K.M. Panikkar and The Growth of a Maritime Consciousness in India

Pandey, Pragya: - Dr. Pragya Pandey is a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Sapru House, New Delhi. She specialises in issues related to maritime security, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific and regional geopolitics. She has written extensively on these issues. Prior to joining the ICWA, Dr Pandey was Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has received her PhD from the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has co-edited volumes titled 'Roads, Winds, Spices in the Western Indian Ocean: The Memory and Geopolitics of Maritime Heritage' and '1982 UNCLOS Perspectives from the Indian Ocean'. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences and dialogues and has considerable publication to her credit.