India Hosts Third Sagarmanthan Maritime Dialogue in New Delhi with Delegates from Nearly 75 Nations

Key facts

• India is hosting the third edition of Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue in New Delhi from October 7 to 9, 2026, with over 1,200 participants from nearly 75 countries.
• The dialogue is co-hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), under the theme "Blue Geographies, New Aspirations: Trade, Technology, and Trust at Sea".
• Sagarmanthan was launched in New Delhi in 2024 and held in Mumbai in 2025 as part of India Maritime Week.
• Attending ministers include representatives from Belgium, the European Commission, Mauritius, Bhutan, Mozambique, Lithuania, Greece, Myanmar and Norway, while former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, former Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa and former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed will also participate.
• India is represented by Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State Shantanu Thakur, Secretary Vijay Kumar, and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Krishna Swaminathan.
• The conference is organised around five thematic pillars covering maritime trade flows, green shipping, trade connectivity, ocean communities and harbour cities.
• The dialogue aligns with India's Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, and DP World is the logistics partner for the third edition, with the governments of the Netherlands and Norway as partners and the OECD among knowledge partners.