MANAGEMENT TEAM

SHRI GAURAV DAYAL, IAS

CHAIRMAN, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT AUTHORITY

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He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 2004 and belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Over his career spanning more than two decades, he has served in key administrative and leadership positions across the state and the Centre.

He has worked as Secretary (Home & Vigilance), Government of Uttar Pradesh, and as Divisional Commissioner of Ayodhya, where he played a pivotal role in the city’s transformation into a global religious tourism destination. Under his leadership, the Deepotsav 2024 celebration earned a Guinness World Record for the largest diya display.

He has also served as District Magistrate in several key districts, effectively implementing flagship government programs and managing large-scale public and administrative operations. His experience spans governance, infrastructure development, urban transformation, and crisis management.

Before his current assignment, he held various leadership roles in the state administration. A Physics graduate and alumnus of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, Shri Dayal brings wide-ranging expertise in public policy, port operations, and sustainable development.

SHRI UNMESH SHARAD WAGH, IRS

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, JNPA

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He joined the Indian Revenue Service in 2000. As an Assistant Commissioner in Central Excise and Customs, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, from 2002 to 2004, he gained significant experience. As a Deputy Director and Additional Director at the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Ahmedabad, he specialised in intelligence gathering and detecting various instances of commercial fraud, customs duty evasion, and smuggling activities. He also served as Under Secretary in the Tax Research Unit (TRU) and as Director of Excise in the Ministry of Finance. Additionally, he was deputed to the Ministry of IT and Communication, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Coal in Delhi. He worked as an Additional Commissioner of CGST in Vadodara. Before his current assignment, he was the Commissioner of Customs (Port) in Kolkata. Prior to joining the IRS, he worked as a Tehsildar in the Government of Maharashtra and as an Assistant Commandant in the Railway Protection Force. He has extensive experience in policy formulation, intelligence gathering related to national security issues, and taxation and legal matters.

SHRI MANOJ KUMAR, IRS

CHIEF VIGILANCE OFFICER

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Shri Manoj Kumar joined Indian revenue Service in the year 2003. He is master’s in politics (Specialization in international Relation) from Jawaharlal nehru University (JNU),
New Delhi and L.L.B. from Mumbai University. He has also completed courses on Inclusive Growth-Fiscal Policy from International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC and Applied Corporate finance from Cambridge University, U.K.
 
As tax administrator, he had been implementing the various policies and decisions of the Government of India related to direct taxes. He has knowledge of varied corporate structure, corporate finance and taxation. He has enriched understanding of the vertical and horizontal impact of fiscal policy on various sections of society. He has represented the Revenue department on tax dispute matters before the Tax Tribunal specially on the subject of Transfer Pricing.
 
Before joining Indian Revenue Service (IRS), he had experience in the field of defense production under Indian Ordnance Factories Service and dealt with distribution systems of food grain and other essential items mainly to weak, poor and marginalized People in society under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

SMT. MANISHA JADHAV

GENERAL MANAGER - ADMIN. & SECRETARY

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Mrs. Manisha Umakant Jadhav, General Manager (Admn.)& Secretary has more than 30 years of rich work experience in Port Sector. She started her career in JNPA in June 1993 as a Welfare Officer and dealt with portfolios like Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare, Personnel, Marketing, Estate, etc. She holds Master’s Degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and has also acquired her Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. In addition, she possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from University of Mumbai. 
 
Mrs. Jadhav is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Port Management at Indian Maritime University. She is instrumental in formation and implementation of number of welfare activities for the port employees and others. She is the founder President of Women’s Welfare Association at JNPA which provides gainful employment to poor, needy, downtrodden, oppressed women. 
 
She is a member of Major Ports Sports Control Board and the President, JNPA Sports Council, and professionally organises sports and cultural activities at JNPA throughout the year. As the Head of JNPA Administration, she is instrumental in planning, structuring and conducting various training programmes at the JNPA-APEC Training Centre for the Major Port Officials in the various fields in collaboration with the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. 
 
She played a pivotal role in setting up of Skill Development Center at JNPA under PMKK, which imparts skills training to the local youth and family members of project affected persons in and around JNPA.

SMT. RAJASHREE K. DABKE

GENERAL MANAGER - FINANCE

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SHRI GIRISH THOMAS

CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER - TRAFFIC

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DR. G. VAIDYANATHAN

CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER - PORT PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT

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SHRI V. SURASH BABU

CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (M&EE)

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CAPT. BALASAHEB V. PAWAR

DEPUTY CONSERVATOR

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SHRI GAURAV DAYAL, IAS

SHRI UNMESH SHARAD WAGH, IRS

SHRI MANOJ KUMAR, IRS

SMT. MANISHA JADHAV

SMT. RAJASHREE K. DABKE

SHRI GIRISH THOMAS

DR. G. VAIDYANATHAN

SHRI V. SURASH BABU

CAPT. BALASAHEB V. PAWAR

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