Cdr Dinesh Yadav (Retd)

Cdr Dinesh Yadav (Retd)

31 Aug 15- 20 Apr 17 & 03 Jul 18 -13 Aug 19

Experience  

He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1999 and is a ‘Communications and Electronic Warfare’ specialist. He has served extensively on board frontline ships of the Indian Navy. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Command and Staff Course, Haigate, Kuala Lumpur, University of Madras and Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Commander Dinesh Yadav joined as a Research Fellow at National Maritime Foundation in September 2015. Prior taking up his present appointment, he was Joint Director (Acquisition Planning) at the Directorate of Naval Plans.

All Publications

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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS- GLUG GLUG GLUG…. REALLY? SIGNIFICANCE OF CARRIER BORNE AIRPOWER FOR INDIA

Author: In his recent article published by the Lowy Institute, titled “Glug, Glug, Glug: India’s interest in unsinkable Aircraft Carriers”, David Brewster[1], probes India’s medium term plan to develop into a three carrier fleet. Brewster cites huge costs (acquisition, maintenance and operational) and vulnerability issues attached with the Carrier Task Force (CTFs) in support of his […]
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REVIVAL OF QUADRILATERAL: A SHIFT IN INDIA’S POLICY TOWARDS CHINA?

Author: The prospect of a revival of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), involving the US, India, Japan and Australia, has recently set the international media abuzz. The first meeting of the Dialogue was held in Manila on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit on 13-14 November. Beijing, on expected lines, has reacted sharply stating that […]
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ROHINGYA CRISIS: A POTENTIAL MARITIME QUAGMIRE FOR INDIA

Author:   Continued ethnic strife and the State’s overtly discriminatory policies in the Rakhine province of Myanmar have resulted in hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing their homes. As the exodus began in earnest in the late 1970s, the majority of the Rohingyas, escaping prosecution, crossed into Bangladesh through the land route, although a significant number […]

(a) Reassertion of  the India – US – Japan – Australia Quadrilateral – Viewpoint

(b) Historical and Taxonomical Claims Over South China Sea – Viewpoint

(c) India and China – Time to Evolve Maritime CBMs: Issue Brief

(d) ‘Look East’ to ‘Act East’; India’s Policy Shift Or ‘Old Wine’? – Paper presented during 2nd NMF-AWW Conference