The tenure of Unmesh Sharad Wagh as Chairperson (Additional Charge) of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has been extended up to August 23, 2025.
About Unmesh Sharad Wagh
An officer of the 2000 batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Wagh has held several key positions in his career, including Assistant Commissioner (Central Excise and Customs), Deputy and Additional Director at the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, and Director of Excise in the Ministry of Finance. His early career began as a Tehsildar and Assistant Commandant in the Railway Protection Force.
Prior to his current role, he served as Commissioner of Customs at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port from December 2019 to February 2020. He has been serving as Chairperson of JNPA since January 2024.
Wagh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from COEP Technological University and an MBA from the Department of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University.
About JNPA
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) at Navi Mumbai is a premier container handling Port in India accounting for around 50% of the total containerised cargo volume, across the major ports of India. Commissioned on 26th May 1989, in less than three decades of its operations, JNPA has transformed from a bulk cargo terminal to the premier container port in the country. Ranked 26th among the top 100 Container Ports in the world, JNPA is connected to over 200 ports in the world.
