Capt Sarabjeet S Parmar was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 July
1987 and retired on 30 June 2023. He has commanded two ships and a frontline
anti-submarine warfare and anti-shipping helicopter squadron. He was member of
the XI Indian Antarctic Summer Expedition in 1991, attended the Management
Defence Course Conducted by the British Government at Colombo in 2005, and
represented the Indian Navy in the first international HOSTAC (helicopter operations
from ships other than aircraft carriers) conference held at Norfolk, USA in 2008. He
has been a Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies
and Analyses and worked in the Indian Navy’s strategic apex level offices where, as
Director Strategy was part of the core team published the Indian Navy’s unclassified
maritime security strategy document titled Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime
Security Strategy in 2015, carried out regional maritime assessments and completed
the doctrine development plan. He was the Executive Director and Senior Fellow at
the National Maritime Foundation prior retirement. He has written and spoken
extensively on maritime security and strategy issues at various national and
international conferences and his main areas of research include national and
maritime strategy and security related aspects in the Indo-Pacific, piracy, HADR, and
international maritime law with a focus on lawfare. His writings can be accessed at
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Captain-Sarabjeet-Parmar and
https://independent.academia.edu/sarabjeetparmar