Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar

Deputy Chief of Naval Staff

Indian Navy

GALLE DIALOGUE

GALLE DIALOGUE

IMPORTANCE OF INDIAN OCEAN

“…. Ocean of the Future”

BIMSTEC – AUGUST 2018

SAGAR – Security and Growth for All in the

Region

Neighbourhood First and Act East Policies

SAARC SATELLITE LAUNCH - 2017

“…even sky is not the limit when it comes to regional cooperation”

COMMON VISION

Secure Environment to Foster National Growth

EVOLVING STRATEGIC

LANDSCAPE

Conflict Avoidance through Partnerships

REGIONAL SECURITY

OVERVIEW

VIOLENT NON-STATE ACTORS

AND NETWORKS AT SEA

Global Reach and Influence

COLLECTIVE RESPONSE TO PIRACY

Gun RunningDrug Smuggling

Human Trafficking IUU Fishing

Transnational Links & Patronage

NON-TRADITIONAL

CHALLENGES

Environmental Catastrophes

NON-TRADITIONAL

CHALLENGES

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INDIAN NAVY’S

APPROACH

CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTIONS

Enhancing regional engagements and interactions

MULTILATERAL INITIATIVES

IONS facilitates constructive maritime dialogue

among IOR Navies

IONS – 10TH ANNIVERSARY

IONS Seminar Tall Ship Regatta

MILAN

Largest Multilateral Exercise in Andaman Sea

Participation increased from 5 to

16 Countries

MILAN Exercise at Sea - MILES

SEMINAR- ‘In pursuit of Maritime Good order – Need for Comprehensive

Information Sharing’

BILATERAL EXERCISE

A Cherished Friendship

SLINEX 2018

MARITIME SECURITY

COOPERATION

EEZ

Surveillance

and Patrol

Mauritius

Seychelles

Maldives

Indonesia

Coordinated

PatrolsThailand

Myanmar

Bangladesh

MISSION BASED

DEPLOYMENT

Facilitates – Situational Awareness and timely response to HADR

Persian Gulf Deployment

Gulf of Aden Deployment

South Indian Ocean Deployment

North Bay of Bengal Deployment

Sunda Strait Deployment

Deployment off Maldives and Sri Lanka

Malacca Strait Deployment

Ships deployed around the year across the region and beyond

MISSION DEPLOYED SHIPS –

HADR/ SAR OPS

CYCLONE MORACYCLONE MEKUNU

CYCLONE TITLI

SRI LANKA FLOODS

INDONESIA TSUNAMI CYCLONE OCKHI

MULTI NATIONAL RESCUE

OF CDR ABHILASH TOMMY

SAR OF MARIA 3

(MALDIVES)

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FUTURE

TRAJECTORY

INTERTWINED SECURITY

AND GROWTH

Economy Society Energy

Health ClimateRegional Stability

Collaborative Partnerships … The Way Forward!

SUGGESTED FOCUS

AREAS

ENHANCED MARITIME

DOMAN AWARENESS

Coastal Radar Surveillance

White Shipping Information Exchange

IMAC – NEW DELHI

Virtual Info Hub for White Shipping Information

Information Fusion Centre (IFC- IOR)

ENHANCING INTER-

OPERABILITY

HADR COOPERATION

IONS WORKING GROUP ON

HADR

IMMSAREX - 2017

CONCLUSION

S – Samriddhi

(Prosperity)S – Samman

(Respect)

S – Shanti

(Peace)

S – Samvaad

(Dialogue)S – Sahyog

(Cooperation)

INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT

Free, Open and Inclusive Indo-Pacific

COLLABORATIVE MARITIME

PARTNERSHIPS

‘Stronger’ – ‘Together’

‘Bohoma Sthoothi’