Research Focus
ONGOING RESEARCH BY MHS TEAM MANTHAN
MHS has four full time Research Associates who form Team Manthan. They work on two minor research projects and culminate a two year effort into a major research project. The RAs share their work progress
RESEARCH PROJECTS IN COLLABORATION
MHS is collaborating with Other Research Scholars & Agencies on few Projects
- Two editions of an eight part Maritime Heritage of India Series are under process. Prof Ranabir Chakravarti is working on Maritime Heritage of Bengal, while Cdr Kalesh Mohanan and Dr Nazia Hasan are undertaking Maritime Heritage of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Dr Ashok Rajeshirke has translated the Malam-ni-Pothis a compilation of Pre-Modern Kutchi Navigational Diaries
- A joint project with Naval Headquarters in underway to chronicle the Navika Sagar Parikrama, the circumnavigation of the globe under sail by six Indian Navy Women Officers
- An overview of Indian Maritime History is being undertaken in two approaches. One is a comic book in collaboration with Amar Chitra Katha. The other is a collaborative compilation on Indian Maritime Journey