		022-25752060	7021998757	anutosh.singh@gov.in
146	Shri Azad Singh	Upper Division Clerk			9368757891	azad.singh99@gov.in
147	Shri Durgesh Sharma	Upper Division Clerk		02225711210	+91- 7679869088	s.durgesh@gov.in
148	Shri Gaurav Kumar Meena	Upper Division Clerk			9968975192	gauravmeena.dgs@gov.in
149	Shri Amar R. Rewale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)
150	Ms. Pallavi Sanjay Padwale	Data Entry Operator (DEO)				dgship-dgs@nic.in
151	Abhishek Kumawat	Creative Head/Visualizer			9672067114	abhishek.kumawat@immortal-technologies.com
152	Kasish Chandwani	Content Writer				kashish.chandwani@immortal-technologies.com
153	Sushil Pandurang Pawar	Video Editor				sushil.pawar@immortal-technologies.com
154	Shaikh Nasir Husain Mehmood Husain	Programme Manager			9975996545	support-dgswebsite@nic.in
155	Pankaj Yashwante	Project Manager				eoffice-dgs@nic.in
156	Satish Manohar Birhade	Server Engineer				support.dgseoffice@gov.in
157	Aniket Jagan Pawar	Support Engineer				support.dgseoffice@gov.in
158	Shri Dinesh Vishwakarma	Support Engineer			8691987118	dinesh.1189@gmail.com
159	Mr . Ramdas Jadhav	Support Engineer			9969160875	ramdas_jadhav@hotmail.com
160	Shri Devendra Jaiswar	Support Engineer			7021525855	dev@procomindia.com
161	Shri Omkar Sakpal	Support Engineer			9321729600	osakpal115@gmail.com
162	Shri Loknath Shroff	Project Lead		022- 25752038		egovernance-dgs@gov.in
163	Shri Nagakrishna Murthy	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		egovernance-dgs@gov.in
164	Ms. Hrutuja Rajesh Ghadi	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		egovernance-dgs@gov.in
165	Venkatesh Naidu	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		vnaidu@arisimaulation.com
166	Neeraj Gupta	Software Engineer		022- 25752038		neerajgupta@arisimulation.com
167	Shri Maram Rammohan	Project Director				maram_rammohan@cms.co.in
168	Shri Sachin Khandagale	Additional Project Manager			8830692356	sachin_khandagale@cms.co.in
169	Shri Atul Sabhajeet Pandey	Sr. Business Analyst			8767330339	atul_pandey@cms.co.in
170	Shri Gaurav Raisoni	Sr. Business Analyst			9730158586	gaurav_raisoni@cms.co.in
171	Ms. Monika Singh	Sr. Business Analyst				monika_singh@cms.co.in
172	Shri Chintamani Tejas Dilip	Business Analyst			89834 58722	tejas_chintamani@cms.co.in
173	Shri Mukesh Kumar Dangi	Mobile App Specialist			9691043642	mukeshkumar_dangi@cms.co.in
174	Shri Sateesh Kumar Vakada	Change Management Specialist / Trainer			9885988458	sateeshkumar_vakada@cms.co.in
175	Shri Imran Usman Shaikh	Change Management Specialist / Trainer			7045896296	imran_shaikh@cms.co.in
176	Shri Numan Hassan	Data Center Specialist/AWS			7045896296	numan_hassan@cms.co.in
177	Shri Mahesh Jeevan Gaikwad	Sr. MySQL Database Administrator/DB Expert			8055089905	mahesh_gaikwad@cms.co.in
178	Ms. Harshada Tondilkar	Helpdesk Support Lead
179	Ms. Ashly Saji	Helpdesk Support
180	Shri Umesh Ranjit	Helpdesk Support
181	Shri Prithivraj Ramasami	Helpdesk Support
182	Shri Sunil Verma	Senior Manager				verma.radheshyam@in.ey.com
183	Shri Kunal Vaval	Senior Consultant				kunal.vaval@in.ey.com
184	Shri Aparna Bhat	Consultant				Aparna.bhat@in.ey.com
185	Shri Payal Behera	Consultant				payal.behera@in.ey.com
186	Shri Anirudha Biswas	Consultant				anirudha.biswas@in.ey.com
187	Shri Debashis Dutta	Senior Consultant				debashis.dutta1@in.ey.com
188	Shri Prateek Joshi	Consultant				prateek.joshi@in.ey.com
189	Shri Yoganand Shanmogham	Senior Manager				yoganand.shanmogham@in.ey.com
190	Shri Aditya Abhishek	Consultant				aditya.abhishek@in.ey.com
191	Shri Vaishakhan K.V.	Consultant				vaishakhan.kv@in.ey.com
