Strengthening Indo-French Maritime Synergies! The National Maritime Foundation was honoured to welcome the delegation from the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). The esteemed delegation—comprising Dr Marc Julienne (Director), Ms Céline Pajon, Mr John Seaman, Ms Sylvia Malinbaum, and Ms Isabelle Saint-Mézard—was briefed by Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan (Director General, NMF) on India’s maritime imperatives […]

The National Maritime Foundation was honoured to host, for the first time, Mr Thorsten Benner (Director, Global Public Policy Institute – GPPi) and Mr Jakob Hensing (Researcher, GPPi), for an engaging discussion on the protection of critical maritime infrastructure—ranging from undersea cables to pipelines—and the role of emerging technologies in the maritime domain. Commodore Manish […]

The National Maritime Foundation was honoured to host the French delegation comprising Colonel Emmanuel Peltriaux (Defence Attaché), Commander Bui (Naval Attaché), and Mr Ilan Gasser (Intern at the Embassy of France in India). Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan (Director General, NMF), Commodore Manish Sinha (Executive Director, NMF), and Ms Saaz Lahiri (Research Associate) engaged in a […]

Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd), Director-General, National Maritime Foundation, delivered a presentation and engaged in an insightful interaction with the visiting delegation from the US National War College (NWC), led by Mr Greg Macris, Department of State Instructor, and Capt Timothy Brosnan. The discussion focused on deepening India-US maritime cooperation, […]

The National Maritime Foundation (NMF), in partnership with the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam (DAV), successfully conducted the inaugural NMF-DAV Seminar in Ha Noi on 27 March 2025. Focused on “Promoting Maritime Security and Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,” the seminar marked a key milestone in the growing partnership between the two institutions under the 2024 […]

Ms Saaz Lahiri, Research Associate at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), had the privilege of presenting the NMF’s Track 1.5 perspectives on India–EU maritime security cooperation during the working lunch of the Fourth Track One India–EU Maritime Security Dialogue. As a longstanding knowledge partner of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, the […]