Life Saving Appliances

नौवहन महानिदेशालय

Directorate General of Shipping

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Government of India

Life Saving Appliances (LSA)

Ensuring Safety Through Life-Saving Appliances (LSA)

The Nautical Wing plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of crew and passengers aboard ships by overseeing the testing, approval, and certification of life-saving appliances (LSAs).

Key Responsibilities:

Compliance with International Standards:
Ensuring adherence to safety requirements outlined by the SOLAS Convention (Safety of Life at Sea) and IMO regulations.
Inspection and Certification:
Conducting regular inspections and issuing certifications for safety equipment onboard vessels, such as lifeboats, life jackets, rafts, and distress signaling devices, to guarantee their functionality during emergencies.

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 Kuldeep Singh	Executive Assistant -1 (UDC)	202	022-25752010	7415603132	dgship.sect@gov.in
4	Shri Ritesh Jadhav	Upper Division Clerk	202	022-25752010	9920637128	dgship.sect@gov.in
5	Shri Neetish Patel	Multi Tasking Staff	203	022-25752010	9955435828	patelneetis.dgs@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
8	Shri Sankalp Abhishek	SEEED PMU
Additional Director General of Shipping
9	Shri Sushil Mansing Khopde	Additional Director General 0f Shipping	208	022-25752007		addldg-dgs@gov.in
10	Shri Sanjay Mourya	Executive Assistant (Steno Gr. II)	209	022-25752007	8859988544	sanjay.m96@gov.in
11	Shri Nandu Manadev Bhagat	Multi Tasking Staff	203	022-25752010	--	--
12	Shri Pranav Anant Holem	Multi Tasking Staff
Administration Branch
13	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
14	Shri N.R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
15	Shri R. S. Gupta	Executive Officer	265	022-25752053		rgupta-dgs@gov.in
16	Shri D.P. Sinha	Assistant	340			dpsinha-dgs@gov.in
17	Shri B. S. Das	Assistant	285	022-25711285		das-dgs@gov.in
18	Shri Mannulal Rajbhar	Assistant	340		9987014822	mannulal-dgs@gov.in
19	Smt. Sujata Samruddhi P. More	Assistant	345	022-25711330	9702261155	sujatam-dgs@gov.in
20	Ms. Jayshree R. Chodankar	Assistant	340	022-25711340		jayashree-dgs@gov.in
21	Shri Durgesh Sharma	Upper Division Clerk	339	022-25711339		s.durgesh@gov.in
22	Shri Arjun Balaram Misal	Multi Tasking Staff	339			ajmisal.dgs@gov.in
23	Shri Sanjay Krishna Khedekar	Multi Tasking Staff	339	0222571339		sanjaykhedekar.dgs@gov.in
24	Shri M.H. Bane	Multi Tasking Staff	339	022-25711339
25	Shri Sohan Lal	Multi Tasking Staff	300			sohanlal195555@gmail.com
Coastal Shipping Branch
26	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Deputy Director General of Shipping (Tech.)	327	022-25752056	7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
27	Shri PL Muthu	Executive Officer	355	022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
28	Shri Pankaj Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	243			pankaj.kumar-dgs@gov.in
29	Shri Subhash Kashiram Lambe	Multi Tasking Staff	243		9892183129	slambe.dgs@gov.in
Coordination Branch
30	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
31	Shri N. R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
32	Shri S.K. Pandey	Assistant
33	Shri Rohit Sharma	Lower Division Clerk	269		7357703910	rohits-dgs@gov.in
34	Shri Dinesh Dhula Waghela	Multi Tasking Staff
Crew Branch
35	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022-25752030	9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
