Indo-Pacific Maritime Governance & Trade Stability

The program begins in Delhi with a structured geopolitical framing of Indo-Pacific trade architecture. Seminars explore maritime strategy theory, Quad cooperation, ASEAN centrality, and Africa corridor engagement. A policy literacy lab trains students in structured reading of strategic documents and corridor policy frameworks.

The Chennai and east-coast module provides direct exposure to port operations, hinterland connectivity, Bay of Bengal trade flows, and ASEAN-linked maritime corridors. Participants engage in permissions-based port visits and logistics node mapping, supported by safety briefings and institutional dialogues.

The final Delhi phase synthesizes field insight into structured resilience modeling workshops and Indo-Pacific strategy briefs incorporating governance, economic competitiveness, and geopolitical risk.

Participants will:

Interpret Indo-Pacific maritime strategy frameworks and regional governance architectures.
Conduct corridor mapping integrating trade flows, chokepoints, and multimodal logistics nodes.
Analyze Quad cooperation, ASEAN institutional roles, and Africa corridor expansion.
Evaluate maritime chokepoint risk (Malacca, Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb) and its impact on energy and goods flows.
Assess trade digitization, customs modernization, and data governance in maritime supply chains.
Develop resilience scenarios addressing conflict escalation, piracy, climate shocks, and sanctions risk.
Produce a structured Indo-Pacific corridor policy brief integrating economic and geopolitical analysis.

Maritime Studies

Economics

Security Studies

Public Policy

Maritime Studies

Business

Mumbai

Gujarat Industrial Corridors

Delhi

Day	Location	Academic Engagement	Learning Emphasis
1	Mumbai	Arrival, orientation, seminar: Maritime trade & geoeconomics	Conceptual grounding
2	Mumbai	Methods Lab: Corridor mapping & process flow analysis	Analytical toolkit
3	Mumbai	Seminar: Chokepoints (Malacca, Hormuz) & energy routes	Geopolitical framing
4	Mumbai	Port ecosystem visit (permissions-based, PPE required)	Operational systems
5	Mumbai	Stakeholder dialogue: Operators, regulators, logistics firms	Governance lens
6	Mumbai	Workshop: Cost–time trade-offs & supply chain resilience	Logistics economics
7	Gujarat Corridor	Industrial cluster & dry port visit	Corridor integration
8	Gujarat Corridor	Africa–India trade route analysis workshop	Geoeconomic expansion
9	Gujarat Corridor	Disruption simulation: Sanctions, piracy, climate	Risk modeling
10	Delhi	Seminar: Quad, ASEAN & Indo-Pacific cooperation	Regional governance
11	Delhi	National multimodal planning workshop	Institutional integration
12	Delhi	Corridor strategy memo drafting & peer review	Faculty-gradeable output
13	Delhi	Presentations & departure	Closure