Ms. Malini Shankar, IAS (Maharashtra 1984) has been appointed as Director General, Shipping, Ministry of Shipping, Vice Mr. Deepak Shetty, IRS.
Prior to this appointment, she was Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra. She has handled very diversified portfolios in her illustrious career including Disaster Management, Relief and Rehabilitation, Revenue – Registration of documents and Stamp Duty Collection. She was also an Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, Department of Environment from May 2015 – May 2016, Mumbai.
She holds Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Public Policy – Institutional Economics 2005 – 2012 from prestigious IIT Madras.