Collaborative knowledge session between the International Group of P&I Clubs (IGP&I) and the Directorate General of Shipping

नौवहन महानिदेशालय

Directorate General of Shipping

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India

A collaborative knowledge session between the International Group of P&I Clubs (IGP&I) and the Directorate General of Shipping was held on 11 February 2026 in hybrid mode.

Shri Sushil Mansingh Khopde, Additional Director General of Shipping, inaugurated the session and welcomed Ms. Danielle Dutta, Senior Executive at the IGP&I Secretariat, highlighting the importance of institutional knowledge exchange in strengthening maritime governance and fostering collaborative engagement across stakeholders.

Capt. Anish Joseph, Deputy Nautical Adviser-cum-Senior DDG, Directorate General of Shipping, delivered an overview of key provisions under the Merchant Shipping Act relating to third party liabilities, with particular reference to compensation regimes, compulsory insurance requirements, and alignment with international conventions. Ms. Danielle Dutta presented on the fundamentals of Protection and Indemnity insurance, the structure and functioning of the International Group of P&I Clubs, and emerging trends in the global casualty and claims landscape.

The session concluded with an interactive discussion, enabling constructive dialogue and enhancing collective understanding within the maritime community.

S.No	Name	Designation	Ext. No.	Contact No.	Mobile No.	Email
Director General of Shipping
1	Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS	Director General of Shipping	201	022-25752005 / 25752005	9435119100	dg-dgs@gov.in
DGS Secretariat
2	Shri P.L. Muthu	Assistant Director General of Shipping (I/c)	202	022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
3	Shri Sankalp Abhishek	SEEED PMU			80851 35305	seeed.pmc-dgs@gov.in
4	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Executive Assistant -1 (UDC)	202	022-25752010	7415603132	dgship.sect@gov.in
5	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Upper Division Clerk	202	022-25752010	9920637128	dgship.sect@gov.in
6	Shri Anas Khan	Multi Tasking Staff	203	022-25752010	9930787151	ak1481284@gmail.com
7	Shri Sumit Dilip Jadhav	Multi Tasking Staff	203	022-25752010		sumitjadhav120602@gmail.com
Additional Director General of Shipping
8	Shri Sushil Khopde, IPS	Additional Director General of Shipping	208	022-25752007		addldg-dgs@gov.in
9	Shri Sanjay Mourya	PS to Addl. DG	209	022-25752007	8859988544	sanjay.m96@gov.in
10	Shri Nandu Manadev Bhagat	Multi Tasking Staff
11	Shri Pranav Holam	Multi Tasking Staff
Administration Branch
12	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
13	Shri N.R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
14	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Administrative Officer Gr.II & DDO	265	022-25752053		rgupta-dgs@gov.in
15	Shri B. S. Das	Assistant	285	022-25711285		das-dgs@gov.in
16	Shri Mannulal Rajbhar	Assistant	340		9987014822	mannulal-dgs@gov.in
17	Smt. Sujata Samruddhi P. More	Assistant	345	022-25711330	9702261155	sujatam-dgs@gov.in
18	Ms. Jayshree R. Chodankar	Assistant	340	022-25711340		jayashree-dgs@gov.in
19	Ms. Sanjivani Desai	Assistant	308			sanjivani-dgs@gov.in
20	Shri Rohit Sharma	Lower Division Clerk	340		7357703910	rohits-dgs@gov.in
21	Shri Arjun Balaram Misal	Multi Tasking Staff	339			ajmisal.dgs@gov.in
22	Shri Sanjay Krishna Khedekar	Multi Tasking Staff	339	0222571339		sanjaykhedekar.dgs@gov.in
23	Shri M.H. Bane	Multi Tasking Staff	339	022-25711339
24	Shri Sohan Lal	Multi Tasking Staff	300			sohanlal195555@gmail.com
Coastal Shipping Branch
