PhD @UnivofDelhi |Associate Fellow @orfonline| Co: Diplomat Diaries | Indo-Pacific (🇰🇷🇯🇵🇰🇵🇮🇳) | Cyber, Critical Minerals & Shipbuilding| Ex @CAPS_INDIA
Delhi, India
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My paper titled "Creating a Resilient Indo-Pacific Region: Analyzing India
and South Korea’s Defense Cooperation" is published in @jtms2016 (Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies)
Do give a read and add to your citation list.
journalofterritorialandmarit…
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Visited the state-of-the-art HD-KSOE shipyard in Ulsan and held a fruitful meeting with the leadership of HD Hyundai, one of the world's leading shipbuilders.
Discussed deepening cooperation in maritime manufacturing, port equipment and advanced green vessel technologies. I highlighted India’s surging cargo demand and business-friendly ecosystem as we build a globally competitive shipbuilding hub.
Building on deep 🇮🇳-🇰🇷 ties, we are uniting Korea's technological prowess with India's economic scale to forge resilient global supply chains and an Aatmanirbhar maritime ecosystem.
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A busy day ahead in Seoul! 🇮🇳🤝🇰🇷
Stay tuned for exciting news from the shipping sector as we forge stronger India-Korea maritime ties.
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Had an excellent meeting with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the 13th ADMM-Plus.
We reviewed the progress of our 10-year India-US Defence Framework, driving strategic convergence across military technology, information sharing, and co-production. Our robust partnership continues to be a cornerstone for a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific. @SecWar
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These incentives are a bet on an anchor FDI ie an investor that generates spillovers and can brings its T-1 & T-2 suppliers to creates a cluster and gradually builds a domestic electronics ecosystem. Suzuki also received favorable treatment once and it helped build auto industry.
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India will have to make clear that exercising agency or sovereign choices cannot go unchallenged if they impede on its security concerns. Latest on Pres. Muizzu's visit to Pakistan. For @IndianExpress
indianexpress.com/article/op…
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Glad to have inaugurated the #ORF-Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) roundtable on #India-#Taiwan #semiconductor and #AI cooperation with Amb. @Mumin_Chen.
@orfonline @TWIndia2 @kalpitm @SameerP_IND @Rudra_81 @samirsaran @GoI_MeitY
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Census 2011 says 31% of India is Urban, while World Bank and UN estimate it to be 55% and 63% respectively. So, why does India underestimate its urban population?
@SpatialIndia argues that the fault lies with the Census’s two-box urban/rural classification criteria and calls for a third category for areas in transition.
jungindien.in/blog/dehat-by-…
My latest for @orfonline explores how the AI–cyber nexus is reshaping cyber strategies in Indo-Pacific countries. As major powers show little appetite for regulation, middle powers have an opportunity to set red lines for Big Tech.
Will they seize it?
orfonline.org/expert-speak/f…
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本日、訪日中のタレク・ラーマン・バングラデシュ首相@trahmanbnpと首脳会談を行いました。
「民主主義」や「法の支配」といった価値を共有する友人として、ラーマン首相の就任を直接お祝いでき、とても嬉しく存じました。
日本は、「民主的な総選挙」を経て発足したラーマン政権による国づくりを、力強く後押ししてまいります。
本日は、こうした観点から、バングラデシュと日本の協力について議論しました。
バングラデシュは、「自由で開かれたインド太平洋（FOIP）」の実現に向けた重要なパートナーです。
今回、両国の協力の基軸である「ベンガル湾産業成長地帯」構想、いわゆる「BIG-B」を進化させ、ラーマン首相との新たな戦略的協力イニシアティブ「繁栄を分かち合う BIG-B」として、推進していくことを確認しました。
ラーマン首相からは、日本が「平和国家」として歩み、バングラデシュの独立をいち早く承認したこと、日本はバングラデシュの人々にとって特別な存在であることを伺い、また、日本政府及び国民による幅広い分野への支援や協力に関する感謝を表明いただきました。
東南アジアと南アジアを結ぶバングラデシュは、人口1.7億人の若い巨大市場の大きな潜在性も含め、日本の経済にとっても極めて重要です。
両国の「戦略的パートナーシップ」の下、本日発表した『首脳共同声明』も踏まえ、官民による両国間の取組により、「共に、強く、豊かに。」
インド太平洋地域の平和と繁栄に向けて、ラーマン首相と緊密に連携してまいります。
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The cyber leak highlights a massive vulnerability: critical infrastructure security now extends far beyond the physical perimeter. Safeguarding data across third-party contractors and vendors is the new imperative.