36	Capt. P.C. Meena	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)	217	022-25752020		pcmeena-dgs@gov.in
37	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director General of Shipping	226	022-25752055	9660099646
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 Ajithkumar Sukumaran	Chief Surveyor -cum- Additional Director General (Engineering)	222	022-25752008	9446121550
44	Shri Satish D. Kamath	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr.DDG (Tech.)	298	022-25752051		skamath-dgs@gov.in
45	Shri Aniruddha Chaki	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr.DDG (Tech.)	278	022-25752024	9820384521	chaki-dgs@nic.in
46	Shri Praveen Nair	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr.DDG (Tech.)	227	022-25752037		praveen.nair@gov.in
47	Shri Gopikrishna C.	Engineer & Ship Surveyor - cum-DDG (Tech.)	230	022-25752036	9004625864	gopikrishna.c@gov.in
48	Shri Mahesh Korade	Engineer & Ship Surveyor - cum-DDG (Tech.)	229		8796340352	mahesh.korade@gov.in
49	Ms. Rajni C. Nanwani	Senior Private Secretary	223		9763882830	rajni.nanwani-dgs@gov.in / pstocs-dgs@gov.in
50	Shri Anand Kumar Gupta	Assistant	233		9892200417	anandgupta-dgs@gov.in / eng-dgs@nic.in
51	Shri Navdeep Kharb	Upper Division Clerk			8053000988	navdeep.kharb@gov.in
52	Shri Krishan Murari Ranjan	Lower Division Clerk	292		9835984054	kmranjan.dgs@gov.in / eng-dgs@nic.in
53	Shri Ujjawal Siradhana	Lower Division Clerk	232		7900449449	ujjawals-dgs@gov.in / engexam-dgs@nic.in
54	Mrs Deepa Nair	Senior Executive Assistant (Outsourcing staff from IRS)	223			pstocs-dgs@gov.in
55	Shri Sanjay Janardan Khanderkar	Multi Tasking Staff			9820779990	sanjaykhanderkar.dgs@gov.in
56	Shri Arvind Londhe	Multi Tasking Staff	223		9175858270	aslondhe.dgs@gov.in
57	Shri Ajay Sakpal	Multi-Tasking Staff	295			eng-dgs@nic.in
Finance, Account, Audit and Public Procurement (FAAPP) Branch
58	Shri Ash Mohamad	Deputy Director General of Shipping	257	022-25752025		amohd-dgs@nic.in
59	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director General of Shipping	252	022-25752060		j.jadhav@gov.in
60	Shri Ram Sajan Gupta	Executive Officer & DDO	265	022-25752053		rgupta-dgs@gov.in
61	Shri Anjani Meena	Assistant	331		9892839154	ameena-dgs@gov.in
62	Shri Shubhansh Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	258		7678329100	subhash.kr85@gov.in
63	Shri Nishant	Upper Division Clerk	331		8295702207	nishant.d-dgs@gov.in
64	Ms. Meenakshi	Multi Tasking Staff	331			meenakshi.mmdkol@gov.in
65	Shri Sunil Sahebrao Dhaske	Multi Tasking Staff	216			ssdhaske.dgs@gov.in
Hindi Branch
66	डॉ. सुधीर एस कोहकड़े	उप नौवहन महानिदेशक		022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
67	श्री विमलेन्द्र पाल सिंह भदौरिया	उप निदेशक (संयुक्त निदेशक की एवज में)		022-25752023		bhadauria-dgs@gov.in
68	श्री संदीप अवस्थी	सहायक नौवहन महानिदेशक		022-25752054		sawasthi-dgs@gov.in
69	श्रीमती सुजाता यादव	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी				jto1.gmum-dgs@gov.in
70	श्रीमती नाज़िदा खान एस	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी(सहायक निदेशक की एवज में)				nazidha-dgs@gov.in
71	श्री संजीव कुमार	वरिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी(सहायक निदेशक की एवज में)				sanjeevkumar00c4@gmail.com
72	सुश्री तेजस्विनी पवार	कनिष्ठ अनुवाद अधिकारी				tejaswini-dgs@gov.in
73	श्री सुभाष टी शिरावले	बहु-कौशल कर्मचारी		022-25752040		stshiravale.dgs@gov.in
International Cooperation Branch
74	Shri Aniruddha Chaki	Dy. Chief Surveyor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	278	022-25752024	9820384521	chaki-dgs@nic.in
75	Shri A.S. Tambe	Assistant	275		9223267465	ajittambe-dgs@gov.in
76	Shri Avinash Ashok Gaidhankar	Upper Division Clerk	275		8652739901	avinash.g-dgs@gov.in
77	Shri Pravin Shankar Tamore	Multi Tasking Staff	276		9223267465	pravintamore.dgs@gov.in
IT & E Governance
78	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Shipping	271	022-25752015		singh.deependra@gov.in
79	Shri Jitendra S. Jadhav	Assistant Director General of Shipping		022-25752060	8850116977	j.jadhav@gov.in
80	Shri Ravinder Kumar	Assistant	210		9137332741	ravinder-dgs@gov.in
81	Shri Amit Verma	Upper Davison Clerk	210		7393031987	amit.v-dgs@nic.in
82	Mr. Harshad S. Gupta	Lower Division Clerk	210		9619558348	harshadgupta-dgs@gov.in
83	Ms. Namithasree M.	Lower Division Clerk	210			namithasreem-dgs@gov.in
84	Shri Amar R. Rewale	Multi Tasking Staff	210
Mercantile Marine Law Branch
85	Shri. Ash Mohomad	Dy. Director General of Shipping	257	022-25752025		amohd-dgs@nic.in
86	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Shipping	271	022-25752015		singh.deependra@gov.in
87	Shri PL Muthu	Executive Officer		022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
88	Shri Naresh K. Shanker	Assistant	276		7506086271	shanker-dgs@gov.in / msl-dgs@nic.in
Multimodal Transport Operation Branch
89	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
90	Shri N. R. Raut	Assistant Director General of Shipping	332	022-25752053	9867059102	ahsmpso-dgs@gov.in
91	Shri Amit Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	277		8059944560	amit.kumar-dgs@gov.in
92	Shri Rohit Sharma	Lower Division Clerk	277		7357703910	rohits-dgs@gov.in
Nautical Wing
93	Capt. S.I. Abul Kalam Azad	Nautical Advisor –cum-Addl. DG (Nautical) [In-Charge]	211	022 – 25752009	9869064561	abulkalam.azad-dgs@gov.in
94	Capt. Anish Joseph	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	215	022-25752047		anish-dgs@gov.in
95	Capt. Nitin Mukesh	Deputy Nautical Advisor-cum-Sr. DDG (Tech.)	245	022-25752030	9883280303	n.mukesh@gov.in
96	Capt. P.C. Meena	Nautical Surveyor-cum-DDG (Tech.)	217	022-25752020		pcmeena-dgs@gov.in
97	Capt. Harinder Singh	Nautical Surveyor-&-DDG(Tech.)	216	022-25752063		singh.harinder@gov.in
98	Capt. Ravi Sikarwar	Nautical Surveyor-cum- DDG [Tech.]	218	022-25752061	9833975481	ravi.sikarwar@gov.in
99	Shri Balunkeshore Mohapatra	Senior Radio Surveyor-cum- Assistant Director General	225	022-25752044	8450960215	mohapatra.balu@gov.in
100	Shri Sumit Kumar	Sr. Private Secretary to Nautical Advisor (I/c)	212	022-25752009	9905908888	sumit-dgs@nic.in, pstona-dgs@nic.in
101	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Executive Officer	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
102	Shri Madhav Damodar Patil	Assistant	246		8652690051	m.patil-dgs@gov.in
103	Shri Amol Deorao Raut	Assistant	330			amolraut-dgs@gov.in
104	Shri Shailendra Kale	Upper Division Clerk	388			kale-dgs@nic.in
105	Shri Rahul	Upper Division Clerk	220
106	Shri Sandeep Puralkar	Multi Tasking Staff			9867406158	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
Naval Architecture Branch
107	Shri. Pradeep Sudhakar K.	Chief Ship Surveyor (i/c)	234	022-25752006	9388539955	pradeepsk-dgs@gov.in
108	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Ship Surveyor-cum-Dy Director General (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
109	Shri Ravi Kumar Moka	Ship Surveyor-cum-Deputy Director General (Tech.)	327	022-25752056	7358612893	ravi.k43@gov.in
110	Shri. Ankur Anal	Junior Ship Surveyor-cum-ADG (Tech)	253	022-25752029		ankuranal.dgs@gov.in
111	Shri Shriram	Sr. Private Secretary	235		9920511726	shriram-dgs@gov.in
112	Shri Machhindranath Namdeo Gherde	Multi Tasking Staff	235		9867696939	mgherde.dgs@gov.in
113	Ms. Ankita Rajesh Sansare	Multi Tasking Staff	249			anki.sansare23@gmail.com
114	Shri Anup Kumar Sahu	Upper Division Clerk	249		8779838112	dgship.sect@gov.in
115	Shri. Manoj Prasad	Lower Division Clerk	249	022-25752010	9625345529	manojprasad-dgs@gov.in
NMDC
116	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
117	Shri Aman Pawar	Steno	256		9820260298	amanpawar0103@gmail.com
118	Shri Arun J. Amberkar	Multi Tasking Staff	241			nmdc-dgs@nic.in
Personnel Branch
119	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Shipping	271	022-25752015		singh.deependra@gov.in
120	Shri P L Muthu	Executive Officer	355	022-25752026	9029623894	muthu.pl@gov.in
121	Shri Subodh Kadam	Assistant	347		9969167124	kadam-dgs@gov.in
122	Shri Naveen Kundu	Upper Division Clerk	347		8053507003	naveen.kri@gov.in
123	Shri Deepak Kumar	Upper Division Clerk	347		9097084069	kumar.depak89@gov.in
124	Shri Kuldeep Singh	Upper Division Clerk	316		7415603132	singh.kuldeep53@gov.in
125	Shri Navin Kumar Sharma	Upper Division Clerk	347			navin.s71@gov.n
126	Shri Chetan Bhatkar	Upper Division Clerk	316		9920533850	chetan.bhatkar@gov.in
127	Shri Jitendra R. Jagtap	Multi Tasking Staff	347		98902078192	jrjagtap.dgs@gov.in
128	Ms. Metkari Aditi Raju	Multi Tasking Staff	347			aditim-dgs@gov.in
RTI
129	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
130	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Executive Officer	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
131	Shri Gaurav Kumar Meena	Upper Division Clerk	319	022-25711319		gauravmeena.dgs@gov.in
132	Shri Avinash Dhondu Pawaskar	Multi Tasking Staff			9869425959	adpawaskar.dgs@gov.in
Shipping Development Branch
133	Shri. Nebu Oommen	Ship Surveyor-cum-Dy Director General (Tech)	244	022-25752050	9819426229	nebu.oommen@gov.in
134	Shri Dharmendra Kumar	Assistant	263	022-022-25752040	7506178720	dkumar-dgs@gov.in
135	Shri Umesh Kumar Ranjan	Assistant	268	022-022-25752040	8097629342	ranjan-dgs@gov.in
136	Shri Sandeepan Manna	Lower Division Clerk	268		9967083956	sandeepanmanna-dgs@gov.in
Training Branch
137	Shri Deependra Singh Bisen	Deputy Director General of Shipping	271	022-25752015		singh.deependra@gov.in
138	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping(STCW Compliance Board)	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
139	Major Anutosh Singh (Retd.)	Assistant Director General of Shipping	226	022-25711226	9660099646
140	Ms. Archana P Naik	Executive Officer	279			archana-dgs@gov.in
141	Shri Shishupal P. Kotangale	Assistant	262		9970952773	shishupal-dgs@gov.in
142	Shri Vishal Kumar Sinha	Upper Division Clerk	272		8652178735	vsinha-dgs@gov.in
143	Shri Avinash Dhondu Pawaskar	Multi Tasking Staff			9869425959	adpawaskar.dgs@gov.in
144	Shri Manvar Singh Rawat	Multi Tasking Staff	339	022-25711339		msrawat.dgs@gov.in
Vigilance Branch
145	Dr. Sudhir S. Kohakade	Deputy Director General of Shipping	352	022-25752016		sudhir.kohakade@gov.in
146	Ms. Archana P. Naik	Executive Officer	279	022-25752035		archana-dgs@gov.in
147	Ms. Sanjivani Desai	Assistant	308			sanjivani-dgs@gov.in
148	Shri Subhash Kashiram Lambe	Multi Tasking Staff	308		9321729600	slambe.dgs@gov.in
149	Shri Vivek B. Asadala	Multi Tasking Staff	308			vig-dgs@nic.in

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