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Ajit Doval | |
|---|---|
 Doval in 2017 | |
| 5th National Security Advisor of India | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Shivshankar Menon |
| Director of the Intelligence Bureau | |
| In office 31 July 2004 – 31 January 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | K. P. Singh |
| Succeeded by | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1945 Ghiri Banelsyun, Pauri Garhwal, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttarakhand, India) |
| Nationality |  India |
| Spouse |
Aruni Doval (m. 1972) |
| Children | 2 (including Shaurya Doval) |
| Residence(s) | New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Agra University (MA) National Defence College (M.Phil.) |
| Occupation | • National Security Advisors to Prime minister[1] • Retd. IPS officer |
| Profession | Bureaucrat,[1] Spymaster |
| Awards |  Kirti Chakra Police Medal President's Police Medal |
| Nickname | James Bond of India [2] |
Ajit Kumar Doval KC PPM PM (born 20 January 1945) is a bureaucrat, spymaster and National Security Advisor (NSA) of India to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[3] He was Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief and Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Kerala cadre.[4][5][6][7]
He previously served as the director of the IB in 2004–05, after working for a decade as the head of its operation wing.[8] He worked as an undercover spy of IB for one year in Pakistan then 6 years as an officer in Indian high commission in Islamabad.[9] He spent most part of his career as a spy of IB.[9]
His successful operation as a spy and intelligence head includes Operation Black Thunder 1988, rescue of 46 Indian national in Iraq, 2015's operation versus Nagaland militants with the India army, to sabotage terror organisation PFI and many more.[3][9][10]
He is the founder director of the right of centre leaning think tank Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), before appointment as NSA. It was founded in December 2009.[11][12]
- ^ a b "List of Officers (PMO) | Prime Minister of India". Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "NSA Ajit Doval turns 77 today; all you need to know about the 'James Bond of India'". 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b "NSA Ajit Doval turns 77 today; all you need to know about the 'James Bond of India'". Firstpost. 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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:4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "डोवाल बने राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार" [Doval becomes National Security Advisor] (in Hindi). BBC. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
...अजित कुमार डोवाल को प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार...
- ^ Donthi, Praveen (September 2017). "Ajit Doval in theory and practice". The Caravan. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Ajit Doval Biography: Birth, Education, Awards, IPS, Intelligence and NSA Career". Jagranjosh.com. 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "Who is Ajit Doval". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Negi, Manjeet (22 September 2022). "Not a single bullet fired: How Centre planned mega crackdown on PFI terror links". India Today. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Pubby, Manu. "Pro-BJP think tank Vivekananda International Foundation skewers government on 'One Rank One Pension'". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Former deputy NSA Arvind Gupta to head Vivekananda Intl Foundation". Hindustan Times. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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