Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

Cmde Srikant B Kesnur is the Director, Maritime Warfare Centre (MWC) Mumbai & is a distinguished academic with a keen interest in Maritime & Naval History, Defence and Diplomacy.

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Why I Would Want To Join The Indian Navy All Over Again
To breathe pure air, to stay close by the sea (or sometimes, as we experienced, in the hills) and to transact business in an efficient environment is a blessing hard to describe.

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

19 Jul 2022
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A Navy That Dares, A Navy That Cares
From defence diplomacy to humanitarian assistance, the Indian Navy goes far beyond combat operations! Read on to know more

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd), Tiya Chatterji

2 Aug 2021
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12 years of 26/11: Lessons Learnt From The Mumbai Terror Attacks
"12 years since the fateful Mumbai terror attacks, today is a good time to pause and reflect on where we have reached to prevent the recurrence of such incidents."

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

26 Nov 2020
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Remembering Vice Admiral Nilkanta Krishnan – Indian Navy’s Great Combat Leader (Redux)
Capt Mohan Ram a retired Navy officer, in a recent memoir, described Krishnan as “He was incandescently brilliant and had awesome command of the English language and ready repartee”. Let us take a dive into one of India’s most fascinating contemporary maritime figures.

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

6 Nov 2020
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Ships of Yore – How Delhi and Mysore Pioneered Indian Navy’s Blue Water Odyssey (Redux)
“They say, ‘old soldiers do not die, they simply fade away’, but what about old ships? Mariners, since time immemorial, have believed that ships have souls, they have a sense of destiny, and they inhabit and roam around the seas long after their physical demise.”

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

6 Nov 2020
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Remembering Vice Admiral Nilkanta Krishnan – Indian Navy’s Great Combat Leader
Capt Mohan Ram a retired Navy officer, in a recent memoir, described Krishnan as “He was incandescently brilliant and had awesome command of the English language and ready repartee”. Let us take a dive into one of India’s most fascinating contemporary maritime figures.

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

6 Nov 2020
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Ships of Yore – How Delhi and Mysore Pioneered Indian Navy’s Blue Water Odyssey
“They say, ‘old soldiers do not die, they simply fade away’, but what about old ships? Mariners, since time immemorial, have believed that ships have souls, they have a sense of destiny, and they inhabit and roam around the seas long after their physical demise.”

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

15 Oct 2020
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Of Solitude and Substance
"While soldiering is indeed a lonely profession, its maritime counterpart aka military seafaring is lonelier still and, within seafaring, hydrography is, arguably, the loneliest of all avocations."

Commodore Srikant B Kesnur (Retd)

14 Aug 2020
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