The 2nd Nordic Summit and key takeaways – A New Perspective Based on the UDA Framework
Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Director and Founder of MRC, Pune
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the 2nd India-Nordic Summit on 04 May 2022 in Copenhagen, along with Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The India-Nordic Summit was first held in 2018 at Stockholm, and this was an opportunity to review the progress on multilateral cooperation on the post pandemic economic recovery, climate change, sustainable development, innovation, digitization and green & clean growth. The maritime sector, prominently figured in the discussions with focus on sustainable ocean management and Blue economic participation of the Nordic companies, especially in India’s Sagarmala project and the Inland Water Transport (IWT) project. The Honourable Prime Minister also invited the Sovereign Wealth Funds of the Nordic countries to invest in India.
India in the 21st century, has seen a strategic policy shift towards the maritime domain and the Government of India has given very clear message to all its instruments to work towards the blue economic growth. Right from the ‘Security And Growth for All in the Region’ (SAGAR), declaration as a regional framework, to multiple other measures to support such ambitious vision, there has been numerous mega projects that have been announced. Sagarmala, Bharatmala, Gati Shakti, Inland Water Transport (IWT), Deep Ocean Mission are some such announcements. The maritime capacity & capability building has been a major focus area that is being pushed at all the Summit level interactions.
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Dr. (Cdr.) Arnab Das
Director and Founder of MRC, Pune
Dr (Cdr) Arnab Das, Director and Founder of MRC, Pune. Dr Das is an ex Naval officer with 2 decades of active services and PhD holder from IIT Delhi with specialization in Underwater Acoustics. He has worked on several projects and has a plethora of publications to his credit.