Defence Diary: Why India Needs To Urgently Bridge Data Integration Gap For Better Maritime Security

Three top initiatives in the last decade have underpinned India’s growing maritime consciousness. The latest, and a pivotal one, is the appointment of former naval vice chief, Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, as India’s first Maritime Security Coordinator. The appointment comes over two decades after a maritime structure on similar lines was first recommended by a Group of Ministers in 2001 post the 1999 Kargil conflict. Read More…