Maritime Affairs: Integrated Management for India

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The increased focus on the oceans due to changing strategic, political, legal, environmental, economic, social and technological changes in the maritime environment calls for a shift in the management perception of maritime affairs. The challenge for ocean governance is the realization that ‘decision making’ due to the complexity of the issue and inadequate ‘knowledge’ of the multidisciplinary and interdependent issues poses a problem. A maritime strategy requires nations to synthesise their political, legal, diplomatic and operational responses in the management of their maritime zones. India needs to synergise the trinity of policy spheres-economic development, environmental protection and maritime security. The emergence of the Integrated Management paradigm forms the basis for the sustainable development of India’s maritime zone. It may be said that the management of maritime affairs is about strategic intent to meet the needs of all stakeholders across all maritime sectors. The book brings together the economic, environmental and security trinity of ocean policy spheres that derive their growing integration from the regimen of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) defined under the UN Law of the Sea, to serve as the cornerstone of ‘Ocean Governance’ for the 21st Century. The book targets not only those who have responsibilities for or are interested in India’s maritime affairs (bureaucrats, industrialists, law enforcers, defence personnel, academicians, scientists, NGOs and citizen groups) but the people of India in general. The book provides an opportunity and the means to meet our obligation of providing a safe, clean, secure and sustainable maritime legacy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Commander Manoj Gupta

Manoj Gupta was commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1983. As a Cadet he was awarded the President's Gold Medal for all-round best performance. He is a Navigation and Direction Specialist. He began his career on the High Seas in the early 1980s as a submariner and has commanded INS Sindhuratna. He has been to the erstwhile Soviet Union and the United Kingdom for training. He has done the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington and has a Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies. He did His second Masters in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Management from the Southampton Institute in the United Kingdom and secured a distinction on the course. His research papers titled,"Asia Pacific Security in the 21st Century", and "The Application of a Proposed Generic Institutional Framework for Integrated Coastal Management in India", have been published in the Maritime International and Ocean and Coastal Management. He has also presented papers at international and Ocean and Coastal Management. He has also presented papers at international conferences in the Netherlands and India on management of maritime affairs, ocean governance and maritime security. He was awarded the Admiral RD Katari Fellowship by the United Service Institution of India, for the year 2002-2003, to carry out research on "Integrated Management of Maritime Affairs in India".

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Title
Maritime Affairs: Integrated Management for India
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8170492092
Length
246p., Tables; Figures; Maps; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; 22cm.
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