This edited book titled "India's Blue Pulse: Preparing for a Maritime Future" aims to offer a broad brush of India's current strengths as a net maritime security provider while recognising the real and present dangers to its effectiveness. Each chapter showcases the role, on-going challenges and preparation by a variety of stakeholders who have contributed significantly to India's maritime strength. By offering specific pointers in applicability of technology, acknowledgement of emerging threats and assessment of existing preparedness levels the book paints a comprehensive picture of India's maritime security apparatus, its prospective plans and optimal means to achieve targets.