•  Maritime and Naval strategy – maritime dimension of the Indo-Pacific
• Undersea warfare
• Defence procurement

Indian Navy

• Three decades in the navy as a submariner and an Anti-Submarine warfare Specialist
• Five command tenures on frontline platforms including four submarine commands.
• Associated with Force development, perspective planning, and capital acquisition
• Procedures bat the Naval Headqiarters and the MoD’s Integrated Defence Staf
• Training assignments as Senior Instructor Navy at the National Defence
• Academy ; Directing Staff at the Naval War College
• Naval Adviser at the Indian High Commission, London

Corporate                

• Senior Vice President of a leading European MNC in India
• Vice President, Indian Maritime Foundation
• Former Co-Chairman, National defence and aerospace Committee, Associated Chambers of Commerce (ASSOCHAM)
• Former member, Defence Audit Advisory Board.

• M.Sc. in Defence and Strategic Studies

• Presentations at the Naval Staff College Tokyo, Japan ;  International Institute of Strategic Studies, London and Singapore; Underwater Defence Technology Conferences in Spain, Germany, Turkey, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom from 2012 – 2019;  Corbett Centre, UK; MAST Conferences in Europe and Asia; University of Leeds; NATO Centre of Excellence, Istanbul ; Track 1.5 expert workshops on maritime  security, EAS and BIMSTEC etc.