BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1c898a73b76e5b8d1fac537d827f5573 CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20211120T121115 SUMMARY:“INDIA’S MARITIME CHALLENGES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC” - A Talk by Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan (Retd) DESCRIPTION:Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd) is the current Director of the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. NMF is the first Indian maritime think-tank for conducting independent and policy-relevant r esearch on ‘matters maritime’. He has an impeccable academic and profession al lineage. He is an alumnus of Mumbai’s Campion School and St Xavier’s Col lege, the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College, the Naval War College, and, the very prestigious National Defence College. He has had an extremely distinguished four-decade-long career in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy. During this period, he undertook a three-year d eputation to the Government of Mauritius, where he conceptualized, set up a nd commanded the Mauritius National Coast Guard. He was Head of Training Te am (Navy) at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He has been th e principal evaluator of the Navy’s battle-tactics. He tenanted the post of Principal Director of Naval Operations. He has held as many as four sea-go ing commands, including that of the guided-missile frigate, the INS Brahmap utra and the aircraft carrier INS Viraat. He was the Navy’s first Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence), where h e was hugely successful in positioning the Navy firmly within India’s diplo matic and strategic initiatives. He has conceptualized and executed the Ind ian Ocean Region’s first international maritime security construct of the 2 1st Century, viz., the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). He was the Chie f of Staff of the Western Naval Command from 2009 to 2012. He commanded the new and state-of-the-art Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala (Kerala) until h is retirement on 30 November 2013. Also, he has been twice commended by the Chief of the Naval Staff and three times by the President of India for sus tained distinguished service of an exceptional order.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd) is the current Director of the National Maritime Foundation, New Delh i. NMF is the first Indian maritime think-tank for conducting independent a nd policy-relevant research on ‘matters maritime’. He has an impeccable aca demic and professional lineage. He is an alumnus of Mumbai’s Campion School and St Xavier’s College, the National Defence Academy, the Defence Service s Staff College, the Naval War College, and, the very prestigious National Defence College. He has had an extremely distinguished four-decade-long car eer in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy. During this period, he unde rtook a three-year deputation to the Government of Mauritius, where he conc eptualized, set up and commanded the Mauritius National Coast Guard. He was Head of Training Team (Navy) at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellin gton. He has been the principal evaluator of the Navy’s battle-tactics. He tenanted the post of Principal Director of Naval Operations. He has held as many as four sea-going commands, including that of the guided-missile frig ate, the INS Brahmaputra and the aircraft carrier INS Viraat. He was the Na vy’s first Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & In telligence), where he was hugely successful in positioning the Navy firmly within India’s diplomatic and strategic initiatives. He has conceptualized and executed the Indian Ocean Region’s first international maritime securit y construct of the 21st Century, viz., the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IO NS). He was the Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command from 2009 to 20 12. He commanded the new and state-of-the-art Indian Naval Academy at Ezhim ala (Kerala) until his retirement on 30 November 2013. Also, he has been tw ice commended by the Chief of the Naval Staff and three times by the Presid ent of India for sustained distinguished service of an exceptional order. DTSTAMP:20260613T083523 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20181026T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20181026T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR