• B.Sc. (Engg.) (Mechanical with Nuclear Engineering elective) (Kerala University, 1968).
• MBA (Madras University, 1977).
• Fellowship in Shipping Management (FNIMS) (Narotham Morarji Institute of Shipping, Mumbai, 1982).
• M.Sc. (National Security Strategy) (National Defense University, Washington, D.C., USA, 1994).
• Ph.D. (Multidisciplinary) (Business administration, and defence and strategic studies) (Madras University, 2002).
• ‘MasterClass’ Certificate (Independent external director), Institute of Directors, New Delhi, 2012).

• Indian Navy (executive branch), Ministry of Defence (1969-1977) (1971War veteran).
• Marine Customs, Ministry of Finance (on deputation/induction) (1976-1981).
• Indian Coast Guard, Ministry of Defence (1981-2006).
• External research scholar, Ministry of External Affairs chair, United Service Institute, New Delhi (2002).
• Official part-time director, Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa (2006).
• Director General, Indian Coast guard (retired on 31 August 2006).

Post-retirement professional engagements (2006-todate)

Completed

• External research scholar, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (2006-2007).
• External research scholar, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi (2007-2008).
• Visiting senior research fellow, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Tokyo (2008).
• Non-official part-time director, Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi (2008-2011).
• Visiting senior research fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2009).
• Founder and Head, School of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (2009-2011).
• Chief executive and advisor, Technology Business Incubator, National Institute of Technology, Calicut (2010-2011).
• Visiting senior research fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2011).
• Independent external monitor, Goa Shipyard limited (Goa) (2011-14).
• Adjunct senior professor and advisor, Chinmaya Institute of Technology, Kannur (01 Dec 2011-2020)
• External research scholar, Admiral Katari chair (Navy), United Service Institute, New Delhi (2012-13).
• Independent external monitor, Modernisation project, Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa (2012-2015).
• Member, Academic Council, Maritime History Society of India, Indian Navy, Mumbai (2017-2019) (Pro bono).

• Resource person, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
• Media discussant (visual) (Regional) (Pro bono).
• Author (books/media/papers)
• Independent researcher

• Tat Rakshak Medal (Coast Guard Medal) (First awardee, 1988)
• Commendation of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (1991)
• Presidents Coast Guard Medal (2003)
• Inducted into the Hall of Fame—National Defense University, Washington, D.C., USA. (2009)
• Distinguished alumnus: National Institute of Technology Calicut, and Malabar Christian College and St. Joseph’s Boys Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode.

• Various research papers published in India, Japan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, UK and Pakistan
• Various articles published in English news papers.



Recent

• “Good Order and Discipline of the Ocean—Invoking Corporate Social Responsibility”. Paper presented at Pondicherry University, Puducherry, (2016). Being published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, U.K.
• “Rethinking Human Resource Management—Capitalising Human: The Next Level,” Udaan, International Journal for Management Research, Vol. 04, No. 02, July-Dec 2016, ISSN 2347-9256. Institute of Computers and Business Management, Hyderabad (Awarded best research paper).
• “Indian Maritime Thoughts: History of the Future.” Monsoon dialogues. Maritime History Society of India, Mumbai (August, 2017).
• “The Changing Concept of Human Philanthropy: Future Perspective.” Vision 2030, Chinmaya Institute of Technology, Kannur (December, 2017),

Books

• Role of the Coast Guard in the Maritime Security of India, 2nd edition (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2007).
• National Security: Imperatives and challenges (New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008).
• Coast Guards of the World and Emerging Maritime Threats (Tokyo: Ocean Policy Research Foundation, 2009).
• Marine Environment: Management and People’s Participation (New Delhi, Knowledge Word, 2009).
• Maritime Security: the Unlawful Dimension (New Delhi: Magnum Books, 2011).
• Integrated Maritime Security: Governing the Ghost Protocol (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2014).
• Business Environment (New Delhi: Cengage India Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2014).
• Economic Environment of India (Custom publication for MBAs), (New Delhi: Cengage India Learning India Private limited, 2015).
• Human Investment Management: Raising the Level by Capitalising Human (Springer, Singapore, 2017)
• Corporate Social Responsibility: Concept, trends and Cases (New Delhi: Cengage India Learning, 2019)
• Revisiting National Security: Governance and Human Wellbeing (Springer, Singapore, 2022)



Under research/writing

• Environment, CSR and Sustainability (Custom book) (Cengage India Learning)
• Modern Business Ethics (Cengage India Learning, New Delhi)
• Threat-Risk-Uncertainty Triad and the Law of Invariance (TBD)

• Guide for Ph.D. at the School of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala
• Counselling Ph.D. and research aspirants.
• Evaluator at Madras University, and National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

• National security studies
• Enforcement and rule of law
• Education and research
• India as a human continuum
• Indic studies
• Law of invariance
• Law of limitations in governance
• Threat-risk-uncertainty management
• Human investment management
• Corporate governance
• Ocean governance
• Maritime law
• Corporate ocean responsibility
• Strategic and tactical planning
• Student counselling
• Executive research
• ‘How to think’ mode
• Psychonomics