Continuing to handle the helm of national security, Ajit Doval continues as NSA with cabinet rank

03 Jun 2019 14:31:52

New Delhi, June 3: Being the brainchild behind the surgical strike asserted by Indian Army avenging the Uri attack, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval played a major role. Continuing with his post, Doval has been reappointed and will continue in his position as the NSA of India. With this, Ajit Doval has been upgraded to cabinet rank in the Modi Cabinet 2.0 along with the extension.

Having a flashback, Ajit Doval was appointed as India's fifth National Security Advisor (NSA) on May 30, 2014, in the first Modi government. Doval was widely credited for the doctrinal shift in Indian national security policy in relation to Pakistan, especially in terms of the 2016 Surgical Strikes and 2019 Balakot Airstrike. He is also the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Group (SPG), which is the first tier of a three-tier structure at the National Security Council and forms the nucleus of its decision-making apparatus. He was appointed to the position in October 2018.

Asserted as one of the top bureaucrats in the country, Doval is one of the only officers to have two offices in the central secretariat - in North Block and in South Block - given the sensitivity of his role.

Ajit Doval, a highly decorated IPS officer of Kerala Cadre, retired as Director Intelligence Bureau in 2005 and is popular for his many interesting and daring stories during his stint with the internal intelligence agency.

Before that, in 1988, Doval was bestowed with one of the highest gallantry awards, the Kirti Chakra, becoming the first police officer to receive a medal previously given only as a military honour. He was the youngest police officer ever to get the Police Medal for meritorious service, which he got after six years in the police, even as the norm is at least 17 years' service.

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