CTL & BHP 2026

Mr. Gopal Krishna, IAS

Former Shipping Secretary,
Ministry of Shipping,
Government of India & Chairman,
CSC (Conciliation and Settlement Committee) & Event Convener

Mr. Gaurav Dayal

IAS,
Chairperson,
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority

Mr. Rajiv Jalota (Retd. IAS)

Advisor,
Indian Ports Association

Mr. Shyam Jagannathan, IAS

Director General of Shipping,
Directorate General of Shipping

Mr. Aslam Hassan, IRS

Commissioner Export Customs Zone-I,
Mumbai

Capt. Anoop Sharma*

Ex-CMD,
The Shipping Corporation of India

Mr. Mukesh Oza

Group President & CEO,
Samsara Group

Mr. Rajen Shah

Chairman & Managing Director,
S J Logistics India Limited

Mr. Ben Collins

Global Project Cargo Manager,
Mediterranean Shipping Company SA

Mr. Marc Willim

General Manager & Global Head of Chartering AAL Shipping (AAL)

Mr. Godwin Xerri

Chairman,
Focal Maritime Services Co. Ltd & Chairman,
WWSA

Capt. Deepak Tewari

MD,
MSC Agency (India) Private Limited & Chairman,
Container Shipping Lines Association (India)

Mr. Borut Šemrl

Marketing Director,
Port of Koper (Luka Koper)

Mr. Arek Klosowski

Manager - Commercial Department (Shipping Division),
CHIPOLBROK Gdynia

Mr. Amit Kamat

Chairman,
Federation of Freight Forwarders'
Associations in India (FFFAI)

Mr. Sarjak Sheth, CCO

Sarjak Container Lines Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Jens Baumgarten

Managing Director,
SAL Heavy Lift GmbH & Co. KG

Mr. Lenny Abrao

Managing Director,
Abrao Group

Mr. Karsten Behrens

Managing Director,
SAL Engineering GmbH

Capt. Dinesh Gautama

Sr. President,
Sarjak Container Lines Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vishal P. Mehta

Honorary Consul of the Republic of Djibouti in Maharashtra,
Advisor to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti & CEO,
Rushabh Sealink And Logistic Pvt Ltd

Mr. Shantanu Bhadkamkar

Managing Director,
ATC Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd. & President,
Association of Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI)

Capt. Pankaj Mehrotra

CEO - Shipping Agency,
Samsara Group

Mr. Suresh Parekh*

MD,
Polestar Maritime Ltd.

Mr. Mohaned Alsheqaiq

Acting Vice President,
Bahri Line

Mr. Sanjeev Harale

President,
Brihanmumbai Custom Brokers Association (BCBA) & Founder,
Interport Clearing Services

Mr. Shankar Shinde

Immediate Past Chairman,
Federation of Freight Forwarders'
Associations in India & Chairman,
IFCBA and Managing Director – Global Express Multilogistics Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Anand Sheth

COO,
ARCON Container

Dr. Sharmila Amin

Chairperson & Member Board,
Globe Forwarding Agencies Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Nailesh Gandhi

Managing Director,
Express Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

Capt. Atuldutt Sharma

Managing Director,
Höegh Autoliners India & Head of Sales – Middle East,
India & Sri Lanka,
Höegh Autoliners

Mr. Atit Mahajan*

MD, CMA CGM Agencies (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sunil Shetty

Managing Director,
Combi Lift Project Logistics India Private Ltd

Mr. Dushyant Mulani

Director,
Khimji Poonja Freight Forwarders Pvt Ltd & Immediate Past Chairman,
Federation of Freight Forwarders Association in India (FFFAI)

Mr. Vivek Kele

Director,
Teamglobal Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Devi James Melchior

Senior Vice President – Logistics,
K-Indev Logistics

Ms. Ambika Singh

Senior Manager – Marketing,
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority

Mr. R. K. Rubin

Co-Founder and Managing Director,
Transcon Group

Ms. Rukhsana Vohra Mithani

Director,
Sai Maritime & Management (P) Ltd. & Representative,
Jsl Alliance

Mr. Christopher Phillips

Director,
Seatech Shipping & Projects (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Shashi Kallada,

Consultant & Trainer - Dangerous Goods By Rail,
Road, River and Sea

Mr. Jeekshith Shetty

Managing Director,
Bhavani Group

Mr. Pradeep Nair

Vice President – Chemical Logistics & Supply Chain Solutions,
Goodrich Maritime Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Animesh Kumar

Founder,
Director & CEO,
PDP Shipping & Projects Ltd.

Mr. Kumar Gaurav Sheel

Director,
Optimum Freight Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Prashant Popat

Director,
Velji Dosabhai & Sons Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Gayathri Shenoy

Head – Business Transformation,
India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh,
Hapag Lloyd India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Keshav Tanna

Director,
Links Forwarders Pvt. Ltd. & Secretary General,
FIATA

Mr. Venkatesh Iyer

Vice President – Commercial,
Sharaf Cargo Private Limited

Mr. Keyur Gandhi

Director
Express Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Ashutosh Sharma

Chief General Manager,
International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

Ms. Liji Nowal*

Founder & CEO,
ODeX India Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Vinay Koka

VP,
Sales & Partnerships - ME & Indo Pacific,
Sidecar

Ms. Philomena Pereira

Managing Director,
P. V. Agencies Freight Forwarders Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Harish Shetty

CEO,
Mumbai Cargo Service Center Airport Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Chaitaly Mehta

Director,
EKF Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sidhanth Lalwani

Director,
Sun Logistics

Ms. Vijeta Suvarna

Co-founder & Director,
Rushabh Sealink And Logistic Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Hasmukh Viradiya

Chairman & Managing Director,
APPL Containers Limited

Mr. Hari Vinod

AGM,
ECGC Ltd.

Mr. Mihir Ajit Shah

Advisor,
Consultant & Trainer in International Business

Mr. Ramesh Babu

Founder & MD,
Seashell Logistics Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Hetal Phillips

Director,
Seatech Shipping & Projects (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Girish Pandey

Director - Industrial Projects,
TGP Projects India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Santosh Poojary

Senior Manager
Siemens Ltd.

Mr. Rishi Kant Tiwari

Director (Regional Head),
Federation of Indian Exporters' Organisation (Western Region)

Mr. Rajesh Nakarani

Deputy General Manager - Head Logistics,
Heavy Engineering, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

Mr. Vishwas Pendse

Head Supply Chain,
Tema India Private Limted

Mr. Pradeep Berde

Lead Logistics,
Larsen and Toubro Energy

Lt. Col Govind Tahil (Veteran)

VP & Group Head Logistics,
Land & Regulatory, Legal, Admin & Security (ASLLL),
Wind World India

Mr. Varun R. Pandya

AGM – Business Development,
Africa and Emerging Business,
India, Tata Projects Limited

Mr. G. Rajesh Sharma

Head-Logistics Sourcing,
Thermax Group Company

Mr. G. Rajesh Sharma

Head-Logistics Sourcing,
Thermax Group Company

Dr. Arloph John Vieira

Vice President – Supply Chain,
Bajaj Healthcare Ltd.

Mr. Shyamal Kumar Bakuli

General Manager – Head Export Logistics,
Grasim Industries Limited (MBDD)

Mr. Anurag Chaturvedi

General Manager – Logistics,
Jindal Power Limited

Mr. Vinod Kumar Vyas

Regional Logistics & Customs Leader - Hydro Power, GE Vernova Inc

Ms. Snehal Niraj Khedkar

Project Logistics Manager,
Fluor Corporation

Mr. Anand Iyer

Head Corporate EXIM & Commercial,
Thermax Limited

Mr. Shaukat Shaikh

General Manager - Logistics & Warehousing,
Wirtgen India Pvt. Ltd. - A John Deere Company

Mr. Pratap Singh Chauhan

Head Exim,
Jindal Stainless Limited

Mr. Yatin Jain

Deputy General Manager – EXIM & Logistics Procurement,
Reliance Industries Limited

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