Synchronizing India’s Maritime Security and Blue Economy: A Sustainable Development Approach

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Published: Apr 30, 2026
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India’s Maritime Security Blue Economy Sustainable Development Ocean Governance Synchronization

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Mukund Narvenkar
School of International and Area Studies. Goa University, India.
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7170-0942
Rahul Tripathi
Professor, Department of Political Science, Goa University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-9803

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India, strategically located in the Indo-Pacific, plays a crucial role in ensuring maritime governance, regional stability, and economic security. As a key global and regional player, India’s maritime strategy is critical for maintaining good order at sea, safeguarding its national interests, and strengthening its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. However, despite its geostrategic significance, India’s maritime potential remains underutilized, necessitating a comprehensive approach that integrates security and economic priorities. This paper provides an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of India’s maritime security framework and the evolving role of its blue economy through the lens of sustainable development theory. It explores how tenets of India’s blue economy contribute to sustainable ocean-based economic activities and contribute to India’s economic growth while preserving marine ecosystems. By examining the key tenets of the blue economy, the study highlights the challenges India faces in nurturing its ocean economy.  The analysis underscores the urgent need for India to synchronize India’s maritime security with the blue economy.

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2026)
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Author Biographies

Mukund Narvenkar , School of International and Area Studies. Goa University, India.

Dr. Mukund V. Narvenkar is an Assistant Professor at the School of International and Area Studies at Goa University. His areas of interest are maritime Security, India’s Foreign Policy, and Strategic security. He has attended national and international seminars on maritime security, international relations, and security studies, most notably, on the sea lines of communication and the Arabian Gulf: An Indian Perspective, at the King’s College, London, on Chinese Ambitions and India’s Security Concerns in the Indo-pacific, at the 27th IPSA world congress of Political Science at Buenos Aires, Argentina. A recently published data paper ‘A Dataset on “Social Media and India’s Foreign Policy: The Case Study of X Diplomacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic” by the Journal of Open Humanities Data by ubiquity Press, London.

Rahul Tripathi, Professor, Department of Political Science, Goa University

Dr. Rahul Tripathi has been a Professor at the erstwhile Department of Political Science, currently Political Science Programme at the D.D. Kosambi School of Social Sciences and Behavioural Studies, Goa University since 2015. He teaches International Political Economy in South Asia and has published in the areas of India's foreign economic policy, Global South, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation etc.