Acts & Rules

नौवहन महानिदेशालय

Directorate General of Shipping

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India

Acts & Rules

No. of Year	Title	Issue Date	Download/View
20 of 2025	The Coastal Shipping Act, 2025	09-Aug-2025	View (538.54 KB) PDF
19 of 2025	The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 2025	08-Aug-2025	View (505.26 KB) PDF
24 of 2025	The Merchant Shipping Act,2025	08-Aug-2025	View (2.15 MB) PDF
2021	Inland Vessels Act 2021	16-Feb-2022	View (973.25 KB) PDF
Rules, 1963 - Notification	The Merchant Shipping Rules, 1998	21-Oct-1998	View (1.96 MB) PDF
Rules, 1979	Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Rules, 1979-Notification dated 7.11.1997	07-Nov-1997	View (32.32 KB) PDF
1988	Merchant Shipping (Indian Fishing Boats Inspection) Rules, 1988: Compliance and Safety Guidelines	12-Sep-1988	View (107.85 KB) PDF
1988	Merchant Shipping (Registration of Indian Fishing Boats) Rules, 1988: Procedures and Compliance	01-Jan-1988	View (194.93 KB) PDF
1972	Agreement On Coastal Shipping Between The Government Of The Republic Of India and The Government Of The People's Republic Of Bangladesh	03-Dec-1972	View (5.61 MB) PDF
1838	The Coasting – Vessels Act, 1838	08-Feb-1838	View (79.86 KB) PDF

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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	Smt. Anita Sinha	Assistant	345	022-25711345	9422779401	anita.sinha71@gov.in
38	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Upper Division Clerk	345		9920637128	rjadhav-dgs@gov.in
39	Shri Vipassi Bhammarkar	Upper Division Clerk	345		7974690449	vipassi.b@gov.in
40	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	345		8505078103	dharmendra.kr.dgs@gov.in
41	Shri Bapu Ambu Bamble	Multi Tasking Staff			8108790644	bapubambale.dgs@gov.in
Engineering Wing
42	Shri Ajithkumar Sukumaran	Chief Surveyor -cum- Additional Director General (Engineering)	222	022-25752008	9446121550
43	Shri Satish D. Kamath	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr.DDG (Tech.)	298	022-25752051		skamath-dgs@gov.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 Gopikrishna C.	Engineer & Ship Surveyor - cum-DDG (Tech.)	230	022-25752036	9004625864	gopikrishna.c@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 Anand Kumar Gupta	Assistant	233		9892200417	anandgupta-dgs@gov.in / eng-dgs@nic.in
52	Shri Navdeep Kharb	Upper Division Clerk			8053000988	navdeep.kharb@gov.in
53	Shri Krishan Murari Ranjan	Lower Division Clerk	292		9835984054	kmranjan.dgs@gov.in / eng-dgs@nic.in
54	Shri Ujjawal Siradhana	Lower Division Clerk	232		7900449449	ujjawals-dgs@gov.in / engexam-dgs@nic.in
55	Mrs Deepa Nair	Senior Executive Assistant (Outsourcing staff from IRS)	223			pstocs-dgs@gov.in
56	Shri Sanjay Janardan Khanderkar	Multi Tasking Staff			9820779990	sanjaykhanderkar.dgs@gov.in
57	Shri Arvind Londhe	Multi Tasking Staff	223		9175858270	aslondhe.dgs@gov.in
58	Shri Ajay Sakpal	Multi-Tasking Staff	295			eng-dgs@nic.in
Finance, Account, Audit and Public Procurement (FAAPP) Branch
59	Shri Dinesh Hariram Mate	Deputy Director General of Shipping				mate.dh@gov.in
60	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director General of Shipping	252			j.jadhav@gov.in
61	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Administrative Officer Gr.II & DDO	265	022-25752053		rgupta-dgs@gov.in
62	Shri Anjani Meena	Assistant	331		9892839154	ameena-dgs@gov.in
63	Shri Shubhansh Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	258		7678329100	subhash.kr85@gov.in
64	Shri Nishant	Upper Division Clerk	331		8295702207	nishant.d-dgs@gov.in
65	Ms. Meenakshi	Multi Tasking Staff	331			meenakshi.mmdkol@gov.in
66	Shri Sunil Sahebrao Dhaske	Multi Tasking Staff	216			ssdhaske.dgs@gov.in
Hindi Branch
67	डॉ. सुधीर एस कोहकड़े	उप नौवहन महानिदेशक		022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
68	श्री विमलेन्द्र पाल सिंह भदौरिया	उप निदेशक (संयुक्त निदेशक की एवज में)		022-25752023		bhadauria-dgs@gov.in
69	श्री संदीप अवस्थी	सहायक नौवहन महानिदेशक		022-25752054		sawasthi-dgs@gov.in
70	श्रीमती सुजाता यादव	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी				jto1.gmum-dgs@gov.in
71	श्रीमती नाज़िदा खान एस	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी(सहायक निदेशक की एवज में)				nazidha-dgs@gov.in
72	श्री संजीव कुमार	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी(सहायक निदेशक की एवज में)				sanjeevkumar00c4@gmail.com
73	सुश्री तेजस्विनी पवार	कनिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी				tejaswini-dgs@gov.in
74	श्री सुभाष टी शिरावले	बहु-कौशल कर्मचारी		022-25752040		stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
International Cooperation Branch
75	Shri Aniruddha Chaki	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	278	022-25752024	9820384521	chaki-dgs@nic.in
76	Shri Avinash Ashok Gaidhankar	Upper Division Clerk	275		8652739901	avinash.g-dgs@gov.in
77	Aditya Narayan	Research Officer (Consultant)				ro2_dgskol@iift.edu
78	Sneha Roy	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra1_dgskol@iift.edu
79	Bidisha Kole	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra5_dgskol@iift.edu
80	Prachy Mody	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra6_dgskol@iift.edu
81	Omkar Kamthe	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra8_dgskol@iift.edu
82	Tejas RS	Research Associate (Consultant)			9847588265	ra2_dgskol@iift.edu
83	Sohail Ahamed	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra4_dgskol@iift.edu
84	Ankita Ugar	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra7_dgskol@iift.edu
85	Swarna Jain	Research Associate (Consultant)				ra3_dgskol@iift.edu
86	Shri Pravin Shankar Tamore	Multi Tasking Staff	276		9223267465	pravintamore.dgs@gov.in
IT & E Governance
87	Capt. Anish Joseph	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	215	022-25752047		anish-dgs@gov.in
88	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director General of Shipping			8850116977	j.jadhav@gov.in
89	Shri Ravinder Kumar	Assistant	210		9137332741	ravinder-dgs@gov.in
90	Shri Durgesh Sharma	Upper Division Clerk	339	022-25711339		s.durgesh@gov.in
91	Ms. Namithasree M.	Lower Division Clerk	210			namithasreem-dgs@gov.in
92	Shri Amar R. Rewale	Multi Tasking Staff	210
Mercantile Marine Law Branch
93	Shri. Ash Mohomad	Dy. Director General of Shipping	257	022-25752025		amohd-dgs@nic.in
94	Shri PL Muthu	Assistant Director General of Shipping (I/c)		022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
95	Shri Naresh K. Shanker	Assistant	276		7506086271	shanker-dgs@gov.in / msl-dgs@nic.in
Multimodal Transport Operation Branch
96	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
97	Shri N. R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
98	Shri Amit Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	277		8059944560	amit.kumar-dgs@gov.in
99	Shri Rohit Sharma	Lower Division Clerk	277		7357703910	rohits-dgs@gov.in
Nautical Wing
100	Capt. S.I. Abul Kalam Azad	Nautical Advisor –cum-Addl. DG (Nautical) [In-Charge]	211	022 – 25752009	9869064561	abulkalam.azad-dgs@gov.in
