This project originated from the vision of Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff, who felt that the thousands of years old maritime heritage of India, which had been covered under different publications and studies earlier, needed to be showcased in one book so that followers of this subject could get a collective glimpse of this rich and vast maritime culture. The Chief of the Naval Staff tasked the Indian Naval Academy to undertake the project in early 2015. The photo essay book 'Maritime Heritage of India' is a result of of that vision of the CNS and is a product of study of over two hundred books, publications, articles, papers, etc., written by subject matter experts, both, Indian and nonIndians. Discussions and interactions with prominent historians and institutions of India over the year 2015 provided additional material for the book.
The book is not an original piece of historical research nor a book on ‘history’, not even an original research, it is compilation and study of all that, and more its also a consequence of the perception of the editorial team of all matters that constitute ‘heritage’ of India and having been identified as having some link with the Indian Ocean. This photoessay book is a modest attempt to put forth India's extensive maritime linkages with the ocean in the past, to the consequences seen in the present and to underline the critical necessity of enhanced maritime outlook for the future of the country. It is increasingly clear that sustenance of the country’s economic growth is directly dependent on, and closely intertwined to, an environment of unhindered freedom of navigation in the global common.
The Indian Navy intends to lead the change in the orientation of India and her people, from the landward focus of the past century to a distinct and unwavering maritime outlook, to provide the impetus that the maritime outlook would drive engine of growth and prosperity of the resurgent nation. Hence, this small attempt by the Indian Navy to generate public interest, specifically young India's interest, in India’s rich, diverse and significant maritime heritage.
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THE VOYAGE SO FAR
Maritime Heritage and History of India
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THE TREASURE TRAIL
Maritime Trade Route and Trading stories
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MONSOON - WINDS OF CHANGE
Evolving Human and Cultural Landscapes
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IMMORTAL STRUCTURES
Indian Architecture through the Maritime Lens
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SENTINELS OF THE SEA
Coastal Forts and Lighthouses
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ART OF CRAFTING LEVIATHANS
Shipbuilding in India
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Battlefield: Indian Ocean
Emergence of Navies from Maritime Campaigns in the Subcontinent
VIII
THE MARINERS TALE
Indian Navy : Safeguarding the Nation's Maritime Interest in Peace
Admiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC
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Patron
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Chief of the Naval Staff
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM
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Vice Patron
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FOC-in-C Southern Naval Command
Rear Admiral MD Suresh, NM
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Chief Editor
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Deputy Commandant and Chief Instructor, Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala
Anand JSC
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Creative Director and Design Head
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Happy Brand Consulting - www.happylabs.in
Lt Cdr Kalesh Mohanan, Ph.D, Faculty of BSH, INA
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Project Historian
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Head of Depatment - Maritime History
Cdr Navtej Singh
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Principal Photographer
Nithin Barath
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Photographer
Lt Cdr Pooja Rajput
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Photographer
Rajesh Kumar PT (LAPH)
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Photographer
Sameer Khader
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Photographer
Sundar Moorthy
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Art works and Illustrations
Siva Kumar
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Art works and Illustrations
Sundar Rajan
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Art works and Illustrations
Gopi P
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Art works and Illustrations
Bharathi
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Art works and Illustrations
Gopala Krishnan
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Art works, Illustrations and Promo Video
John Sundararajan P
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Design and Layout
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Image Retouching
Muralitharan R
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Design and Layout
Arun Kumar S
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Design and Layout
Manikandan J
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Design and Layout
Vimal K
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Website
Abdul
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Launch Presentation
Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, PVSM, AVSM, NM, ADC- FOC-in-C
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Western Naval Command
Vice Admiral PN Murugesan, AVSM, VSM
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Vice Chief of Naval Staff
Vice Admiral AR Karve, AVSM
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Chief of Personnel
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, AVSM, VSM Commandant
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Indian Naval Academy
Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh,NM ACNS (CSNCO)
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Naval Headquarters, New Delhi
Cdr Jasneet S Sachdeva, DSCT
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Naval Headquarters, New Delhi
Lt Cdr Siddhartha Gupta
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Indian Naval Academy
Capt Rahul Shankar
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Training Captain (Design), INA
Capt Anand Kulkarni
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Training Captain (Design), INA
Cmde Rajvir Singh
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Head of Faculty, BSH, INA
Varun Rajagopalan
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Writer
Kaber Vasuki
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Writer
Thomas Manuel
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Writer
Visvak Sen
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Writer
Niyantha Shekar
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Writer
Ashok Subramanian
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Writer
Ramprakash Lakshminarayan
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Writer
Baisakhi Chanda
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Writer
Maverick Prem
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Writer
Nanditha Kallathi
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Writer
Renita Raveendran
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Editors
Gopinath M
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Editors
Prof. K.K.N. Kurupp
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Historians
Prof. Ashok Mundan
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Historians
Prof Himanshu Prabha Ray
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Historians
Ms. Shubhasree Purkayastha
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Historians
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Exhibition Coordinator
Ms. Suruchika Chawala
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Historians
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Young Museum Professional
Ms. Rajalakshmi Karakulam
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Historians
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Young Museum Professional
Shri Sanjiv Mittal
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Director General
Shri K.S. Deori
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Cutator
Shri R. Verma
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Deputy Curator
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Exhibition Cell
Dr. Mohan Pratap
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In-charge
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Pre Columbian and Western art
Shri Khatibur Rahman
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Assistant Curator
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Arabic manuscript
Shri Kuldeep Prasad
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Layout Artist
Ms. Priya
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Artist
Ms. Joyoti Roy
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Outreach Consultant
location
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P.N.Palayam, CBE - 04
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