Abhijit Singh

Archive data: Person was Research Fellow at IDSA from July 2013 to February 2016
Joined IDSA
July 31, 2013
Expertise
Maritime Issues, Littoral Security
Education
B.Sc
Current Project
The Indo-Pacific – Towards a Comprehensive Maritime Security Architecture
Background
Commissioned in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy in July 1994, he is a specialist in Gunnery and Weapons Systems and has served on-board frontline ships. During his tenure with the Flag Officer Doctrines and Concepts, he was actively associated in the formulation and articulation of naval doctrines and operational concepts. As the Officer-in-Charge of the Indian Navy’s History Division in 2008, he assisted the late Vice Admiral GM Hiranandani (Retd) in the authorship of the third volume of Indian Naval History, “Transition to Guardianship”. Prior to joining the IDSA, he was a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) for 3 years where he researched and wrote extensively on littoral security and geo-political events in West Asia and South Asia.
Select Publications
China’s ‘Maritime Bases’ in the IOR: A Chronicle of Dominance Foretold, Strategic Analysis, May 2015
Climate Change and Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region, Journal of Defence Studies, January 2015
Indian Ocean Challenges – a Quest for Cooperative Solutions, Edited book for NMF / KW Publishers, Feb 2013
Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran’s regular and Irregular Maritime Forces, Book under Publication at NMF
The Indian Navy’s New Expeditionary Outlook, Occasional paper for Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

Research Fellow
E-mail: abhijit[dot]singh27[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone:+91 11 2671 7983

Publication

The Pakistan Navy: A Transformation from ‘Fledgling Force’ to ‘Fighting Machine’

The Pakistan navy (PN) is poised on the brink of a transformation. Neglected for long by Pakistan’s political masters and a dominant Pakistan army, the PN was unable to assert its salience and witnessed slow growth. But in the one decade since the September 2001 attacks and the US led ‘war on terror’, it has undergone a striking metamorphosis. As Pakistan realises the importance of having a robust maritime force and commits greater resources for its development, the tactics of the PN and its broader strategy in the northern Arabian Sea too have undergone a shift.

Published: October 2011
Journal of Defence Studies

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