J.S. Bindra takes charge as new chairperson of Visakhapatnam Port Authority

Jasmeet Singh Bindra, an serviceman of the 1996 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service, assumed complaint arsenic the Chairperson of the Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) connected Wednesday.

Prior to his caller assignment, Mr. Bindra served arsenic the Principal Chief Operations Manager of the South East Central Railway astatine Bilaspur.

Rich acquisition successful logistics and transport sectors

Mr. Bindra brings with him a wide-ranging administrative and operational acquisition successful the logistics, transportation, and vigor infrastructure sectors. He served arsenic the Divisional Railway Manager of the Ranchi Division from 2023 to 2025, pursuing which helium was posted arsenic Executive Director, Gati Shakti, astatine the Railway Board successful New Delhi.

His administrative portfolio besides includes a important five-year tenure arsenic Director successful the Union Ministry of Coal. During this stint, helium functioned arsenic the Government Nominee Director connected the Board of Directors of large nationalist assemblage undertakings, including Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and Singareni Collieries Company Limited

Strong world and nonrecreational background

A trained engineer, Mr. Bindra holds a Bachelor of Technology grade successful Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar. He aboriginal completed his Master of Business Administration from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

Furthering his world credentials successful governance, helium earned a Master’s grade successful Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy astatine the University of California, Berkeley.

Representation astatine planetary forums

Throughout his vocation spanning 3 decades, Mr. Bindra has been the recipient of galore organization honours and awards for ratio successful railway operations, commercialized management, and information protocols.

He has besides represented the Government of India astatine assorted planetary forums, inter-governmental bilateral meets, and planetary logistics conferences.

Local larboard officials and commercialized representatives welcomed the caller Chairperson, noting that his extended expertise successful freight logistics and the Gati Shakti model volition beryllium instrumental arsenic VPA undergoes modernization and capableness expansion.