Sanjam Gupta: Trailblazer for maritime diversity

Sanjam Sahi Gupta, Director, Sitara Shipping | Founder, MaritimeSheEO | Top 100 Women in Shipping by All About Shipping UK, Executive Board member -World Maritime University

​Sanjam is a founding member of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) India and was a Board Member of WISTA International. She is currently part of the Diversity Committee of WISTA International and is a significant contributor to the WISTA -IMO  survey project and the WISTA COVID research project. 

She held the first Maritime SheEO conference virtually in November 2020, the world’s biggest maritime gender equality conference ever held – gathering 1600+ participants from across 77+ countries.  

Following its success, the 2nd conference was held in November 2021 with 3500+ participants worldwide. 

She has been featured in the Economic Times, Fairplay, and Maritime CEO.

Text from Women Offshore. Listen to the podcast here.

Nautilus podcast Off course: Episode 2 – women in Maritime featuring Sanjam Gupta

Nautilus podcast Off course: Episode 2 – women in maritime featuring Sanjam Gupta

Maritime Minute Vol 33 - Mrs Sanjam Sahi Gupta, Founder, Maritime SheEO ​

Meet Sanjam on 5 June for Women at the Helm

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On 5 June you can meet Sanjam at Amazonia Tjuvholmen - the TOOL & Partner´s innovators' venue for Nor-Shipping week 2023. She will take the stage alongside INTERTANKO´s Katharina Stanzel and a new generation of female founders, including BRIM Explorer, PolarSea, Veer Group and bound4blue.

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100 Inspirational Female Founders 2023

​Sanjam is currently Director for Sitara Shipping Ltd. Under her leadership, Sitara Shipping Ltd. was awarded the ‘Outstanding family Managed Business 2013 Award at the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SP JIMR) Award ceremony on February 9, 2013. 

Sanjam is an advocate for diversity in the maritime and founded Maritime SheEO. She is also a founding member of WISTA India and was a Board Member of WISTA International. Sanjam was awarded the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals “Woman of the Year 2019” award in March 2019. She held the first Maritime SheEO conference virtually in November 2020, the world’s biggest maritime gender equality conference ever held – gathering 1600+ participants from across 77+ countries. 

​Sanjam is one of the TOOL 2023 100 Inspirational Female Founders of Ocean & Energy.