Ajit Kumar Doval is a retired IPS officer. He is a former Indian intelligence and law enforcement officer. Since 30 May 2014, is the 5th and current National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister. After spending a decade as the head of its operations wing, in 2004–05, he had served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau. In January 2005, Doval retired as Director, Intelligence Bureau. He wrote editorial pieces for several leading newspapers and journals. He also delivered lectures on India's security challenges. He has delivered guest lectures on strategic issues at IISS, London, Washington DC, Capitol Hill, University of Melbourne, Australia-India Institute, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie and National Defence College, New Delhi. Doval has won many awards like Police Medal, the President's Police Medal and the highest gallantry awards, the Kirti Chakra. Doval is widely credited for resolving Doklam Standoff through diplomatic channels and negotiations. Doval, in October 2018, was appointed as the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Group (SPG). Early life: He was born in 1945 in Ghiri Banelsyun village in Pauri Garhwal, in Uttarakhand. In 1967, from the University of Agra, he graduated with a master's degree in economics.
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The two National Security Advisers met for restricted discussions on regional and global issues of most interest.
During the meeting, the US side stated that India and Washington's global strategic partnership has continued to rapidly grow. India-US partnership is the cornerstone of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Notably, the critical remarks from India came at a time when China has been encroaching on its neighbouring countries including Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Ajit Doval's Russia visit: During his visit, NSA Doval called on Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to continue working towards implementing the India-Russia strategic partnership.
According to the microblogging post of the High Commission of India in London, NSA Doval will also meet Indian-origin UK Premiere Rishi Sunak at the centre of the UK government.
Blinken-Doval meeting: The meeting between the two comes as Doval was on an official visit to Washington from January 30 to February 1. He was accompanied by senior government officials and leaders of Indian industry.
iCET is being launched at the direction of US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who after their Tokyo meeting in May 2022 had announced to elevate and expand the strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between the governments.
The iCET is spearheaded by the National Security Councils of both countries and focuses on strengthening the US-India partnership on the technologies that will drive global growth.
Ajit Doval's US visit: The official meeting between Doval and US NSC Sullivan will take place on Tuesday afternoon in the White House. The meeting is expected to focus on aligning both nations' strategic, commercial and scientific approaches specifically in the field of technology.
Amit Shah reviews J&K situation: A terror ecosystem comprising elements that aid, abet and sustain the terrorist-separatist campaign to the detriment of the well-being of the common man requires to be dismantled, the Union Home Minister said during the high-level meeting.
NSA Ajit Doval at Ulema event: The delegation of Ulema and representatives of other religions came with Indonesia's Minister and Indian religious scholars will discuss several social and religious issues, including radicalization of youth.
Uttarakhand: Making the announcement about the award, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami hailed all five recipients of the award.
The Resistance Front (TRF), believed to be a shadow group of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed that Azad's recent reinvigoration of J&K's political scene is part of a well-thought-out strategy by Union home minister Amit Shah and NSA Ajit Doval.
Jammu and Kashmir: The meeting was attended by NSA Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Army Chief Manoj Pandey, J&K LG Manoj Sinha along with Research & Analysis Wing Chief Samant Goel, CRPF DD Kuldeep Singh.
Ajit Doval news: "In the last few years, there have been a lot of acts of unrighteousness. Some people are moving towards radicalism. Religious places and religious gurus should work to reduce this," said Ajit Doval.
NSA Ajit Doval and his team assessed the academic and research set up at the University, and also attended detailed briefings of the Information Technology Labs on Geo-Intelligence Systems, OSINT, AI etc, the release informed.
Ajit Doval told Wang Yi that the continuation of the present situation in eastern Ladakh is not in mutual interest and there was need to ensure that actions do not violate the spirit of equal and mutual security.
This is the first visit by a high-level Chinese diplomat to India since the border dispute between the two nations erupted over 2-years ago.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were among those who attended the meeting.
An unidentified man was arrested as he tried to enter into the residence of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval in Delhi on Wednesday morning.
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