: The security of the seas surrounding India has financial, diplomatic and geopolitical ramifications.
Hence the need to incorporate coastal and seaward security subjects in school and college curriculums, Commodore G. Prakash, director of the Maritime Warfare Centre at the Southern Naval Command, has said.
“Citizens must be made aware of the significance of maritime security and its link to the growth of the country and its ties with nations across the seas,” he said while speaking on ‘ocean and national security’ at the World Ocean Science Congress, jointly orgnised by Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) and the Swadeshi Science Movement, on Saturday.
S. Anantha Narayanan, director of the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) who chaired the session, pointed out the need for maritime security agencies to work in tandem with scientific research and development organisations in order to guard the seas and the vital assets dotting the country’s coastline.
