Shri Rajiv Jalota, IAS, assume additional charge of as The Director General of Shipping
Shri Rajiv Jalota, IAS, present Chairman of Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) and Indian Ports Association (IPA), has been given additional charge of as The Director General of Shipping, succeeding Shri Amitabh Kumar, IRS who has bid farewell as Director General Shipping after a long stint of 7 and a half years as DG and Additional DG in February 2023.
Shri Rajiv Jalota, IAS assumed charge of Chairman of Mumbai Port Authority on 04.11.2020.
Shri Rajiv Jalota is a Master of Science in Chemistry from Lucknow University.He joined Indian Administrative Service in 1988. While in service he completed his Maters in International Development Policy from Duke University, USA.
Shri Jalota worked as Managing Director, SICOM, Maharashtra followed by a three year stint as Chief Executive Officer of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). He then worked as Commissioner of Employment and Self Employment of Maharashtra State, before joining the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai as Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) in 2011. In the Municipal Corporation he was in charge of Finance and Budget, Water Supply and Sewerage Management, Assessment and Collection Department. Capital Value System in Property Tax was introduced in Mumbai during his tenure. He joined as Commissioner, Sales Tax for Maharashtra in January 2015, and has been a part of Law and Policy making process of GST for more than three years. He was implemented GST for Maharashtra State.
Before joining MbPT, he was Additional Chief Secretary, Higher and Technical Education, Maharashtra.
The Directorate General of Shipping, India deals with implementation of shipping policy and legislation so as to ensure the safety of life and ships at sea, prevention of marine pollution, promotion of maritime education and training in co-ordination with the International Maritime Organization, regulation of employment and welfare of seamen, development of coastal shipping, augmentation of shipping tonnage, examination and certification of Merchant Navy Officers, Supervision and Control of the allied offices under its administrative jurisdiction.
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