Keywords: India-Vietnam; Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; Defence Industry Cooperation; Maritime Security; Indo-Pacific The ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ between India and Vietnam, signed in 2016, has progressively evolved over the years to include a substantial focus on defence cooperation. In light of the growing challenge posed by Chinese expansionism and the coercive actions of its maritime law […]
Captain R S Sawan, Senior Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), as part of the Indian delegation visiting Dhaka, called on Shri Pranay Verma, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, to discuss key issues related to regional maritime cooperation. During the interaction, the delegation shared insights and outcomes from a three-day workshop on Maritime […]
Instituted in 2011 by the family of Admiral A K Chatterji, PVSM, AVSM, former Chief of the Naval Staff (1966–1970), the Admiral A K Chatterji Fellowship was conceived to promote forward-looking maritime research and address India’s long-standing challenge of maritime awareness. The sixth fellowship project has culminated in the release of a significant publication titled […]
Captain R S Sawan, Senior Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), participated in a Table Top Exercise (TTX) conducted at the Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development (BIMRAD). The exercise, led by officers from the Maritime Border Command, Australia, focused on the application of analytical tools and structured processes to support information fusion […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) convened the second meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee for the National Legislation on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, 2025 at Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi. The meeting focused on identifying priority areas for the proposed legislation and deliberating on inputs received from committee members concerning the draft […]
Captain R S Sawan, Senior Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), delivered a presentation titled “Case Study in Information Sharing: IFC–IOR” at the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Workshop organised in Dhaka by the Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development (BIMRAD) in collaboration with the National Security College (NSC), Australian National University (ANU). Presenting […]
Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM (Retd), Director General of the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), delivered an address at the 13th Global Ocean Regime Conference, hosted by the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea. In his address on “Ocean Governance for Sustainable Blue […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]
The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) hosted an introductory meeting in New Delhi with Dr Athaulla A Rasheed, Head, Centre for Security and Strategic Studies, The Maldives National University, to explore avenues for strengthening bilateral maritime cooperation. The discussions focused on potential collaboration in maritime security, the Blue Economy, and broader regional cooperation, reaffirming a shared […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]
In a significant step towards advancing India–Republic of Korea maritime cooperation, the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS) formalised their partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Seoul. The MoU was signed on 4 November 2025 by Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM […]