Commandant Ravindra K Shrivastava — ICG, Research Fellow, NMF — delivered on Climate Change as an Accelerator of Maritime Crime during the Professional Session III — Second NMF- KAS Symposium.

About the Speaker

Commandant Ravindra Kumar Shrivastava is a serving officer who joined the Indian Coast Guard(ICG) in January 1994. He is an Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV or Hovercraft) Pilot, an environmentalist and a specialist in oil spill pollution response. He has commanded a Coast Guard Station and an ACV Squadron with various other operational ship & staff appointments. Presently, he is appointed as a Researcher at the National Maritime Foundation in New Delhi India.

The officer has successfully executed numerous SAR, Pollution Response, Anti-Smuggling and Anti-Poaching Operations in active coordination with Navy, Police, Intelligence Agencies, Customs & Forest officials. He has been actively involved in planning & execution of Joint Services Coastal Security Exercises, National Level SAR Exercises and National Level Pollution Response Exercises. He has overseen Oil Spill Contingency Planning of multiple Oil Handling Agencies (OHAs)/ Ports and conducted a number of Table Top Exercises and Joint Drills at Sea.

He has organised several Community Interaction Programs (CIPs) for Fishermen/Coastal Populace significantly addressing issues of safety & security at sea. He has actively participated in planning & execution of mass mobilization of the coastal population during cyclones/ floods. He has handled and managed various cases pertaining to abandoned derelict vessels in the Territorial Waters of India.

The Officer has been a member of: –

• Overview Committee of Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Gulf of Kutch (GoK), Gujarat, India.
• Disasters Management Committee of Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra,
• Port Security Advisory Committee(PSAC) at Deendayal Port Authority Kandla, Gujarat, India.
• PSAC Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

He has been closely associated with Coastal Surveillance Network (CSN) sensors installations on the coastline of India. He has been participating in various governmental committees for strategic/ policy deliberations on issues pertaining to Marine Policing, Marine Environment/ Pollution Response, Wildlife Trafficking, Marine Protected Areas, Fishers Safety & Security, Anti-Smuggling & Narcotics, Maritime Terrorism, Maritime Borders and Anti-Poaching etc. from time to time.

He is a Science graduate with postgraduation degrees in Sociology & Environmental Management. His research areas of interest includes, EEZ Surveillance, transnational maritime crimes and maritime environment.