My latest for @the_hindu
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Landed in Busan, Republic of Korea! 🇮🇳🇰🇷
Kicking off today by engaging with the vibrant Indian diaspora working in the shipbuilding sector, whose contributions to the global maritime ecosystem makes us immensely proud.
Looking forward to a wonderful interaction this evening. @IndiainROK
A very warm welcome to H.E. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon’ble Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways of India, as he begins his official visit to the Republic of Korea.
Over the next few days, the Hon’ble Minister will engage with Korean government counterparts and industry leaders in shipbuilding, marine equipment, maritime technology and maritime finance to explore concrete collaboration opportunities under the India-ROK Comprehensive Framework for Partnership in Shipbuilding, Shipping and Maritime Logistics.
He will also participate in the Ministerial Round Table at the World Maritime Day Parallel Event in Busan.
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공식 방한 일정을 시작한 사르바난다 소노왈 항만해운수로부 장관을 따스히 환영합니다.
소노왈 장관은 방한 일정 동안 한국 정부 관계자 및 조선, 해양 장비, 해양 기술, 해양 금융 부문을 이끄는 산업 관계자를 면담하고, 조선, 해운, 해양 물류 관련 인도-한국 간 포괄적 프레임워크 아래 견실한 협력을 모색하는 방안을 논의할 것입니다.
소노왈 장관은 세계 해사의 날 기념행사 계기에 열리는 장관급 라운드 테이블에도 참석할 예정입니다.
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@MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy @PIB_India @sarbanandsonwal @DDNewslive @shipmin_india
“Japan-South Korea ties are in red and unlikely to recover soon”
Quite to the contrary, the bilateral relations have been fairly smooth lately. The best they have been since 2016.
Join @orfonline for #DiplomatDiaries with H.E. Anisa K. Mbega, Tanzania’s High Commissioner to India, in conversation with @ProfHarshVPant
@Amb_anisa_mbega
@UbaloziIndia
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📖 Excited to contribute a chapter to the GP-ORF volume on the evolution of Southeast Asian cybercrime syndicates, their links to India, and the growing threat to India’s national security.
Thanks to @Sreeparna_b17, @SameerP_IND & @asarma2710 for the opportunity!
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Lula victory speech:
"We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate.
We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results."
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Lula just said two critical things after becoming President for the fourth time.
“Brazil is no one’s backyard.”
“We need to regulate digital platforms.”
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Indian brands raised their combined smartphone share in India from 2% a year earlier to 7% in July-September, the highest since October-December 2018. Ai+ and Lava accounted for almost 95% of that share. Ai+, launched in July last year, posted a more than fourfold year-on-year shipment increase in the quarter. Chinese brands cut budget models under high memory costs, opening the entry-level segment.
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Welcome!
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Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is visiting Korea to review progress and advance cooperation under the Comprehensive Framework for Partnership in Shipbuilding, Shipping & Maritime Logistics agreed at the 2026 April 🇮🇳🇰🇷 summit.
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Starting today, will be in the Republic of Korea to strengthen our dynamic 🇮🇳-🇰🇷 maritime partnership.
Over the next few days, I will join ministerial dialogues and engage with industry leaders to boost cooperation in the shipping and shipbuilding sectors and meet with the Indian diaspora driving this ecosystem. Looking forward to a fruitful visit!