Leading Luminaries to Grace Awards Ceremony on July 7th

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Shri Manoj Kotak, Member of Parliament – Mumbai North East Region, Shri Pramod Kumar Agrawal, IRS, Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs –Mumbai Zone – 1, Shri Rajkumar Beniwal, IAS, Vice Chairman & CEO – Gujarat Maritime Board, Dr.SuhasMadhukarWarke,IPS,JointCommissionerof Police will join the Awards Ceremony as Special Guests besides other Leading Lights and Stalwarts from the Maritime and Logistics Industries to cheer and applaud the TopAchieveroftheGrandEvening.

Shri Rajiv Jalota is currently the Chairperson of MumbaiPortAuthorityandheisinstrumentalindeveloping the largest International Cruise Terminal of the Country at Mumbai Port besides Chairing a Committee for enhancing and improving Urban Water Transport in Mumbai Harbour and representing India in the Quad Shipping Task Force. He is a recipient of Prestigious PM Award for excellence in Public Administration in 2017 as part of a group, whichworkedforbringingGSTtoreality.

Shri Sanjay Sethi joined as a Chairperson to India’s Premier Container Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) in January 2019. Under his dynamic leadership, JNPA handled more than 6 Million TEUs during FY23firsttimeinitshistory.Additionally,someoftherecent initiatives on Ease of Doing Business have led to a significant improvement in KPI of the port at par with the global standards and have resulted in overall reduction in cost and time at the port. This has helped in JNPA being rated as the best performing port in India as per a World Bank’s report based on logistics performance index. Under his leadership, JNPA is the first Major Port of the Country to become 100% Landlord port having all berths beingoperatedonPPPmodel.

Shri Pramod Kumar Agrawal, IRS, currently posted as the Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs Mumbai Zone 1 is an Officer of Indian Revenue Service –1988 batch. Due to his tax friendly style of functioning, more than 7000 cases were filed in Nagpur Zone in ‘Sabka Vikas’ Scheme, garnering revenue of Rs.350 crores. In this achievementNagpurZonestoodsecondintheCountry.

He has proposed several tax friendly initiatives to the apex body of Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs for making GST a Good & Simple Tax. He has personally conducted more than 200 GST workshops & outreach programme to reach out to the taxpayers and consumers underGSTregime.

Shri Agrawal will deliver the Keynote Address to the AugustGathering.

Shri Rajkumar Beniwal, an Officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from the 2004 batch (Gujarat Cadre), has experience of nearly two decades in public service. He has successfully coordinated two VibrantGujaratSummitsin2017and2018.

Currently, in his multi-faceted role, he not only serves as the full-time Vice-Chairman & CEO of GMB, but also holds theadditionalchargesofthepositionsofManagingDirector at Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd, Additional CEO of Gujarat Urban Development Mission, and CommissionerofMunicipalitiesAdministration.

Givenhisextensiveexperience,ShriBeniwalispoisedto make significant contributions to the growth and development of Gujarat’s ports and maritime sector, particularly at a time when the Gujarat ports sector has also diversified by taking up strategic projects related to development of an alternate dispute resolution centre, multimodal logistics parks, logistics facilities for liquid cargo, to name a few. His expertise will be instrumental in ensuring that Gujarat continues to be a leader in India’smaritimeindustry.

Shri Manoj Kotak is a Young, Dynamic & Innovative Leadership Committed to Development. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2019 from the Mumbai North East Constituency and is currently a Member on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Member Consultative Committee for MinistryofShipping.

Dr. Suhas Madhukar Warke, IPS, is Joint Commissioner of Police and is presently posted as Special Inspector General of Police (Law & Order) Mumbai. After having successfully completed his MBBS from Pravara Medical College Ahmednager, Dr. Suhas Madhukar Warke got selected in Prestigious Indian Police Service in the year 2000. He is also a recipient of Prestigious Presidents Police Medal for MeritoriousServiceintheyear2015.

The Awards Ceremony will bring in the Industry Stalwarts and Distinguished Guest from the Maritime and Logistics industry under one roof thereby presenting an ExcellentInteractingandNetworkingopportunity.

TheEventconcludeswithCocktail&Dinner.

*Entry to this Award function is strictly by invitation andregistrationonly.

Rajkumar Beniwal is the new Vice Chairman & CEO of Gujarat Maritime Board

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... from IIT (BHU), Varanasi, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the prestigious Duke University of the US, his competence has been reflected time and again in his remarkable handling of various Government of Gujaratassignments,highlightedarelease.

His distinguished track record includes tenures as the Collector & District Magistrate (Mehsana & Ahmedabad), and the District Development Officer in Kutch. He has also coordinated two Vibrant Gujarat Summits successfully in 2017and2018.

Currently, in his multi-faceted role, he not only serves as the full-time Vice-Chairman & CEO of GMB, but also holds the additional charges of the positions of Managing Director at Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd, Additional CEO of Gujarat Urban Development Mission, and Commissioner of Municipalities Administration. These roles reflect his commitment to driving urban development and managing effective administration of Urban Local Bodies in Gujarat.

Now, during a pivotal transformation phase in Gujarat’s ports and maritime sector, Shri Beniwal brings his wealth of experience to the fore. A capable administrator with outstanding communication skills, he has linguistic proficienciesinEnglish,GujaratiandHindi.

Givenhisextensiveexperience,ShriBeniwalispoisedto make significant contributions to the growth and development of Gujarat’s ports and maritime sector, particularly at a time when the Gujarat ports sector has also diversified by taking up strategic projects related to development of an alternate dispute resolution centre, multimodal logistics parks, logistics facilities for liquid cargo, to name a few. His expertise will be instrumental in ensuring that Gujarat continues to be a leader in India’s maritimeindustry,thereleaseemphasised.