192	Shri Pranav Udayaraj	Consultant				m.pranav.udayaraj@in.ey.com
193	Shri Sagnik Ghosh	Jr. Procurement Advisor	390		8961176411	jr.procureadv-dgs@gov.in
194	Shri Deep Jyoti Saikia	Jr. Procurement Advisor	389		8638267125	jr.procureadv1-dgs@gov.in
195	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
196	Shri Ash Mohomad	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration	232	25752025	9619011035	amohd-dgs@nic.in
197	Shri Sandeep Awasthi	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	259	25752054	+91- 9757447608	sawasthi-dgs@gov.in
198	Shri Naresh K. Shanker	Assistant	286		+91 7506086271	msl-dgs@nic.in
199	Shri Vivek Joy	Advocate				adv.vivekjoy@gmail.com
200	Shri Aditya Prakash	Team Lead (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 8800601360	aditya.rao@plrchambers.com
201	Ms. Shreya Ramakrishnan	ounsel (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 9599485171	shreya.ramakrishnan@plrchambers.com
202	Ms. Tanya Chandra	Senior Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 9599485172	tanya.chandra@plrchambers.com
203	Ms. Rhythma Kaul	Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 8800899943	rhythma.kaul@plrchambers.com
204	Shri Atul Raj	Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			+91- 8800592409	atul.raj@plrchambers.com
205	Shri Rajath K U	Legal Consultant(NALS AR)				msl.consultant-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
206	Ms. Pooja Jayeshkumar Vakani	Legal Consultant (NALSAR)				msl.consultant-dgs1@govconsultant.nic.in
207	Ms Anindita Das	Legal Consultant (NALSAR)				msl.consultant-dgs2@govconsultant.nic.in
208	Ms Rehana Dhawade	Maritime Legal Consultant	284			trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
209	Ms. Shikha Sain	Maritime Legal Consultant				msl.consultantdgs3@govconsultant.nic.in
210	Ms. Arundathi M S	Maritime Legal Consultant				msl.consultant5-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
211	Ms. Anjaly S	Maritime Legal Consultant				msl.consultant-dgs6@govconsultant.nic.in
212	Mr. Christopher Fernandes	Multi Tasking Staff (On Contract Basis)
213	Mr. Mohammad Ahkamuddin	Intern (10/07/2026 to 10/01/2027)			9589146862	ahkamuddin@gmail.com
Multimodal Transport Operation Branch
214	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade, IRS	Dy. Director general of Maritime Administration		022- 25752012	+91- 8080470877	sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
215	Shri Shailendra Kale	Upper Division Clerk	338	022- 25752041	+91-8898932734	kale-dgs@nic.in
216	Ms. Liza Kailash Dakua	Data Entry Operator		022- 25752053356
Maritime Training Trust
217	Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS	Director-General of Maritime Administration Chairman (Trustee)	201	022-25752005 / 25752010	+91-9435119100	dg-dgs@gov.in
218	Shri Sushil Khopde, IPS	Additional Director general of Maritime Administration Member (Trustee)	206	022- 65860006		addldg-dgs@gov.in
219	Shri Anil Devli ,CEO	CEO, Indian National Ship- Owners Association (INSA),Member (Trustee)
220	Dr. (Mrs.) Sujata Naik Chairperson, Tolani Shipping	Indian National Ship- Owners Association (INSA) ,Member (Trustee)
221	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Maritime Administration	271	022- 25752015	+91-9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
222	Mrs. Sonali Deshpande	Chief Executive Officer		022 25752049	+91-9224285720	ttc-dgs@nic.in
223	Mrs. Monica Dalvi	Office Assistant			+91-9920648846	monicaadalvi@gmail.com
224	Mr. Rajesh Utekar	Office Assistant			+91-8451992861	rajeshutekar12345@gmail.com
225	Ms. Monica Landge	Office Assistant			+91-9664144140	monika.0558@gmail.com
