Maritime Connectivity (Physical & Digital Trade, Ports, Shipping, etc.)
- Disambiguation of the Elements of Maritime Connectivity.
- Comparative Analysis of India’s Merchant Marine.
- Analysis of India’s Dependence upon Seaborne Merchandise Trade.
- Coastal Shipping.
- Inland Waterways.
- Maritime Leisure/Sport, and Maritime Tourism.
- Cruise-Ship and Ro-Pax Tourism.
- Analysis of Flags of Convenience versus the need for national-flag shipping.
- Analysis of the Northern Sea Route.
- Analysis of Indian Shipbuilding.
- Impact of Industry 4.0 upon Shipping (Shipping 4.0).
- India as a Regional Hub for Ship-repairs.
- Ship recycling in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
- Green Ports, Green Shipping, and Green Shipping Corridors.
- Analysis of Critical Cargoes.
- Development and Refinement of an Efficiency Matrix for Port-development.
- Impact of Industry 4.0 upon Ports (Ports 4.0).
- Analysis of Port-development (by Indian public/private/joint-ventures) as a foreign-policy tool for regional development.
- Analysis of Ro-Ro Shipping as a bridging strategy for the development of quayside infrastructure.
- Analysis of the relationship between India’s vision of SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) and India’s mega-project for port-led national development, viz., SAGARMALA.