Meeting with LUSI Highlights Need for Long-Overdue Reforms in Seafarers’ Agreement

नौवहन महानिदेशालय

Directorate General of Shipping

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India

A meeting was held on 12.12.2025 with LUSI, under the chairmanship of Shri Shyam Jagannathan, to discuss long-pending concerns affecting Indian seafarers. During the meeting, Shri L. P. Vimalson, Founder and General Secretary, LUSI, highlighted that the existing seafarers’ agreement has largely remained unchanged for over 20 years, despite significant transformations in the maritime industry — including evolving working conditions, operational demands, and rising living costs.

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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Meeting with LUSI Highlights Need for Long-Overdue Reforms in Seafarers’ Agreement

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Meeting with LUSI Highlights Need for Long-Overdue Reforms in Seafarers’ Agreement

Meeting with LUSI Highlights Need for Long-Overdue Reforms in Seafarers’ Agreement

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