नौवहन महानिदेशालय
Directorate General of Shipping
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India
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Roles and Responsibilities

Sr. No. Officer Name Designation Responsibilities IMO Committees
1 Shri Aniruddha Chaki Engineer & Ship Surveyor
  • Overall in-charge of Administrative and Staff Matters Pertaining to the Engineering wing.
  • CPIO of the Engineering Wing as per RTI Act.
  • Matters related to Rajbhasha monitoring and implementation of Engineering Wing.
  • All matters related to survey and certification of ships, exemptions/dispensations related to SOLAS, MARPOL, Ballast Water Management and Antifouling Conventions.
  • All matters related to Flag State Implementation and Port State Control of Indian Ships and Foreign flagged ships coming to Indian Ports.
  • All matters related to monitoring of Recognised Organisations (RO).
  • Nodal Officer for implementation and monitoring of all e-governance and IT Infrastructure related matters of the Engineering Wing including transition to the proposed new website & e-samudra system.
  • All matters related to IMSAS audit as Single Point of Contact for India.
  • Any other matter as may be assigned by the Chief Surveyor.
III-Committee, SDC, SDE
2 Shri Praveen Nair Engineer & Ship Surveyor
  • Overall in-charge and coordinator of Examination, Assessment and Certification of Engineers with assistance from other Examiners at DGS as described in Annex-1.
  • All matters related to the Safe Manning of vessels, including dispensation.
  • Matters related to Approval of Maritime Training Institutes on Engineering courses including STCW matters and IMO-HTW matters.
  • All matters pertaining to issuance of 1/10 endorsement of Foreign COC's.
  • All matters pertaining to public grievances and vigilance. (PG Portal, DGS Feedback, Tweet).
  • Represent Chief Examiner in the STCW Compliance Board in discussion with the CS.
  • Matters related to transition to the new examination system.
  • Any other matter may be assigned by the Chief Surveyor.
MSC, HTW
3 Shri C. Gopikrishna Engineer & Ship Surveyor
  • Matters related to ISM implementation and identifying persistent substandard performance by companies/DPs ashore.
  • In-charge of the Quality Management System related to EAC Functions of the DGS.
  • Designated Management Representative (MR) of DGS under the ISO 9001:2015 Certification of the EAC functions of DGS.
  • In-charge of Near Coastal Voyage Examinations.
  • All matters pertaining to River-Sea vessels, Coastal vessels and operational limits of IV vessels.
  • All matters related to Fishing Vessels including Survey, Certification etc.
  • Ship recycling matters at DGS.
  • BIS Related Matters.
  • All matters pertaining to Casualty Investigation w.r.t matters concerning Engineering Wing.
  • Nodal Officer for dealing with Court case matters, VIP References and Parliamentary Queries referred to the Engg. Wing with assistance from other officers dealing with the subject.
  • Country Focal Point for IMO GloLitter / RegLitter Projects.
  • Represent Chief Surveyor in the MLC Compliance Board.
  • In-charge of matters related to Ballast Water Management and Anti Fouling Conventions.
  • Approval of plans and drawings pertaining to Engineering Wing.
  • All matters pertaining to PPR, IMO MEPC & ISWG-GHG matters in consultation with Chief Surveyor.
  • Any other matter as may be assigned by the Chief Surveyor.
HKC, PPR, ISWG-GHG, LP
4 Shri Mahesh Korade Engineer & Ship Surveyor
  • All Matters related to issuance of Engineering stream Certificates of Proficiency (COPs).
  • All matters related to IN-MN Transition and certification matters.
  • All Matters related to Port Reception Facilities.
  • Single Point for all correspondence with various Ministries, other Branches etc. & coordination matters, with the approval of the Chief Surveyor.
  • In-charge of MEO Class IV examination including approval of results, issuance of COC’s and E-pariksha grievance related matters.
  • Nodal Officer for the Helpdesk matters.
  • Approval and Monitoring of Fire Fighting Appliances and Life-saving appliance service stations pertaining to Engineering wing.
  • All matters related to Bunker supply registration.
  • Coordinating matters related to IMO MEPC in consultation with Shri Vikrant Rai / Senthilkumar.
  • Coordinating Indo Danish Centre of Excellence related activities as Steering group committee member along with Shri Vikrant Rai, PO.
  • Coordinating IMO Glo-Noise project related activities along with Shri Vikrant Rai.
  • Link Officer for implementation and monitoring of all e-governance and IT Infrastructure related matters of the Engineering Wing including transition to the proposed new website & e-samudra system, along with Shri Aniruddha Chaki.
  • Any other matter as may be assigned by the Chief Surveyor.
MEPC