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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India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has made it clear to Pakistan that India reserves the right to protect its interests which implicitly included actions such as the surgical strike across the LoC.
National Security Advisors of the two nations spoke on Monday morning to reduce tensions along the Line of Control, Pakistani media outlets quoted Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz as saying.
US National Security Advisor Susan Rice called her Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and condemned the Uri terrorist attack saying the White House expects Pakistan to take "effective action to combat and delegitimise" UN-designated terrorist groups.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, one of the best-known intelligence officers in the country, recently surprised everyone when he visited a five-star hotel here to attend a gala event on the occasion of Saudi National Day.
Amid simmering tension between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of Uri terror attack and growing calls for action against the perpetrators of the crime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday night seen at
New Delhi: Concerned about the prevailing unrest in Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s visit to Kenya and sent him back home 24 hours before his scheduled return. Regularly
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New Delhi: The government tonight rebutted allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had struck a deal with Italy on AgustaWestland case and said the central issue was corruption and any other effort to divert from
India and China today discussed the issue of China blocking India's bid at the United Nations to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed chief and Pathankot attack mastermind Masood Azhar
In an unprecedented development, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday briefed CJI TS Thakur and all 25 Supreme Court judges on the internal and external security situation of the country.
New Delhi: India and China will hold next round of Special Representatives talks on April 20 during which National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is expected to raise the issue of China blocking move to get
India is expected to take up the issue of China blocking its bid to have Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar designated as terrorist by the UN when NSA Ajit Doval travels to the neighbouring country next week
India has taken strong objection to the comments by Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit saying that the probe into the Pathankot terror attack was not a question of reciprocity but that of cooperation and that the peace process between
New Delhi:Home Minister Rajnath Singh today discussed with top officials, including NSA Ajit Doval, the security situation in the country, including the tension at NIT Srinagar and the denial of permission to an NIA team
Ajit Doval has called on his US counterpart Susan Rice at the White House during which the two officials discussed bilateral and regional issues in addition to reviewing the counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries.
Islamabad: The Pakistani team investigating the Pathankot terror attack will complete its probe this week, a top official said today, days after three suspects in the high-profile case were remanded to police custody."The Joint Investigation Team
New Delhi: Ahead of Republic Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, NSA Ajit Doval and other top officials today reviewed the security situation in the country as Delhi and many other places
New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval today flatly refused that he gave an interview to a daily, where he stated that the January 15 Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks have been cancelled. Speaking to
New Delhi: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is understood to have spoken to his Pakistani counterpart Nasser Khan Janjua today and shared all relevant evidence related to terrorist attack in Indian Air Force base at
New Delhi: In a revelation that may confirm the active role of ISI and Pak Army in the fidayeen attack at Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, intelligence reports have claimed that Jehadi terrorists had
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