Himadri Das

Captain Himadri Das graduated from the Naval Academy, Goa and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 1994. He is a Navigation and Direction specialist, and has served on board Indian naval ships as Navigating Officer, and INAS 300—the erstwhile Sea Harrier squadron— as Direction Officer. He has held operational staff and training/ military educational appointments, and has also associated with the doctrinal development programme of the Indian Navy across the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. He has also authored several articles and books, prominent of which are Coastal Security: Policy Imperatives for India in 2019, Coastal Security Dimensions of Maritime Security in 2022, and Building Partnerships: India and International Cooperation for Maritime Security in 2023. In 2022, he was the series coordinator for six volumes of the Maritime Perspectives 2022 (National Maritime Foundation), and in 2024, was also commissioning editor of the Naval War College in-house e-journal, the Chola Papers. His multi-disciplinary qualifications include MPhil degree in Defence and National Security Studies, and post graduate degrees (MA/ MSc) in Nautical Sciences, International Relations, Maritime Law, and post graduate diploma in Human Resource Management. He was the Managing Editor of the Indian Naval Despatch (INDES) from Feb 2023 to Jul 2024.