K.M. Panikkar and The Growth of a Maritime Consciousness in India - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9393499306 ISBN 13: 9789393499301

Publisher: Vij Books India, 2022

Synopsis

Sardar KM Panikkar's life and works form a fascinating narrative encompassing a wide diversity of roles, positions and interests. Panikkar was one of the early writers on the history of India's connections with the Indian Ocean. His seminal historical and literary works have influenced contemporary thoughts and perceptions and played a formative role in orienting independent India's maritime consciousness. Panikkar's emphasis on the need for a well-considered and effective naval policy as critical to India's security needs internalization amongst Indian political elite, policy makers, and academia, as there is a growing realisation of the significance of the Indian Ocean in India's strategic calculus. This volume offers deep insights into Panikkar's understanding and vision of the world and India and seas and oceans, with rich debates on geopolitics of those times, primacy of maritime issues, relevance of these on contemporary geopolitics, strategic dynamics and economic of trade and interdependence.

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About the Authors

Dr Vijay Sakhuja is former Director, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, India. He is associated with a number of think tanks and universities in India and overseas and has published several books and monographs. A former Indian Navy officer, Sakhuja specializes in Indo-Pacific affairs, naval developments, maritime security, climate change, Arctic issues, Blue Economy and 4th Industrial Revolution technologies. Dr Vijay Sakhuja is a member of the international editorial board of Journal of Indian Ocean Region (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Indian Ocean Rim Studies (JIORS) and Journal of Greater Mekong Studies.

Dr. Pragya Pandey is a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Sapru House, New Delhi. She specialises in issues related to maritime security, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific and regional geopolitics. She has written extensively on these issues. Prior to joining the ICWA, Dr Pandey was Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has received her PhD from the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has co-edited volumes titled 'Roads, Winds, Spices in the Western Indian Ocean: The Memory and Geopolitics of Maritime Heritage' and '1982 UNCLOS Perspectives from the Indian Ocean'. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences and dialogues and has considerable publication to her credit.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vij Books India
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9393499306
• ISBN 13: 9789393499301
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 422
• Editor: Sakhuja Vijay, Pandey Pragya