diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 481c504a0ba5..7f5bfaec64e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -394,6 +394,12 @@
       <email>ndimiduk@apache.org</email>
       <timezone>-8</timezone>
     </developer>
+    <developer>
+      <id>nihaljain</id>
+      <name>Nihal Jain</name>
+      <email>nihaljain@apache.org</email>
+      <timezone>+5</timezone>
+    </developer>
     <developer>
       <id>niuyulin</id>
       <name>Yulin Niu</name>