Author: Senguttuvan Balasubramanian

We have a vast expanse of seas before us that presents us with an opportunity as well as a challenge. It is an opportunity if it is fully exploited; and a challenge, if it is allowed to be used by hostile powers.

Here in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with DSA he shares his views and vision for the Indian Coast Guard.
Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM Director General Indian Coast Guard is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy Khadakvasla, Pune and the Naval Academy, Kochi. He is a graduate of the 1992 batch of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich (UK). He was Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command, Flag Officer Sea Training at Kochi and Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam. He has assumed the appointment of the Director General of Indian Coast Guard (DGICG) on 01 Feb 15.

Author: Vikram Sood

Absence of terrorist attacks does not mean that terrorism has subsided; it could be that terrorists are lying low. Thus figures and statistics can be misleading. Media reports about aborted terror attempts or terrorists’ plans to disrupt National Day commemorative functions or religious occasions are equally misleading.

Author: Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, NM (Retd)

Years of neglecting the Indian submarine fleet, has left us vulnerable to the sea dragon and Indian Navy needs to move fast to secure India’s soft and vulnerable underbelly at sea. Submarine induction needs to be put on the front burner.