Eminent Speakers
Distinguished Voices • Global Perspectives • Maritime Thought
The National Maritime Foundation has had the privilege of hosting distinguished leaders, statesmen, diplomats, strategic thinkers, scholars, and practitioners whose perspectives have enriched contemporary maritime discourse.
His Excellency Dr Philipp Ackermann
German Ambassador to India and Bhutan
Shri Ajay Bhatt
Hon’ble Minister of State for Defence; & State for Tourism, GOI
Prof (Dr) Christian Bueger
Professor
University of Copenhagen Denmark
General Anil Chauhan
Chief of the Defence Staff
PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM
HE Mr Herve DELPHIN
Ambassador of the EU to India
Delegation of the EU to India and Bhutan
Adm RK Dhowan
PVSM, AVSM, YSM, IN (Retd)
HE Mr Philip Green, OAM
High Commissioner of Australia to India
Shri Swaminathan Gurumurthy
Chairman, Vivekananda International Foundation
Dr S Jaishankar
Hon’ble External Affairs Minister, GOI
Adm DK Joshi
PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Former Hon’ble President of India
HE Ms Ina Hagniningtyas KRISNAMURTHI
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to India and Bhutan
Admiral R Hari Kumar
PVSM, AVSM, VSM, IN (Retd)
Admiral Sunil Lanba
PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Jaideep Majumdar
Indian Foreign Service
Adm Sureesh Mehta
PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Late Former Hon’ble President of India
Shri Narayana Murthy
Founder, Infosys
Late VAdm KK Nayyar
PVSM, AVSM, IN (Retd)
His Excellency Mr Indra Mani Pandey
Secretary-General (BIMSTEC)
Adm Arun Prakash
PVSM, AVSM, VC, VSM, IN (Retd)
Shri Hardeep S Puri
Hon’ble Minister of MOP&NG, GOI; & Housing and Urban Affairs, GOI
His Excellency Mr Sanjiv Ranjan
Secretary-General
IORA Secretariat
Mr Sanjeev Sanyal
Secretary to the Government of India
Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Government of India
Ambassador Kanwal Sibal
Chancellor, JNU
Former Foreign Secretary of India
Admiral Karambir Singh
PVSM, AVSM, Indian Navy (Retd)
Shri Rajnath Singh
Hon’ble Defence Minister, GOI
Smt Nirmala Sitharaman
Hon’ble Finance Minister, GOI
Mr Damien Syed
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of the Republic of France, India
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi
PVSM, AVSM, NM,(Retd)
Ambassador D Bala Venkatesh Varma
Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Shri Bhupender Yadav
Hon’ble Minister of MoEFCC, GOI; & Labour and Employment
Government of India