226	Mrs. Pranaya Sule	Office Assistant			+91-9619455105	pranaya.asolkar@gmail.com
227	Mrs. Archana Joshi	Office Assistant			+91-9833567565	a.a.joshi1979@gmail.com
228	Ms. Shriya Amre	Office Assistant
Nautical Wing
229	Capt. S.I. Abul Kalam Azad	Nautical Adviser – cum-Addl. DG (Nautical) [In-Charge]	211	022 25752009	+91-9869064561	abulkalam.azad@gov.in
230	Capt. Vikram Singh Manhas	Deputy Nautical Advisor- cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	215	022- 25752047		vikram.manhas@gov.in
231	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor- cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022- 25752030	+91-9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
232	Capt. Harinder Singh	Nautical Surveyor-&- DDG(Tech.)	216	022- 25752063		singh.harinder@gov.in
233	Capt. Ravi Singh Sikarwar	Nautical Surveyor- cum- DDG [Tech.]	218	022- 25752061	+91-9833975481	ravi.sikarwar@gov.in
234	Capt. Mahadev Dhandhiya	Nautical Surveyor- cum-DDG (Tech.)	218	022- 25752061	+91-9699841581	mdhandhiya-dgs@gov.in
235	Capt. Bipin Kumar	Nautical Surveyor- cum-DDG (Tech.)	348	22- 25752028	+91-9867002698	Bipin.kumar-dgs@gov.in
236	Capt. Saurabh Bansal	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)				saurabhbansal.dgma@gov.in
237	Shri Balunkeshore Mohapatra	Senior Radio Surveyor- cum- Assistant Director General	225	022- 25752044	+91-8450960215	mohapatra.balu@gov.in
238	Shri Sumit Kumar	Sr. Private Secretary to Nautical Advisor (I/c)	212	022- 25752009	+91-9905908888	sumit-dgs@nic.in
239	Ms. Shriya Khelurkar	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 4				SEEED4-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
240	Ms. Mehar Kalra	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 8				SEEED8-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
241	Ms. Sanjivani Desai	Assistant	388			sanjivani-dgs@gov.in
242	Shri Madhav Damodar Patil	Assistant	246	022- 25752041	+91-8652690051	madhav.patil-dgs@gov.in
243	Shri Amol Deorao Raut	Assistant	330	022- 25752041	+91-9960651049	amolraut-dgs@gov.in
244	Shri Rahul Tomar	Upper Division Clerk	220	022- 25752041	+91-7838797819	rahul.tomar-dgs@gov.in
245	Shri Sandeep Puralkar	Multi Tasking Staff (MTS)	293	022- 25752035	+91-9867406158	nt-dgs@nic.in
246	Mrs. Shifa shaikh	LRIT Accountant	214	022- 25752035		shifakhan29@gmail.com
247	Ms. Saniya Santosh Raut	Data Entry Operator	215	022- 25752035		sanuraut7208@gmail.com
248	MS. Shivani Dilip Raut	Data Entry Operator	218	NA 022- 25752035
249	Ms. Sneha Ganesh AMTE	Data Entry Operator	218	022- 25752035
250	Ms. Pooja Utekar	Data Entry Operator	245	022- 25752035
251	Ms. Ashwini Karkare	Data Entry Operator	245	022- 25752035
252	Shri Prashant Prakash Nimbare	Data Entry Operator	388	022- 25752035
253	Ms. Mrunali Mahesh Shirodkar	Data Entry Operator				nt-dgs@nic.in
254	Ms. Meenakshi Ashok Polleyi	Data Entry Operator				nt-dgs@nic.in
255	Ms. Darshika Vinod Mishra	Data Entry Operator	388	022- 25752035
256	Ms. Khan Sher Banu Aleem Raza	Data Entry Operator	216	022- 25752035		khansaher1999.@gmail.com
257	Mrs. Renuka Nishant Kadechkar	Data Entry Operator	388	022- 25752035		renukabiredar2024@gmail.com
258	Ms. Smruti Priyadarshini Swain	Data Entry Operator
259	Ms. Sheetal	Data Entry Operator
260	Ms. Rutika Hate	Executive Assistant
261	Ms. Priyanka Samresh Surve	Multi- Tasking Staff (MTS)	202 & 388	022- 25752010
262	Shri Shubham Jain	Project Manager			+91-7507537053	shubham_jain@cms.co.in
263	Shri Arinut Sharma	Project Manager			+91-7006767610	arinutsharma-dgs@outlook.com
264	Ms. Ruchita Ram	Project Manager			+91-9702876654	ruchita.ram-dgs@outlook.com
265	Mr. Manneck Vesuna	Legal Assistant				nautic.lglassit1-dgs@gov.in
