Executive Summary
In this lecture delivered under the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies’ Thursday Lecture Series, ADG Nautiyal offered a comprehensive examination of India’s coastal security architecture and the specific maritime challenges posed by developments in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Drawing on nearly four decades of operational experience with the Indian Coast Guard, he traced the evolution of India’s maritime security framework from the 1993 Bombay serial blasts through the landmark post-2008 Mumbai attacks overhaul and projected forward into the emerging threat landscape of unmanned underwater vehicles, blue economy vulnerabilities, and climate-induced maritime disruption.