101	Capt. Anish Joseph	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	215	022-25752047		anish-dgs@gov.in
102	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022-25752030	9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
103	Capt. P.C. Meena	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)	217	022-25752020		pcmeena-dgs@gov.in
104	Capt. Harinder Singh	Nautical Surveyor-&-DDG(Tech.)	216	022-25752063		singh.harinder@gov.in
105	Capt. Ravi Sikarwar	Nautical Surveyor-cum- DDG [Tech.]	218	022-25752061	9833975481	ravi.sikarwar@gov.in
106	Capt. Mahadev Dhandhiya	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)			9699841581	mdhandhiya-dgs@gov.in
107	Capt. Bipin Kumar	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)			9867002698
108	Shri Balunkeshore Mohapatra	Senior Radio Surveyor-cum- Assistant Director General	225	022-25752044	8450960215	mohapatra.balu@gov.in
109	Shri Sumit Kumar	Sr. Private Secretary to Nautical Advisor (I/c)	212	022-25752009	9905908888	sumit-dgs@nic.in, pstona-dgs@nic.in
110	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Administrative Officer Gr.II	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
111	Shri Madhav Damodar Patil	Assistant	246		8652690051	m.patil-dgs@gov.in
112	Shri Amol Deorao Raut	Assistant	330			amolraut-dgs@gov.in
113	Shri Shailendra Kale	Upper Division Clerk	388			kale-dgs@nic.in
114	Shri Rahul	Upper Division Clerk	220
115	Shri Sandeep Puralkar	Multi Tasking Staff			9867406158	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
Naval Architecture Branch
116	Shri. Pradeep Sudhakar K.	Chief Ship Surveyor (i/c)	234	022-25752006	9388539955	pradeepsk-dgs@gov.in
117	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Ship Surveyor-cum-Dy Director General (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
118	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Ship Surveyor-cum-Deputy Director General (Tech.)	327	022-25752056	7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
119	Shri Nikhil Kumar	Ship Surveyor-cum-DDG(Tech.)				nikhil.kumar-dgs@gov.in
120	Shri. Ankur Anal	Junior Ship Surveyor-cum-ADG (Tech)	253	022-25752029		ankuranal.dgs@gov.in
121	Shri Shriram	Sr. Private Secretary	235		9920511726	shriram-dgs@gov.in
122	Shri A.S. Tambe	Assistant	275		9223267465	ajittambe-dgs@gov.in
123	Shri Anup Kumar Sahu	Upper Division Clerk	249		8779838112	dgship.sect@gov.in
124	Shri Machhindranath Namdeo Gherde	Multi Tasking Staff	235		9867696939	mgherde.dgs@gov.in
NMDC
125	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
126	Shri Aman Pawar	Steno	256		9820260298	amanpawar0103@gmail.com
127	Shri Sunil Hinukale	Data Entry Operator	241			nmdc-dgs@nic.in
128	Shri Arun J. Amberkar	Multi Tasking Staff	241			nmdc-dgs@nic.in
Personnel Branch
129	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Shipping	271	022-25752015		singh.deependra@gov.in
130	Shri P L Muthu	Administrative Officer Gr.II	355	022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
131	Shri Subodh Kadam	Assistant	347		9969167124	kadam-dgs@gov.in
132	Shri Naveen Kundu	Upper Division Clerk	347		8053507003	naveen.kri@gov.in
133	Shri Deepak Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	347		9097084069	kumar.depak89@gov.in
134	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Upper Division Clerk	316		7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
135	Shri Navin Kumar Sharma	Upper Division Clerk	347			navin.s71@gov.n
136	Shri. Manoj Prasad	Lower Division Clerk	316	022-25752010	9625345529	manojprasad-dgs@gov.in
137	Shri Jitendra R. Jagtap	Multi Tasking Staff	347		98902078192	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
RTI
138	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
139	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Administrative Officer Gr.II	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
140	Shri Gaurav Kumar Meena	Upper Division Clerk	319	022-25752016		gauravmeena.dgs@gov.in
141	Shri Avinash Dhondu Pawaskar	Multi Tasking Staff			9869425959	adpawaskar.dgs@gov.in
Shipping Development Branch
142	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Ship Surveyor-cum-Dy Director General (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
143	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Assistant	263	022-022-25752040	7506178720	dkumar-dgs@gov.in
144	Shri Umesh Kumar Ranjan	Assistant	268	022-022-25752040	8097629342	ranjan-dgs@gov.in
145	Shri Sandeepan Manna	Lower Division Clerk	268		9967083956	sandeepanmanna-dgs@gov.in
146	Shri Subhash T. Shiravale	Multi Tasking Staff			9969359918	stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
Training Branch
147	Shri Praveen Nair	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	227	022-25752037		praveen.nair@gov.in
148	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director General of Shipping	226	022-25711226	9660099646
149	Shri Vishal Kumar Sinha	Upper Division Clerk	272		8652178735	vsinha-dgs@gov.in
150	Shri Avinash Dhondu Pawaskar	Multi Tasking Staff			9869425959	adpawaskar.dgs@gov.in
151	Shri Manvar Singh Rawat	Multi Tasking Staff	339	022-25711339		msrawat.dgs@gov.in
Vigilance Branch
152	Shri Manoj Kumar, IRS	Chief Vigilance Officer	228	022-2575		cvo.dgs@gov.in
153	Shri Dinesh Hariram Mate	Deputy Director General of Shipping				mate.dh@gov.in
154	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
155	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Administrative Officer Gr.II	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
156	Shri Shishupal P. Kotangale	Assistant	308		9970952773	shishupal-dgs@gov.in
157	Shri Chetan Bhatkar	Upper Division Clerk	316		9920533850	chetan.bhatkar@gov.in
158	Shri Vivek B. Asadala	Multi Tasking Staff	308			vig-dgs@nic.in

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