Visiting Fellows
Where global scholarship meets India’s maritime vision. The National Maritime Foundation’s Visiting Fellows bring international experience, comparative insight and enduring intellectual partnerships into India’s maritime conversation.
Global insight, anchored in maritime purpose
NMF’s Visiting Fellows are welcomed not as ceremonial guests, but as active members of an intellectual community committed to deeper research, candid dialogue and stronger maritime partnerships.
Strategic Exchange
Creating space for scholars and practitioners to test ideas, compare national perspectives and contribute to substantive policy conversations.
Comparative Perspective
Bringing distinct regional experiences into India’s understanding of maritime security, naval diplomacy, governance and international order.
Enduring Networks
Building relationships that continue beyond the fellowship and strengthen NMF’s international research and institutional partnerships.
An international community of maritime thinkers
Across different years and disciplines, NMF’s Visiting Fellows have enriched the Foundation through diplomatic experience, naval service, doctoral research, strategic analysis and comparative insight from around the world.
Mr Yasuyuki Ishida
Formerly with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and JIIA
Cdr Bruno Ferreira Chaves Cortez
King’s College London
Mr Thibault Fournol
PhD Candidate, Sciences Po
Ms Jessica Burton
Rutgers University
Dr Mauro Bonavita
King’s College London
Dr Patrick Bratton
U.S. Army War College
Mr Indranil Banerjie
Visiting Fellow, 16 Jan–09 Aug 2010
Maritime understanding grows stronger when perspectives cross borders.
Through its Visiting Fellows, the National Maritime Foundation brings international experience into sustained conversation with India’s maritime priorities—deepening scholarship, strengthening partnerships and widening the horizon of strategic thought.