<p style="text-align:justify;">The Indian ocean region is an area of interest to global powers because of 28 states, spans across three continents and covers17.5% of global land area.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;The Indian Ocean holds 16.8% of the world&rsquo;s proven oil reserves and 27.9% of proven natural gas reserve.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;Indian Ocean economies accounted for 35.5% of global iron production and 17.8% of world gold production in 2017.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;The region was also responsible for 28% of global fish capture in 2016, and there has been a continuous increase in fish capture in the region since the 1950s.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;This has created a successful basis for export industries in a number of countries. For example, Indonesia and India accounted for around 4.5% of global frozen fish exports in 2017. India has pacts with six Nations that have interest in the Indo-Pacific region. They are US, France, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Japan. Advanced discussions are also on with Russia to ink the pact</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">soon. India and the UK are also in the final stages of signing a defence logistics sharing pact. Through these logistics pacts India would not only have access to the entry and exit points in the Indian Ocean, but reach and presence at strategic locations in the Indo-Pacific.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">Earlier in July 2020, India and Indonesia signed an MoU on &lsquo;Maritime Safety and Security&rsquo; as part of their Indo-Pacific visions to establish rules-based. This MoU will strengthen cooperation by augmenting information exchange mechanisms. This real time Maritime Domain. The MoU will also provide a venues to improve inter-operability and carry out joint search and rescue when required.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as the Quad, is an informal strategic forum between the United States, Japan, Australia and India that is maintained by semiregular summits, information exchanges and military drills between member countries. The forum was initiated as a dialogue in 2007 by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, with support from India, US and Australia.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">International webinars and technical Presentations</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;INAUGURAL SESSION</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;Cooperation and Capacity. Building in the Indo-Pacific.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;Strategic Collaborations in the Indo Pacific Region for a Better World.</p>
    <p style="text-align:justify;">&#9679;Synergizing a Regulatory Ecosystem for Conformal Trade.</p>