Beginning today, the three-day Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) is being convened by the Indian Navy in partnership with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) at the Manekshaw Centre. The 25th edition of IPRD will conclude on October 30. This year’s theme, "Promoting Holistic Maritime Security and Growth: Regional Capacity-Building and Capability-Enhancement", the conference brings together strategic leaders, policymakers, diplomats, and maritime experts from across the Indo-Pacific and beyond to tackle pressing security and development issues in an integrated maritime region.
IPRD has become the Indian Navy's apex-level international conference, serving as the principal expression of India's strategic outreach to promote peace, security, and sustainable growth in the maritime expanse of the Indo-Pacific. Guided by the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), first articulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 14th East Asia Summit in 2019, the IPRD 2025 builds on previous accomplishments by focusing on concrete, actionable measures for regional growth, holistic maritime security, and multilateral cooperation.
The 2025 IPRD dialogue will focus on lasting solutions for capacity building (material resources) and capability enhancement (organisational and human competencies), bringing global best practices under one roof. India's vision for the Indo-Pacific is explicitly non-exclusionary, inviting cooperation across regional and extra-regional stakeholders, including navies, coast guards, civil institutions, academics, and industry partners.
Schedule-
Day 1:
It would address the security impacts of climate change, featuring global perspectives from Africa, Indonesia, and Bangladesh.
Day 2:
It would include discussions on strengthening Africa's Integrated Maritime Strategy 2050, Indo-Pacific regional cooperation, and the Blue Economy, with insights from experts from the USA, South Africa, Kenya, Indonesia, and DCoC-JA (Nairobi).
Day 3:
It will examine resilient maritime supply chains, the role of the Pacific Islands, and innovative approaches to infrastructure protection, with key interventions from France, Australia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The day will also feature forward-looking sessions on synergy among regional groupings such as IONS, IORA, IOC, and the AOIP.
This event will feature a galaxy of apex-level leaders and renowned experts, with 42 Indian speakers scheduled to address the gathering, with 30 international speakers representing 23 different countries.
The IPRD 2025 aims to address contemporary and future maritime challenges through robust dialogue, solution-oriented policy debate, and facilitate the exchange of best practices for regional capacity-building in domains such as climate security, critical underwater infrastructure, supply chains, and the Blue Economy. It also seeks to foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, international organisations (IORA, IOC, IONS, BIMSTEC), academic partners, private sector leaders, and civil society.
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