Muhammad Irfan Sadik is the founder and current Executive Director (ED) of Project Upokul. He started this research initiative in February 2025, along with two co-founders. Mr Sadik has completed his honors (B.S.S.) in International Relations at Jahangirnagar University and is currently pursuing his master’s at the same department. Mr Sadik is the first civilian in Bangladesh to develop and draft the conceptual idea for building a ‘Naval Doctrine for Bangladesh’, which he is currently working on in his master’s thesis. His research interests mainly focus on Security Affairs in the Bay of Bengal, Blue Economy, Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies, Coastal Economy, Disaster and Risk Management, and Indo-Pacific Geopolitics.