Executive Director

Mr Vijay D Chafekar

Executive Director of ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC)

Mr Vijay D. Chafekar, Additional Director General (Retd), Indian Coast Guard, brings 37 years of distinguished service and extensive experience in maritime operations, strategic planning, policy formulation and organisational leadership. As a senior officer of the Indian Coast Guard, he held several key appointments, including Head of the Policy and Plans Division at Coast Guard Headquarters, where he led the formulation of long-term plans for organisational development and the effective discharge of the Coast Guard's statutory responsibilities.

An accomplished seafarer and trained aviator, he has commanded various classes of Coast Guard ships and operated Dornier aircraft along India's eastern and western seaboards. He also commissioned ICGS Samrat, the largest Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel in the Indian Coast Guard.

Mr Chafekar is a distinguished graduate of the Naval Staff College, Newport, USA, and attended the Naval Higher Command Course in 2008. His academic qualifications include an M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Defence and Strategic Studies, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Law.

During the span of his career, he represented the Indian Coast Guard at numerous national and international forums covering transnational maritime crime, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and disaster response. He also participated in the Advanced Security and Cooperation programme at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii.

In recognition of his distinguished service to the nation, Mr Chafekar was conferred the President's Medal by the Government of India.

He assumed the charge of Executive Director, ReCAAP ISC on 01 Apr 2025. Bringing his wealth of operational, policy, and international experience to advancing regional cooperation, information sharing, and collective responses to piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia.