Abhijit Singh

About Abhijit Singh

Senior Fellow and Head, Maritime Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi. Tracking developments in the Indo-Pacific region and India’s maritime strategy. Ongoing projects at ORF include a study on India\'s Blue-economy, New Delhi\'s Act East Policy, and the Indian navy\'s Asia and Africa outreach. Earlier works include a project on multilateral governance architectures and trade regimes in the Indian Ocean, shipping and maritime infrastructure, SLOCs security and non-traditional security challenges. Previously Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses(IDSA), New Delhi and National Maritime Foundation(NMF). Assisted late Vice Admiral (Retd) G Hiranandani with the authorship of the third volume of Indian Naval History,\"Transition to Guardianship\"(2010). Co-edited two books on maritime security: “Indian Ocean Challenges – a Quest for Cooperative Solutions”(2013) and “Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific” (2014).

Experience

1. Senior Fellow

   Observer Research Foundation

   Jan 2016 — Present

   Carrying out policy-focused research on Maritime matters. Writing papers and making presentations on maritime challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Education

• National Defence Academy

  B.Sc

  1990 — 1993

• Jawaharlal Nehru University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• Navy Public School, New Delhi, National Defence Academy, Pune

  Bacholar of Sciences

  1990 — 1993