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 meeting was held in Shanghai and it was second such interaction between the two officials after the last year’s Dokalam stand-off.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and chief of intelligence agencies attended the meeting.
On Monday, the Tripura unit of the CPI-M requested the Election Commission to look into an “election meeting” of the BJP, alleging it was attended by Doval.
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told mediapersons that elimination of terror from the region was the top agenda of the meeting between Ajit Doval and Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua.
According to the Pakistani official, the meeting came after Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav met with his family on December 25 in Islamabad.
The External Affairs Ministry said that while National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be India's Special Representative at the 20th Meeting of the Special Representatives, China will be represented by Yang Jiechi, State Councillor and a Communist P
"On one hand, Amit Shah claims that crackers will be burst in Pakistan (if the BJP loses) while on the other NSA Ajit Doval's son Shaurya Doval's business partner Syed Ali Abbas is a Pakistani," Congress said.
The cyber world had changed the way we lived, he said, adding that never before had there been such a change that held such wide ramifications affecting all of us.
Doval said that cyber challenges of present times were unique as terror groups were using Internet at far greater level than before.
The NSA was speaking at the launch of "The Nationalist", a biography of AM Naik, chairman of engineering and construction giant L&T, written by Minhaz Merchant.
NSA Ajit Doval held wide-ranging talks with his counterpart Hanif Atmar during which both sides exchanged views on various facets of the bilateral strategic partnership.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has for the first time provided details of the July 28 meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and State Councillor Yang Jiechi
The meeting comes amid a standoff between the Indian and Chinese armies in Doklam in Sikkim sector, that has led to tension in bilateral ties.
He said the five-member bloc of emerging countries needs to "show leadership in countering terrorism".
The meeting of NSAs from BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—is being hosted by China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi in Beijing as part of their annual security dialogue.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today held talks with his Chinese Counterpart and State Councillor Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the BRICS NSAs meeting here
Doval will take part in the BRICS NSAs meeting being hosted by Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived here today to attend BRICS top security officials meeting amid military stand-off in Dokalam.
The group of NSAs would call on the Chinese President for an interaction on security issues relating to BRICS countries. China currently holds the Presidency of the BRICS.
The two editorials come a day after the Chinese Foreign Ministry hinted that a bilateral meeting between Doval and Yang could happen on the sidelines of a BRICS NSAs’ meet.
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