Indian Naval Despatch | August 2026
Volume 6. No. 3
Maritime Power in an Era of Strategic Competition and Technological Transformation Let me start by thanking the governing board of the Indian Naval Despatch Foundation for placing their trust in me by giving me the opportunity to head the editorial team of the flagship journal of the Indian Navy, the INDES. It is an onerous responsibility which I intend to fulfil to the best of my ability. I would also like to place on record the tremendous work done by my predecessor, Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande in taking the journal from its infancy to the high standing it has today. In this task, he has been assisted by a competent editorial team in which Captain Anshuman Chatterjee has played no small part. I am fortunate to have inherited this team and will continue leaning on them in our consta...
