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Mr Sandesh Seelochun
Director, Port Operations
Mr Seelochun qualified for a Master’s Degree in Industrial and
Civil Engineering in 1990. He additionally holds a Master’s Degree
in Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Project
Management since 2011. He is a Registered Professional Engineer
with the Council of Registered Professional Engineers [Mauritius] since
1993, a Member of the Institution of Engineers (Mauritius), and an
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK).
He started his professional career at the Central Water Authority in 1991
where he joined as Trainee Engineer and was subsequently appointed
Executive Engineer. He joined the then Mauritius Marine Authority in
1996 as Civil/Senior Civil Engineer. He was promoted Project Engineer
in 1999 with his post being restyled firstly, Assistant Port Engineer in
2001 and subsequently, Manager Port Development in 2010. He has
been assigned Acting Director Port Development since June 2015.
Mr Seelochun has been offered substantive appointment as Director,
Port Development with effect from 01 December 2015, that is as from
the date the post became vacant.
Mr Mukhram Moloo
Director, Human Resources
Mr Moloo holds a Degree of Master of Science in Port Management and
Shipping Administration from the University of Mauritius.
He joined the Mauritius Ports Authority as Executive Assistant on 25
April 1977 and was subsequently offered appointment as Personnel
Officer. The post was restyled as Assistant Human Resources Manager
with the implementation of the HRD Report 2000. He has been offered
acting ship in the grade of Director, Human Resources effective as from
15 April 2015. He has been appointed as Director, Human Resources
on since November 2016.
Captain Kavidev Newoor
Deputy Port Master
Captain Newoor joined the Authority in July 1996 as Pilot. He was
appointed Assistant Port Master in November 2006 and subsequently
Deputy Port Master in June 2017. He is a Chartered Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) and member of
International Association of Harbour Masters.
He holds a Certificate of Competency Class 1 (unlimited, Master Mariner)
issued by the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency, UK, since 1996. He
obtained a Master’s Degree in Harbour Master and Port Management in
2010 from the Middlesex University followed by a Master in Business
Administration from MANCOSA, Republic of South Africa in 2011.
He was also awarded the Harbour Master’s Certificate in 2007 from the
Nautical Institute, UK, which is an International recognised body for
qualified mariners with an interest in nautical science and to acquire
high standards of knowledge, qualifications and competence. Captain
Newoor is recognised for producing a first class, thoroughly researched
case study for the Nautical Institute, UK and his overall works was in the in Land Surveying and a Land Surveyor’s Commission. He studied law
top 5% of all submissions to the Institute for the period of 2006-2008.
Captain Newoor is passionate about Pilotage duties and undertook over
5,000 shipping movements during his tenure as Pilot. He is currently
still involved with pilotage to meet the exigencies of the port and acts
as mentor to new Pilots.
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Mrs Nomita Seebaluck
Manager, Port Operations
Mrs Seebaluck graduated with a B.A (Hons.) degree in Economics
from the University of Delhi (India) in 1994 and obtained a Master in
Economics from Delhi School of Economics (India) in 1996. In 2007,
she obtained an MSc in Port Management and Shipping Administration
with distinction from the University of Mauritius. She is also holder of
a Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française et Diplôme Approfondi de
Langue Française from Centre International d’Etudes Pédagogiques
(CIEP).
Mrs Seebaluck is also a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute
of Logistics and Transport (MCILT) and she is the President of the local
branch of the Association of Women Managers in the Maritime Sector in
the Eastern and Southern Africa, WOMESA Mauritius since 2011.
She started her career as Education Officer in 1996. She later joined
Happy World Marketing Ltd as Marketing Officer from 1998-2002.
Afterwards, Mrs Seebaluck worked at the Mauritius Broadcasting
Corporation as Marketing Executive from 2002 to February 2004.
She joined the Authority as Assistant Commercial Manager in March
2004. She was promoted in March 2011 as Manager Port Operations.
Mr Basdeo Bholanath Dhunnoo
Senior Manager, Technical Services
Mr Dhunnoo has a B.Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, a Graduate Diploma in Maritime
and Port Management from the National University of Singapore as well
as a Masters degree in Port Management & Shipping Administration from
University of Mauritius/Aix Marseille. He is a Registered Professional
Engineer (CRPE), a member of Institute of Engineers, Australia and a
member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, UK.
Mr Dhunnoo joined the MPA in 1995 as Assistant Workshop Manager,
a post which he occupied until 2007 when he was appointed Technical
Services Manager. He was appointed Senior Manager, Technical
Services with effect from January 2016.
Mrs Priyathama Seebaruth
Senior Manager, Procurement & Supply
Mrs Seebaruth is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA) and a Chartered Member of the Institute of
Logistics and Transport as well as an Expert Member of the Institute
of Supply Chain Management (IOSCM). She also holds an MBA with
Specialisation in Finance and an MSc in Procurement & Supply Chain
Management.
Mrs Seebaruth has worked in the Public Sector for over 20 years,
including for the Central Procurement Board. She joined the Authority in
year 2012 as Manager Procurement and was promoted Senior Manager
Procurement & Supply with effect from January 2016.
Mr Gowraj Angad
Senior Manager, Estate Management
Mr Angad is a practicing Land Surveyor, holding a First Class BSc (Hons)
as an external student of the University of London, prior to completing
his post-graduate study in hydrographic survey in Japan, leading to his
accreditation as an International Hydrographic Surveyor (B). He also
holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of
Technology.
Mr Angad joined the Civil Service in August 1994 as Trainee Surveyor
and was promoted as Land Surveyor in 1999, after having successfully
completed his Land Surveyor Commission (Gold Medallist of the
University of Mauritius on two occasions). He joined the MPA in 2007
as Land Surveyor, a post he occupied until December 2010 when
he was appointed as Manager, Land Administration and Surveying
and subsequently promoted to Senior Manager, Estate Management
effective January 2016.