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The Indian Navy will be the leader in humanitarian assistance in the Indian Ocean ( The Diplomat)

Malabar Exercises ( Credits- Wikimedia Commons) The Indian Navy is the pre-eminent power in the Indian Ocean. But with the increasing foray of the Chinese Navy, Indian Navy is reorienting itself to counter the threat and also is concentrating on humanitarian relief operations to increase it's influence. The Diplomat in a detailed article looks at the ways Indian Navy is reorienting itself. (The article can be read here .......)

Revealed: India's Ambitious New Naval Strategy ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Vivek Mishra)

Image credits- Indian Navy Source- The National Interest Author- Vivek Mishra Recent developments in the Indian Ocean have been a witness to India’s mustering enough political will to advance its regional interests through actionable deliverables, visibly in opposition to mere notional assertions of the past. As India reorients its Indian Ocean policy, a tripartite transformation is underway—a regional outlook that ties together India’s Act East policy, its Look West policy and, most noteworthy, its cooperation with the United States in the regional maritime domain. Acting East The transformation from a Look East to an Act East policy has been at the center of India’s maritime recalibrations in the past few years. Such an approach has been accompanied by an improvement in relations with not just the individual countries to its east, but with strong regional organizations such as ASEAN. Countries of specific focus for India have recently included Vietnam, Brunei, T

India’s Growing Naval Might ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Harsh V. Pant)

Image credits- Indian navy Source- The Diplomat Author- Harsh V. Pant The Indian Navy underlined its growing prowess at the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2016 last week. Though it was largely a ceremonial inspection of naval warships by the Indian president, it provided an opportunity to the Indian Navy to showcase its might and rapidly expanding capabilities. It was in 2001 that an event of such a scale was last held in India and since then the Indian Navy’s participating contingent has only grown bigger, with 75 frontline ships and submarines in attendance, in addition to 24 ships and delegations from over 50 nations including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, France, Indonesia, Iran, Maldives, the United Kingdom and the United States. Flagging the threat of sea-borne terror and piracy as two key challenges to maritime security and underlining the need to respect freedom of navigation against the backdrop of South China Sea dispute, Indian Prime Minister Nare

India: International Fleet Review 2016 – Analysis (Source- Eurasia Review / Author- Commdore RS Vasan IN (Retd) /SAAG)

Indian navy western fleet ( Source- Wikimedia Commons / Indian navy) Source- Eurasia Review Author- Commdore RS Vasan IN (Retd) /SAAG The IFR 2016 will indeed be a grand spectacle as more than one hundred ships from the navies of over fifty countries will participate in this exercise that is carried out every five years. The event which in the initial years was mostly limited to the participation of ships from the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and the merchant navy transformed in to an international event with a major maritime event conducted in 2001 under the initiative of then Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Susheel Kumar. The marching of the naval officers and sailors from ships around the world along the marine drive in Mumbai and the presence of many ships from around the world signaled a new era in maritime diplomacy. The intentions of a maritime India to occupy center stage in both regional and global missions by using the Indian Navy as an instrument of national po

History and evolution of the Indian navy

Ship building in ancient Calicut coast ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons /  BRAUN AND HOGENBERG) When we talk about the Indian navy, what nobody realities is the fact that India has a rich and varied maritime tradition dating back to the Indus civilization. Like the Chinese, India was a major trading hub and had extensive links with ancient Egypt and other civilization. As we celebrate the navy week, it is time to take a look at the history and the evolution of the Indian navy: Early years: India has a rich maritime history dating back 5,000 years.The world's first tidal dock is believed to have been built at Lothal around 2300 BCE during the Indus Valley Civilization, near the present day Mangrol harbour on the Gujarat coast. The Rig Vedas written around 1700 BCE, credits Varuna with knowledge of the ocean routes and describes naval expeditions. There is reference to the side wings of a vessel called Plava, which give stability to the ship under storm conditions

India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Darshana M.Baruah)

Indian navy flotilla ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Indian navy) Source- The Diplomat Author- Darshana M. Baruah On October 26, 2015, the Indian Navy released its latest maritime strategy, titled “Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy.” This edition is a revised and updated version of the previous outlined strategy “Freedom to Use the Seas: India’s Maritime Military Strategy,” published in 2007. The title itself is indicative of the changing tone of the Indian navy’s interests and intentions from the 2007 strategy. The previous strategy did not take into consideration the changing geopolitical environment and its strategic implications on India’s maritime interests. The 2015 maritime security strategy addresses this gap by complementing the evolving security dynamics in the Indian Ocean region and reflecting a bold Indian navy with a renewed outlook on India’s maritime security needs. The security architecture in maritime Asia along with the

India’s ‘Look West’ Maritime Diplomacy ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Abhijit Singh)

INS Vikramaditya ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- Indian Navy) Source- The Diplomat Author- Abhijit Singh India’s maritime diplomacy is most often associated with its naval outreach to East Asia. With an increase in naval ship visits to South East Asia in recent years, and attendant media speculation over New Delhi’s supposed Pacific ambitions, the impression has been created that East Asia remains the ultimate destination of the Indian Navy’s diplomatic endeavours. By contrast, New Delhi’s nautical diplomacy in the Indian Ocean has seemed relatively modest. Despite its considerable contribution to sea-lanes security and counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, in the popular imagination, the Indian Navy’s security efforts in the Indian Ocean region have remained confined to the level of constabulary and benign presence. Developments in the past few months, however, have shown that India’s attention remains squarely focused on the Indian Ocean. S

India, Indonesia to Cooperate on Maritime Security, Defense Procurement ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Prashanth Parameswaran)

Indonesian warship KRI Patimura entering Port Blair for joint exercises with the Indian navy  ( Image credits- Indian Navy) Source- The Diplomat Author- Prashanth Parameswaran ndia wants to support the development of Indonesia’s military and defense industry, the Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD) noted August 10. Following a meeting between Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu and India’s ambassador to Indonesia, Gurjit Singh, on August 10, the MoD said the defense partnership between the two countries would focus on two key areas. Both of these were touched on when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Indonesian president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo last year in Myanmar. The first area was a general joint commitment by the two countries to enhance maritime security for mutual and global benefit. This is already an area of focus, with both countries engaging in coordinated patrols as well as joint bilateral and multilateral exercises in surrounding waters.