25	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Deputy Director General of Shipping (Tech.)	327	022-25752056	7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
26	Shri PL Muthu	Assistant Director General of Shipping (I/c)	355	022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
27	Shri Pankaj Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	243			pankaj.kumar-dgs@gov.in
28	Shri Subhash Kashiram Lambe	Multi Tasking Staff	243		9892183129	slambe.dgs@gov.in
Coordination Branch
29	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
30	Shri N. R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
31	Shri Debansu Prasad Sinha	Administrative Officer Gr. II	259			dpsinha-dgs@gov.in
32	Shri S.K. Pandey	Assistant
33	Shri Dinesh Dhula Waghela	Multi Tasking Staff
Crew Branch
34	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022-25752030	9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
35	Capt. P.C. Meena	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)	217	022-25752020		pcmeena-dgs@gov.in
36	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director General of Shipping	226	022-25752055	9660099646
37	S.P. Sinha	Senior P.S. / Grievance Redressal Officer	205	25752040	9029162200	shambhusinha-dgs@gov.in
38	Smt. Anita Sinha	Assistant	345	022-25711345	9422779401	anita.sinha71@gov.in
39	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Upper Division Clerk	345		9920637128	rjadhav-dgs@gov.in
40	Shri Vipassi Bhammarkar	Upper Division Clerk	345		7974690449	vipassi.b@gov.in
41	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	345		8505078103	dharmendra.kr.dgs@gov.in
42	Shri Bapu Ambu Bamble	Multi Tasking Staff			8108790644	bapubambale.dgs@gov.in
Engineering Wing
43	Shri Killi Mohana Rao	Chief Surveyor cum Addl. DG	222	25752008	9930181909	cs-dgs@nic.in
44	Shri Aniruddha Chaki	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr.DDG (Tech.)	278	022-25752024	9820384521	chaki-dgs@nic.in
45	Shri Praveen Nair	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr.DDG (Tech.)	227	022-25752037		praveen.nair@gov.in
46	Shri Pravin V Kapale	Engineer & Ship Surveyor cum DDG (Tech)	230	25752036	9372379929	pravin.kapale.mmd@gov.in
47	Shri Mugilrajan Devarajan	Engineer & Ship Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)			9791227711	mugilrajan.mmd@gov.in
48	Shri Niket Pathak	Engineer & Ship Surveyor - cum-DDG (Tech.)			9981946660	niketpathak-dgs@gov.in
49	Shri Pravin Kumar Roy	Engineer & Ship Surveyor - cum-DDG (Tech.)			9207856694	pravin.roy-dgs@gov.in
50	Ms. Rajni C. Nanwani	Senior Private Secretary	223		9763882830	rajni.nanwani-dgs@gov.in / pstocs-dgs@gov.in
51	Shri Navdeep Kharb	Upper Division Clerk			8053000988	navdeep.kharb@gov.in
52	Shri Krishan Murari Ranjan	Upper Division Clerk	292		9835984054	kmranjan.dgs@gov.in
53	Shri Ujjawal Siradhana	Lower Division Clerk	232		7900449449	ujjawals-dgs@gov.in / engexam-dgs@nic.in
54	Shri Sanjay Janardan Khanderkar	Multi Tasking Staff			9820779990	sanjaykhanderkar.dgs@gov.in
Finance, Account, Audit and Public Procurement (FAAPP) Branch
55	Shri Dinesh Hariram Mate	Deputy Director General of Shipping				mate.dh@gov.in
56	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director General of Shipping				j.jadhav@gov.in
57	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Administrative Officer Gr.II & DDO	265	022-25752053		rgupta-dgs@gov.in
58	Shri Anjani Meena	Assistant	331		9892839154	ameena-dgs@gov.in
59	Shri Shubhansh Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	258		7678329100	subhash.kr85@gov.in
60	Shri Nishant	Upper Division Clerk	331		8295702207	nishant.d-dgs@gov.in
61	Shri Sunil Sahebrao Dhaske	Multi Tasking Staff	216			ssdhaske.dgs@gov.in
Hindi Branch
62	डॉ. सुधीर एस कोहकड़े	उप नौवहन महानिदेशक		022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
63	श्री विमलेन्द्र पाल सिंह भदौरिया	उप निदेशक (संयुक्त निदेशक की एवज में)		022-25752023		bhadauria-dgs@gov.in
64	श्री संदीप अवस्थी	सहायक नौवहन महानिदेशक		022-25752054		sawasthi-dgs@gov.in
65	श्रीमती सुजाता यादव	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी				jto1.gmum-dgs@gov.in
66	श्रीमती नाज़िदा खान एस	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी(सहायक निदेशक की एवज में)				nazidha-dgs@gov.in
67	श्री संजीव कुमार	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी(सहायक निदेशक की एवज में)				sanjeevkumar00c4@gmail.com
68	सुश्री तेजस्विनी पवार	कनिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी				tejaswini-dgs@gov.in
69	श्री सुभाष टी शिरावले	बहु-कौशल कर्मचारी		022-25752040		stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
International Cooperation Branch
70	Shri Aniruddha Chaki	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	278	022-25752024	9820384521	chaki-dgs@nic.in
71	Shri Avinash Ashok Gaidhankar	Upper Division Clerk	275		8652739901	avinash.g-dgs@gov.in
72	Aditya Narayan	Research Officer (Consultant)				ro2_dgskol@iift.edu
73	Sneha Roy	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra1_dgskol@iift.edu
74	Bidisha Kole	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra5_dgskol@iift.edu
75	Prachy Mody	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra6_dgskol@iift.edu
76	Omkar Kamthe	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra8_dgskol@iift.edu
77	Tejas RS	Research Associate (Consultant)			9847588265	ra2_dgskol@iift.edu
78	Sohail Ahamed	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra4_dgskol@iift.edu
79	Ankita Ugar	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra7_dgskol@iift.edu
80	Swarna Jain	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra3_dgskol@iift.edu
81	Shri Pravin Shankar Tamore	Multi Tasking Staff	276		9223267465	pravintamore.dgs@gov.in
IT & E Governance
82	Shri Praneet Choudhary	Deputy Director General of Shipping	237	022-65860037		praneet.choudhary@gov.in
83	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Deputy Director General of Shipping (Tech.)	256	022-65860056	8850116977	ravi.k43@gov.in
84	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Dy. Director General of Shipping	233	022-65860033	9425412001	singh.deependra@gov.in
85	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director General of Shipping	262	022-65860062		j.jadhav@gov.in
86	Shri Ravinder Kumar	Assistant	380	022-65860180		ravinder-dgs@gov.in
87	Shri Durgesh Sharma	Upper Division Clerk	399	022-65860199		s.durgesh@gov.in
88	Shri Deep Jyoti Saikia	Jr. Procurement Advisor	389	022-65860189		jr.procureadv1-dgs@gov.in
89	Shri Sagnik Ghosh	Jr. Procurement Advisor	390	022-65860190		jr.procureadv-dgs@gov.in
90	Ms. Pallavi Sanjay Padwale	Data Entry Operator	238	022-65860038		dgship-dgs@nic.in
91	Mr. Amar Ravindra Rewale	Multi Tasking Staff
Mercantile Marine Law Branch
92	Shri Ash Mohomad	Deputy Director General of Shipping	231	022-25752025		amohd-dgs@nic.in
93	Shri Sandeep Awasthi	Assistant Director General of Shipping		25752054	9757447608	sawasthi-dgs@gov.in
94	Shri Naresh K. Shanker	Assistant	286			shanker-dgs@gov.in
95	Shri Vivek Joy	Advocate			9744093339	adv.vivekjoy@gmail.com
96	Shri Aditya Prakash	Team Lead (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			8800601360	aditya.rao@plrchambers.com
97	Ms. Shreya Ramakrishnan	Counsel (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			9599485171	shreya.ramakrishnan@plrchambers.com
98	Ms. Tanya Chandra	Senior Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			9599485172	tanya.chandra@plrchambers.com
