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India�s Act East Policy is based on commerce, culture and connectivity with Southeast Asian countries. It aims for the closer geo-political and security relations with its Asian neighbours to promote Indo-Pacific maritime security cooperation against the rising threats from China. China�s growing presence in the region has created a common concern not only for India and littoral states of the region such as Maldives, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Seychelles, Djibouti, Iran, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. It is also posing a threat to the international actors such as USA, Japan, Australia, who are also looking for protection of their economic, strategic and security interests in the Indo-Pacific regional order through the �quadrilateral� platform. India has deepened its �easternized� maritime security cooperation at the regional and international levels as a part of its balancing strategy against China�s assertive maritime interests in Indo- Pacific. The paper, thus, focuses on the recalibration of Look East Policy into Act East Policy by the Indian government in 2014 to revitalize the maritime security cooperation with Southeast Asian littorals and the holistic geo-political and security convergence with the Indo-Pacific regions in the context of China�s increasing assertion in the two oceans.