Joined IDSA

September 2010

Expertise

Maritime Issues

Education

MSc in Defence Studies

Current Project

Piracy and Regional Maritme Security

Background

An alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA) Kharakwasla and Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) Wellington he was commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1987. The officer is a Naval Aviator who flies helicopters. He has commanded two ships and a frontline Indian Naval Air Squadron. He has served as Joint Director Naval Plans at the Integrated HQ of MoD (Navy) and also been Directing Staff at Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington. He was member of the XI Indian Antarctic Summer Expedition in 1991 and has attended the South Asia Regional Governance And Management Defence Course Conducted by The British Government At Colombo in 2005. He represented the Indian Navy in the first international HOSTAC (helicopter operations from ships other than aircraft carriers) conference held at Norfolk, USA in 2008.

Select Publications

• Developments in the South China Sea, in Asian Strategic Review, Pentagon Security International, 2013.
• "The Global Challenge of Piracy" in Indian Ocean Challenges: A Quest for Cooperative Solutions, NMF/ KW Publishers Pvt Ltd, February 2013.
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in India’s National Strategy, in International Order at Sea: Anti-Piracy and Humanitarian Operations, 2012
• The Maritime Dimension in India’s National Strategy in Grand Strategy for India 2020 and Beyond, Pentagon Security International, 2012
• China and India: Maritime Commonalities and Divergences, Journal of Defence Studies, July 2011
• Rise in Piracy - Case Study Somalia, India Africa Summit Dialogue working paper, November 2011

Publications at IDSA