On 16 October, Gateway House hosted Rear Admiral (ret.) Oded Gur Lavie from Israel, along with members from the Israeli Consulate in Mumbai. Admiral Lavie is currently a Research Fellow at the Haifa Research Center for Maritime Strategy. The group met Manjeet Kripalani, Executive Director, Neelam Deo, Director, and Sameer Patil, Director, Centre for International Security & Fellow, National Security Studies, Gateway House. They had discussions on maritime security, the blue economy and India-Israel bilateral relations.