266	Mr. Vatsalya Srivastava	Legal Assistant			9598265595	nautic.lglassit2-dgma@gov.in
267	Mr. Ujjwal Ranjan	Legal Assistant			+919934537012	nautic.lglassit3-dgs@gov.in
268	Ms. Pooja Vakani	Legal Consultant				poojavakani1480@gmail.com
269	Ms. Ayusha Naresh sawant	Data Entry Operator	218	022- 25752035
270	Ms Yukta Matlapurkar	Legal Assistant				nauticlgl.assit4-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
271	Ms. Vedika Jhall	Legal Assistant				Nautic.lglassit5-dgs@gov.in
Naval Architecture Branch
272	Shri Pradeep Sudhakar	Chief Ship Surveyor	234	022- 25752006	+91-9388539955	pradeepsk-dgs@gov.in
273	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Dy. Chief Ship Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
274	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Ship Surveyor- cum-Deputy Director General (Tech.)	327	022- 25752056	+91-7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
275	Shri Nikhil Kumar	Ship Surveyor- cum- DDG(Tech.)	253		+91-8800679397	nikhil.kumar-dgs@gov.in
276	Shri. Ankur Anal	Junior Ship Surveyor-cum- ADG (Tech)		022- 25752029	+91-7738076483	ankuranal.dgs@gov.in
277	Shri Shriram	Sr. Private Secretary			+91-9920511726	shriram-dgs@gov.in
278	Shri Anup Kumar Sahu	Upper Division Clerk			+91-8779838112	sahu-dgs@gov.in
279	Shri Anand Kumar Gupta	Assistant	233	25752040	+91- 9892200417	anandgupta-dgs@gov.in
280	Akshay S	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 5	325	022-65860125	+91-8714348044	seeed5-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
281	Amal Aloshie Vithayathil	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor (IRS - DGMA)			+91-9847454357	amal.aloshie@irclass.org
282	Hariprasad R	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor (IRS - dgma)			+91-9790751770	hariprasad.r@irclass.org
283	Rohit Tagade	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor(IRS - dgma)			+91-8454981957	rohit.tagade@irclass.org
284	Amit Dethe	Consultant			+91-7218125201	amitdethe@kpmg.com
285	Anuj Gupta	Subject Matter Expert			+91-8689891551	anujgupta21@kpmg.com
286	Shri Subhash T. Shiravale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			9137235473	stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
287	Smt Ankita Sansare	Multi Tasking Staff			7559342269	anki.sansare23@gmail.com
288	Shri Alok Subhash Gupta	Multi Tasking Staff			9372951323	alokg8169@gmail.com
289	Smt Sejal Rajendra Hendwe	Business Analyst			9158500332	sejal_hendwe@cms.co.in
290	Shri Sarthak Garg	Consultant			+919650371553	Garg.sarthak@bcg.com
291	Shri Bhramar Jain	Consultant			+91-8062577602	Jain.bhramar@bcg.com
292	Shri Nihar Ranjan Panigrahi	Consultant			+91 94376 59416	Panigrahi.niharranjan@bcg.com
293	Smt Neha Mathur	Project Manager			9004573368	neha_mathur@cms.co.in
294	Shri Gaurav Deshmukh	Business Analyst			7067576587	gaurav_deshmukh@cms.co.in
295	Shri Raj Sahu	Business Analyst			9421444522	raj_sahu@cms.co.in
NMDC
296	Shri Sunil Laxman Hinukale	Dealing Assistant			+91-9619941151	nmdc-dgs@nic.in
297	Shri Arun J. Amberkar	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-9819382784	nmdc-dgs@nic.in
Personnel Branch
298	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director general of Maritime Administration	271	022- 25752015	+91-9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
299	Shri Naveen Kundu	Upper Division Clerk	347		+91-8053507003	naveen.kri@gov.in
300	Shri Deepak Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	347		+91-9097084069	kumar.depak89@gov.in
301	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Upper Division Clerk	316		+91-7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
