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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Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's visit to China from tomorrow for talks with top Chinese leaders has been put off in the wake of the attack by Pakistani militants on the key Air Force
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight held a meeting with top officials to discuss the Pathankot terror attack.Soon after returning from his two-day visit to Karnataka, Modi chaired a meeting of top officials including
Beijing: National security advisor Ajit Doval will visit China next week to hold informal talks with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the vexed border dispute and other strategic issues, it was announced here on Thursday.Doval,
Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will visit China next week to hold informal talks with his Chinese counterpart to discuss the vexed border dispute and other strategic issues, it was announced here today.Doval, who
New Delhi: So India has once again decided to engage Pakistan but the foreign policy experts are wondering whether the new initiative will lead to any tangible results. The scepticism is mainly on the account
New Delhi: National Security Advisors (NSA) of India and Pakistan today met in Bangkok. India's NSA Ajit Doval was seen shaking hands with his Pakistani counterpart general Nasser Khan Janjua in the capital of Thailand.According
Hyderabad: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said that a country can't become a global power if it can't manage its internal security and that it is the police which has to fight and win
Greater Noida: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today lauded ITBP troops for displaying exceptional courage and morale during their "face offs" with the Chinese PLA troops along the Sino-Indian border. Doval, who was the chief
New Delhi: Terming “jihadi terrorism” as common threat to South Asia, NSA Ajit Doval today warned Pakistan not to engage in covert actions saying it is a very short-sighted strategy of the neighbouring country.He said
Aizawl: Myanmar's ethnic-based insurgent groups today signed the ceasefire agreement with Myanmar government at the country's capital Naypyidaw, in the presence of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special envoy for
New Delhi: With more than a week to Saudi diplomat rape case, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has stepped in to resolve the issue in the interest of bilateral relations between India and Saudi
New Delhi: A high-level dinner meeting was today held at Home Minister Rajnath Singh's house which was attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, NSA Ajit Doval and senior RSS leaders.There was no official word on
Islamabad: Pakistan today accused the Narendra Modi government of “sabotaging” the NSA-level talks with its “fanatic approach” and said its “negative attitude” was aimed at disrupting peace in the region. Upping the ante a day
Lucknow: Cancellation of NSA talks by Pakistan is “unfortunate”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here today and made it clear that the possibility of any future dialogue will depend on the neighbour. He underlined
Washington: The US has said it was "disappointed" that the proposed talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan has been called off."We are disappointed the talks will not happen this weekend and
New Delhi: India tonight described as unfortunate Pakistan's decision to call of the Indo-Pak NSA-level talks, asserting that it did not set any “pre-conditions” as stated by that country.External Affairs Minister Spokesperson Vikas Swarup while
New Delhi: Pakistan has finally called off NSA level talks with India. The talks hit the deadlock after Pakistan's National Security Adviser Sartaz Aziz decided to meet Kashmiri separatist leaders alongside the official meet with
New Delhi: At a press conference in New Delhi today, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj asserted that there will be no NSA talks unless Pakistan assured India by tonight that the talks will focus on
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today made it clear that there will be no NSA-level talks unless Pakistan assures India by tonight that only terror will be on the agenda.“Give us assurance that
Islamabad: Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan NSA, today made it clear that he is ready to travel to India for talks with his counterpart Ajit Doval.However, he said that Pakistan will not accept any preconditions put forward
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