Govt Revamps National Security Advisory Board After Pahalgam Attack
Rajiv Ranjan Verma and Manmohan Singh are the two retired members from the Indian Police Service. B Venkatesh Varma is a retired IFS in the seven-member board.
The Centre has revamped the National Security Advisory Board and appointed former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Alok Joshi its Chairman. Former Western Air Commander Air Marshal PM Sinha, former Southern Army Commander Lt Gen AK Singh and Rear Admiral Monty Khanna are the retired officers from the military services.
Rajiv Ranjan Verma and Manmohan Singh are the two retired members from the Indian Police Service. B Venkatesh Varma is a retired IFS in the seven-member board.
The National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) provides inputs to the Government on a variety of security-related issues from time to time. The reports, assessments and policy recommendations prepared by the NSAB are sent to the National Security Advisor regularly.
Joshi retired as the chief of India’s external intelligence agency in 2015.
Who Is Ex-RAW Chief Alok Joshi
Joshi is a Haryana cadre IPS officer of the 1976 batch. He has served in the Intelligence Bureau and RAW. A specialist on the neighbourhood, Joshi has served as the RAW station chief in Nepal and handled counter terrorism.
(This is a breaking story and will be updated soon.)
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