Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan is the Director-General of the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), India’s foremost resource centre for the development and advocacy of strategies for the promotion and protection of India’s maritime interests. As a maritime practitioner, his experience stems from a four-decade-long distinguished career in the Executive Branch of the Indian Navy. This includes a stint in Antarctica and a three-year deputation to the Government of Mauritius, where he set up and commanded the Mauritius National Coast Guard and four command-appointments, including Principal Director of Naval Operations and command of the Indian Navy’s sole aircraft carrier of that period, the Viraat. As Rear Admiral, he was the Navy’s first Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation & Intelligence), where he conceptualised and executed the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS). He has been Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command; and was, in his last naval appointment before retirement, the Commandant of the Indian Naval Academy (Ezhimala). Admiral Chauhan is on the visiting faculty of the higher-command establishments of all three of India’s defence services and tri-service establishments, such as the College of Defence Management, Hyderabad, and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He has been advising the Indian Government through his interaction with the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Navy), the Ministry of External Affairs, and the National Security Council Secretariat, and has been commended three times by the President of India for sustained distinguished service. The admiral is a prolific writer on maritime and strategic issues, with over 95 published articles to his credit.