New Delhi to host Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in November

• The Indian Navy will conduct the 2026 edition of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD-2026) in New Delhi from November 3 to 5.

• IPRD is the Indian Navy’s annual apex-level international strategic dialogue.

• It is organised in association with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), the Navy’s knowledge partner.

• This year’s conference will be centred upon the theme ‘Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific’.

• The three-day programme will also feature ministerial and other special addresses, and contributions from maritime practitioners, scientists, academicians, policymakers and experts from 18 countries across the Indo-Pacific.

• IPRD is the Indian Navy’s principal platform for strategic-level international outreach. 

• It seeks to translate the broad framework of the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) into specific, actionable proposals. 

• IPRD also supports India’s maritime vision of MAHASAGAR - Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions.

What is Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative?

• PM Narendra Modi proposed the Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative (IPOI) at the East Asia Summit held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 4, 2019. 

• As an open global initiative, the IPOI draws on existing regional cooperation architecture and mechanisms to focus on seven central pillars. 

They are: 

i) Maritime security

ii) Maritime ecology

iii) Maritime resources

iv) Capacity building and resource sharing

v) Disaster risk reduction and management

vi) Science, technology and academic cooperation

vii) Trade connectivity and maritime transport.