Board of Trustees

Shri Sanjay Sethi is an IAS Officer of Maharashtra Cadre of 1992 batch with a Masters degree in Economics from London School of Economics. In January 2019, he joined as Chairman to India's Premier Container Port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. During his service of more than 27 years with Govt. of Maharashtra, Mr. Sethi handled key roles in various portfolios such as CEO (MIDC), Additional Metropolitan Commissioner (MMRDA), Additional Municipal Commissioner (BMC), Managing Director (Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co. Ltd.) etc. Before JNPT, he handled mega infrastructure projects like Mumbai Metro, Development of Coastal Road, Urban water supply and Sewerage Management etc. and was responsible for all the foreign investments in the state. At JNPT, he is working towards modernisation of the Port through latest innovations. Since he took over, in just 18 months, JNPT has taken various steps to convert this leading port of the country into a smart, sustainable and customer friendly port. Interventions are being made to bring significant changes in the whole port ecosystem to benefit the end customers in EXIM Trade. Some of the recent initiatives on EoDB, like implementation of ITRHO at all port terminals of JNPT, introduction of Logistics Services Provider Services for competitive logistics at the port, Web based port entry system etc. have led to significant improvement in KPI of the port at par with the global standards and have resulted in overall reduction in cost and time. During the COVID pandemic, despite all the challenges, JNPT has been working without any pause. The efforts of JNPT to keep all operations on with due care on health and welfare of the port employees and associated staff are well appreciated by the Trade and Ministry.