99	Ms. Rhythma Kaul	Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			8800899943	msl.consultant8-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
100	Shri Atul Raj	Associate (Legal Consultant - PLR Chambers)			8800592409	msl.consultant7-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
101	Ms Rehana Dhawade	Maritime Legal Consultant(NALSAR)	284			trg.legalconsultant@gov.in
102	Shri Rajath K U	Maritime Legal Consultant(NALSAR)				msl.consultant-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
103	Ms. Pooja Jayeshkumar Vakani	Maritime Legal Consultant(NALSAR)				msl.consultant-dgs1@govconsultant.nic.in
104	Ms Anindita Das	Maritime Legal Consultant(NALSAR)				aninditad3@gmail.com
105	Ms. Lisa Zachariah	Legal Consultant				nautic.lglintern-dgs@gov.in
106	Ms. Shikha Sain	Maritime Legal Consultant (NALSAR)				msl.consultant3-dgs@gov.in
107	Ms Arundathi M S	Legal Consultant (Maritime Law)(NALSAR)				msl.consultant5-dgs@govconsultant.nic.in
108	Ms Anjaly S	Legal Consultant (Maritime Law)(NALSAR)			8606855027	msl.consultant-dgs6@govconsultant.nic.in
109	Mr . Christopher Fernandes	Multi Tasking Staff (On Contract Basis)			9870018415	luisnani1650@gmail.com
Multimodal Transport Operation Branch
110	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
111	Shri N. R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
112	Shri Amit Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	277		8059944560	amit.kumar-dgs@gov.in
Nautical Wing
113	Capt. S.I. Abul Kalam Azad	Nautical Advisor –cum-Addl. DG (Nautical) [In-Charge]	211	022 – 25752009	9869064561	abulkalam.azad-dgs@gov.in
114	Capt. Vikram Singh Manhas	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	215	022-25752047	9888890826	vikram.manhas@gov.in
115	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022-25752030	9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
116	Capt. P.C. Meena	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)	217	022-25752020		pcmeena-dgs@gov.in
117	Capt. Harinder Singh	Nautical Surveyor-&-DDG(Tech.)	216	022-25752063		singh.harinder@gov.in
118	Capt. Ravi Sikarwar	Nautical Surveyor-cum- DDG [Tech.]	218	022-25752061	9833975481	ravi.sikarwar@gov.in
119	Capt. Mahadev Dhandhiya	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)			9699841581	mdhandhiya-dgs@gov.in
120	Capt. Bipin Kumar	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)			9867002698
121	Shri Balunkeshore Mohapatra	Senior Radio Surveyor-cum- Assistant Director General	225	022-25752044	8450960215	mohapatra.balu@gov.in
122	Shri Sumit Kumar	Sr. Private Secretary to Nautical Advisor (I/c)	212	022-25752009	9905908888	sumit-dgs@nic.in, pstona-dgs@nic.in
123	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Administrative Officer Gr.II	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
124	Shri Madhav Damodar Patil	Assistant	246		8652690051	m.patil-dgs@gov.in
125	Shri Amol Deorao Raut	Assistant	330			amolraut-dgs@gov.in
126	Shri Shailendra Kale	Upper Division Clerk	388			kale-dgs@nic.in
127	Shri Rahul	Upper Division Clerk	220
128	Shri Sandeep Puralkar	Multi Tasking Staff			9867406158	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
Naval Architecture Branch
129	Shri. Pradeep Sudhakar K.	Chief Ship Surveyor-cum-Joint DG (Tech)	234	022-25752006	9388539955	pradeepsk-dgs@gov.in
130	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Dy. Chief Ship Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
131	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Ship Surveyor-cum-Deputy Director General (Tech.)	327	022-25752056	7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
132	Shri Nikhil Kumar	Ship Surveyor-cum-DDG(Tech.)				nikhil.kumar-dgs@gov.in
133	Shri. Ankur Anal	Junior Ship Surveyor-cum-ADG (Tech)	253	022-25752029		ankuranal.dgs@gov.in
134	Amal Aloshie Vithayathil	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor 1 (IRS - DGS)			9847454357	amal.aloshie@irclass.org
135	Hariprasad R	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor 1 (IRS - DGS)			9790751770	hariprasad.r@irclass.org
136	Rohit Tagade	Indian Register of Shipping Surveyor 1 (IRS - DGS)			8454981957	rohit.tagade@irclass.org
137	Shri A.S. Tambe	Assistant	275		9223267465	ajittambe-dgs@gov.in
138	Shri Shriram	Sr. Private Secretary	235		9920511726	shriram-dgs@gov.in
139	Shri Anup Kumar Sahu	Assistant	249		8779838112	dgship.sect@gov.in
140	Smt Ankita Sansare	Multi Tasking Staff			7559342269	anki.sansare23@gmail.com
141	Shri Alok Subhash Gupta	Multi Tasking Staff			9372951323	alokg8169@gmail.com
NMDC
142	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
143	Shri Aman Pawar	Steno	256		9820260298	amanpawar0103@gmail.com
144	Shri Sunil Hinukale	Data Entry Operator	241			nmdc-dgs@nic.in
145	Shri Arun J. Amberkar	Multi Tasking Staff	241			nmdc-dgs@nic.in
Personnel Branch
146	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Shipping	271	022-25752015		singh.deependra@gov.in
147	Shri Naveen Kundu	Upper Division Clerk	347		8053507003	naveen.kri@gov.in
148	Shri Deepak Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	347		9097084069	kumar.depak89@gov.in
149	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Upper Division Clerk	316		7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
150	Shri Navin Kumar Sharma	Upper Division Clerk	347			navin.s71@gov.n
151	Shri. Manoj Prasad	Lower Division Clerk	316	022-25752010	9625345529	manojprasad-dgs@gov.in
152	Shri Jitendra R. Jagtap	Multi Tasking Staff	347		98902078192	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
RTI
153	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
154	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Administrative Officer Gr.II	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
155	Shri Gaurav Kumar Meena	Upper Division Clerk	319	022-25752016		gauravmeena.dgs@gov.in
156	Shri Avinash Dhondu Pawaskar	Multi Tasking Staff			9869425959	adpawaskar.dgs@gov.in
Shipping Development Branch
157	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Ship Surveyor-cum-Dy Director General (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
158	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Assistant	263	022-022-25752040	7506178720	dkumar-dgs@gov.in
159	Shri Umesh Kumar Ranjan	Assistant	268	022-022-25752040	8097629342	ranjan-dgs@gov.in
160	Shri Sandeepan Manna	Lower Division Clerk	268		9967083956	sandeepanmanna-dgs@gov.in
161	Shri Subhash T. Shiravale	Multi Tasking Staff			9969359918	stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
Training Branch
162	Shri Praveen Nair	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	227	022-25752037		praveen.nair@gov.in
163	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director General of Shipping	226	022-25711226	9660099646
164	Shri Vishal Kumar Sinha	Upper Division Clerk	272		8652178735	vsinha-dgs@gov.in
165	Shri Avinash Dhondu Pawaskar	Multi Tasking Staff			9869425959	adpawaskar.dgs@gov.in
166	Shri Manvar Singh Rawat	Multi Tasking Staff	339	022-25711339		msrawat.dgs@gov.in
Vigilance Branch
167	Shri Shishupal P. Kotangale	Assistant	308		9970952773	shishupal-dgs@gov.in
168	Shri Chetan Bhatkar	Upper Division Clerk	316		9920533850	chetan.bhatkar@gov.in
169	Shri Vivek B. Asadala	Multi Tasking Staff	308			vig-dgs@nic.in

नौवहन महानिदेशालय

Directorate General of Shipping

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India