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| Archive data: Person was Research Fellow at IDSA from July 2013 to February 2016 |
Joined IDSA
July 31, 2013
Expertise
Maritime Issues, Littoral Security
Education
B.Sc
Current Project
The Indo-Pacific – Towards a Comprehensive Maritime Security Architecture
Background
Commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy in July 1994, he is a specialist in Gunnery and Weapons Systems and has served on-board frontline ships. During his tenure with the Flag Officer Doctrines and Concepts, he was actively associated in the formulation and articulation of naval doctrines and operational concepts. As the Officer-in-Charge of the Indian Navy's History Division in 2008, he assisted the late Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani (Retd) in the authorship of the third volume of Indian Naval History, “Transition to Guardianship”. Prior to joining the IDSA, he was a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) for 3 years where he researched and wrote extensively on littoral security and geo-political events in West Asia and South Asia.
Select Publications
- China’s ‘Maritime Bases’ in the IOR: A Chronicle of Dominance Foretold, Strategic Analysis, May 2015
- Climate Change and Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region, Journal of Defence Studies, January 2015
- Indian Ocean Challenges – a Quest for Cooperative Solutions, Edited book for NMF / KW Publishers, Feb 2013
- Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran’s regular and Irregular Maritime Forces, Book under Publication at NMF
- The Indian Navy’s New Expeditionary Outlook, Occasional paper for Observer Research Foundation (ORF)