IPA Consultant Recruitment 2026

IPA Consultant Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Ports Association (IPA) is engaging Senior Consultants and Consultants to support the International Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in New Delhi. IPA is the coordinating body for India's major ports, while this division handles the Ministry's bilateral and multilateral maritime work. The roles suit experienced professionals who can turn policy, trade and transport research into clear material for government meetings and international engagement.

The team works across maritime diplomacy, trade corridors, investment outreach and knowledge products. You may contribute to India's work on international agreements and corridors such as IMEC, the Eastern Maritime Corridor, the Northern Sea Route and INSTC, as well as green and digital shipping initiatives. Strong analytical writing and professional English are central to both roles.

Posts and Disciplines

• Senior Consultant: intended for professionals with deeper post-qualification experience who can take greater ownership of complex briefs, coordination work and high-level international cooperation assignments.
• Consultant: suited to professionals who meet the shorter experience threshold and can support research, drafting, monitoring and event coordination across the division's work.

Post-wise Duties

Senior Consultant

You will help shape technical briefs, position papers, interventions and speaking notes for senior-level forums and bilateral discussions. You may also monitor strategic maritime commitments, guide data-led research and coordinate material for business roundtables and investment summits.

Consultant

You will track international maritime developments and cooperation commitments, prepare presentations and correspondence, cover meetings and produce clear summaries. Your work can also include research articles, journal-style knowledge products and background material for the division's engagements.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Contract: The engagement is full-time and initially runs for two years. Any extension depends on performance, mutual willingness and the Ministry's requirement.
• Policy: Service conditions follow the Indian Ports Association Contract Employment Policy, 2025, including later amendments.
• Working hours: Normal office time is 0900 to 1730, but urgent work may continue beyond office hours or on holidays without additional payment.
• Exclusive engagement: You cannot accept another paid or unpaid professional appointment during the contract.
• Leave: Paid leave accrues at one day for each completed month and does not carry beyond the calendar year.
• Notice: Either side may end the engagement with one month's notice, while the Ministry retains the stated right to act sooner in unavoidable special circumstances.
• Joining: A selected professional is expected to join within one month of the appointment letter.
• Jurisdiction: Recruitment disputes fall under the courts or tribunals having jurisdiction over Delhi.

Application Submission Notes

Send the prescribed form and enclosures by speed post or registered post to Executive Director, Indian Ports Association, 1st Floor, South Tower, NBCC Place, Bhisham Pitamah Marg, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003. IPA warns that it is not responsible for postal delay or loss, so allow enough delivery time.

If you work in government, a public sector body or an autonomous organisation, be ready to provide a no-objection certificate at interview. Private-sector applicants should include Form 16 or a pay certificate for the experience period along with appraisal reports. Canvassing can disqualify an application.

• Prepare technical briefs, position papers, interventions and speaking notes for international forums
• Monitor maritime cooperation commitments, agreements and strategic trade corridors
• Coordinate high-level business roundtables, meetings and investment summits
• Draft presentations, correspondence, meeting outcomes and briefing material
• Research maritime policy, trade, transport and international cooperation topics
• Produce data-led articles, research pieces, journals and other knowledge products
• Attend seminars and conferences and prepare clear summary notes