302	Shri Umesh Kumar Ranjan	Assistant	268	22-022- 25752040	+91-8097629342	ranjan-dgs@gov.in
303	Shri Amit Verma	Upper Division Clerk			+91-7393031987	amit.v-dgs@gov.in
304	Shri Jitendra R. Jagtap	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)			+91-98902078192	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
305	Ms. Trupti Hotkar	Data Entry Opeator
306	Shri Jay Dohare	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 10				SEEED10-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
307	MS. Ruchika Jadhav	Data Entry Opeator				ruchikaj425@gmail.com
308	Shri Amar Yadav	Application Support Engineer				dgs.biometric@govcontractor.nic.in
RTI
309	Dr. Sudhir Kohakade, IRS	DDG		022- 25752012	+91- 8080470877	sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
310	Shri Sandeep Awasthi	ADG(CPGRAM)			+91-9757447608	asawasthi-dgs@gov.in
311	Ms. Archana P. Naik	AO			+91-9819540668	archana-dgs@gov.in
Shipping Development Branch
312	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Dy. Chief Ship Surveyor		022- 25752056	+91-9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
313	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Assistant	263	022-022-25752040	7506178720	dkumar-dgs@gov.in
314	Smt. Anita Sinha	Assistant		022- 25752305	9422779401	anita.sinha71@gov.in
315	Shri Subhash T. Shiravale	Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS)	268	022-022- 25752040	9137235473	stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
316	Ms. Namrata Namdev Kudav	Data Entry Operator	263	022-022- 25752040	9067729228	kudavnamrata49@gmail.com
317	Shri Ankush Raj	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 1			7742647887	seeed1-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Training Branch
318	Shri Praveen Nair	Dy. Chief Surveyor -cum- Sr. Dy. Director general of Maritime Administration (Tech.)	227	022- 25752037	9870428538	praveen.nair@gov.in
319	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	226	022-25711226	9660099646	anutosh.singh@gov.in
320	Shri Vishal Kumar Sinha	Assistant			8652178735	vsinha-dgs@gov.in
321	Shri Ravinder Kumar	Assistant		9137332741	9167905620	ravinder-dgs@gov.in
322	Ms. Sakshi Sunil Paste	Data Entry Operator (DEO)& DDG (PA)				contract.trg2-dgs@gov.in
323	Shri Ajay Balyam	Data Entry Operator (DEO)			8655798737	contract.trg1-dgs@gov.in
324	Ms. Jivika Jitendra Chandekar	Data Entry Operator (DEO)				contract.trg3-dgs@gov.in
325	Ms. Rehana Dhawade	Legal Consultant				trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
326	Dr. Pradeep Kumar	Manager, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)			9850507085	pradeepkumar1.ext@deloitte.com
327	Shri Rohit Kumar	Sr. Consultant, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)				rkumar98@deloitte.com
328	Ms. Sukriti Priya	Consultant, Maritime Training Technical Support Unit (MTTSU)				sukpriya.ext@deloitte.com
329	Pranit Chute	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 6			7083828710	Pranit.Chute@in.ey.com
330	Akaash Sivakumar	Strategic Engagement Evaluation and Execution for DGMA (SEEED) SEEED 13	333	022- 65860133	7506419785	seeed13-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
Vigilance Branch
331	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director general of Maritime Administration	226	022- 25711226		anutosh.singh@gov.in
332	Shri Shishupal P. Kotangale	Assistant	308		+91-9970952773	vig-dgs@nic.in
333	Shri Chetan Bhatkar	Upper Division Clerk	308		+91-9920533850	chetan.bhatkar@gov.in
334	Shri Vivek B. Asadala	Multi-Tasking Staff (Contractual)	308			vig-dgs@nic.in

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