William Dalrymple. Bloomsbury Publishing (London), 2024. 479 pages, ISBN: HB: 978-1-4088-6441-8, Rs 999 (Hardback) “The Golden Road—” has been authored by the esteemed British historian, William Dalrymple, who is widely recognised for his contribution to scholarship on South Asian history. In this book, Dalrymple essentially focuses upon a certain phenomenon that spanned roughly a millennium […]
Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 13 dated 11 Apr 2025 China’s tryst with the Antarctic was led by Guo Kun, a graduate of the PLA Military Institute of Engineering, Harbin. While working at the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), in the early 1980s, he was appointed as Director of the newly […]
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 (NMF) hosted Mr Nico Lange, Senior Fellow at the Munich Security Conference @munsecconf, and the Centre for European Policy Analysis @cepaorg, accompanied by Mr Adrian Haack, Director of @kasinindia, and Mr Ashish Gupta (Head of Programme, KAS India). VAdm Pradeep Chauhan (Director-General, NMF), delivered a compelling presentation on #Indian #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 […]
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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 […]
The fifth of April of each year is commemorated as National Maritime Day and seeks to draw global attention to issues principally related to the multiple facets of mercantile shipping and fishing. This article seeks to draw the attention of its readers to a somewhat lesser-known phenomenon that is nevertheless intimately related to the mercantile […]
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, […]
Rear Admiral RS Dhaliwal, NM, IN, delivered an insightful lecture on “1971 India-Pakistan War: Maritime Resource Mobilisation and Strategic Perspective,” providing a deep dive into the strategic and operational aspects of maritime resource mobilisation during the war. His analysis offered valuable perspectives on India’s naval strategy, highlighting key lessons in maritime security and preparedness.
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 […]
Mr Soham Agarwal, Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, participated in a panel at the NATO–India Youth Conference, where he shared insights on potential opportunities for NATO–India collaboration and underscored the importance of youth-led discourse in shaping strategic partnerships.