Commodore Rakesh Rana

Indian Navy Veteran

Commodore (Dr) R K Rana, an Indian Navy veteran with 33 years of illustrious career on board warships, dockyards, training, research, staff, design and indigenous product development organisation. He was part of the design team designing the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier and Corvettes in the Indian Navy. A four-year stint with the world’s oldest and renowned Classification Society, Lloyd's Register, has provided him a global experience. He is presently, an Honorary Senior Advisor at the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer of IIT Delhi, where he helps startups and faculty to connect with the Military. He is also a distinguished member of the Apex Advisory Committee (R&D) of Tehri Hydropower Development Company India Limited, India

Captain Nitin Agarwala

Senior Fellow, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies

Captain (Dr) Nitin Agarwala, a serving naval officer, has experienced various facets of a warship as a user, designer, inspector, maintainer, a policymaker, a teacher and a researcher. He has authored over 80 articles, papers, book chapters and two books. He was a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation from 2017- 2019 and is presently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies and a Visiting Faculty at the Naval War College, Goa and the Centre for Maritime Studies at the University of Mumbai.