Hari is the chairperson of the Nautical Institute (Singapore) and also a fellow of the Nautical Institutes’ Main Council.

After 17 years of sailing, Hari came ashore and headed the commercial and operations department of a shipping company and then moved on to help start-up the operations of an offshore company. He joined The Shipowners’ Club in Sep 2009 overseeing the development and growth of the Loss Prevention Department in Singapore till November 2019, and now assumed a larger role as regional head of business relations.

Hari also runs the Club’s MEDISEA (Enhanced Pre-employment Medical Examination) Scheme which offers comprehensive health and wellbeing initiatives for seafarers’ sailing on board vessels and their families.

Hari also contributes to the industry with representation on Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)’s National Maritime Safety at Sea Council and Harbor Craft Safety working group.

In recognition of his efforts, Hari was awarded the “Outstanding Individual Contribution to Safety at Sea” by MPA in December 2020.

Hari is the founding chairperson and a fellow of the Company of the Master Mariners of India Singapore Branch as well as a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.