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National Security Advisor (India)

Executive officer of the Indian National Security Council

Field	Value
post	National Security Advisor
body	India
native_name	Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Parāmarśadātā
flag	Flag of India.svg
flagsize	100px
flagborder	yes
insignia	Emblem of India.svgclass=skin-invert
insigniasize	50px
flagcaption	Flag of India
insigniacaption	Emblem of India
appointer	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
image	Ajit Doval.png
incumbent	Ajit Doval, KC
incumbentsince	30 May 2014
inaugural	Brajesh Mishra, IFS
formation	by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
member_of	{{plainlist
deputy	{{plainlist	* Rajinder Khanna, IPS (Additional NSA)
type	National Security Advisor
status	Chief advisor to the Prime Minister of India on national security policy and international affairs
abbreviation	NSA
department	National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)
salary	(monthly)
seat	Secretariat Building, New Delhi, Delhi, India
termlength
residence	Bungalow 5, Janpath Road, New Delhi

Defence Planning Committee (Chairperson)
Strategic Policy Group (Chairperson)
National Security Council (Secretary)
T. V. Ravichandran, IPS
Pavan Kapoor, IFS
Anish Dayal Singh, IPS The National Security Advisor (NSA) is the senior official on the National Security Council of the Republic of India, and the chief advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India on national security policy and international affairs. Ajit Doval is the current NSA, serving since May 2014. The NSA is assigned the rank of a Union Cabinet Minister and ranks seventh in the Indian Order of Precedence.

History

Brajesh Mishra, then Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, was appointed as the first National Security Advisor of India. The post was created on 19 November 1998 by then government headed by Atal Bihari vajpayee. In 2004, a new government headed by Manmohan Singh was formed at the centre. This government separated the office of NSA into foreign headed by former Foreign Secretary J.N. Dixit and internal headed by former Director, IB M.K. Narayanan. After the death of Dixit in 2005, the office was again fused and Narayanan became the full-time NSA. He was then succeeded by former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon in 2010. In 2014, following the election of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, Ajit Doval, former Director of the Intelligence Bureau, was appointed as the NSA.

Office of the NSA

Position	Officer	Service
National Security Advisor
(NSA)	Ajit Doval	IPS
(Retired)
**Additional
National Security Advisor**
(Addl. NSA)	Rajinder Khanna	IPS
(Retired)
**Deputy
National Security Advisors**
(Dy. NSA)	T. V. Ravichandran
Pavan Kapoor
Anish Dayal Singh	IPS
IFS
IPS

Role

The post of the NSA has high vested powers, and as such it is a highly prominent and powerful office in the Government of India. All NSAs appointed since the inception of the post in 1998 belong to the either Indian Foreign Service or to the Indian Police Service, and serve at the discretion of the Prime Minister of India.

The National Security Advisor (NSA) is tasked with regularly advising the Prime Minister of India on all matters relating to internal and external threats and opportunities to India, and oversees strategic and sensitive issues on behalf of the Prime Minister. The NSA of India also serves as the Prime Minister's Special Interlocutor with China as well as the envoy to Pakistan and Israel on security affairs.

The NSA receives all intelligence (R&AW, IB, NTRO, MI, DIA, NIA) reports and co-ordinates them to present before the Prime Minister. NSA is assisted by the Deputy National Security Advisors (Deputy NSAs). Currently, retired IPS officer Dattatray Padsalgikar, former R&AW chief Rajinder Khanna and retired IFS officer Pankaj Saran serve as Deputy National Security Advisors. The policy group is the main mechanism for inter-ministerial coordination and integration of inputs in forming national security policies. The group members include the NITI Aayog vice chairman, the cabinet secretary, the three military chiefs, the Reserve Bank of India governor, the foreign secretary, home secretary, finance secretary and the defense secretary.

In June, 2019 NSA Ajit Doval was elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister with a second 5-year term. In 2024 he began his third term. The position is "co-terminus with the term of the Prime Minister or until further orders, whichever is earlier".

List of National Security Advisors

No	Name	Portrait	Term of office	Previous Post(s) held	Prime Minister	Additional NSA	Deputy NSA(s)
1	Brajesh Mishra, IFS	[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Vibhushan award to Shri Brajesh Chandra Mishra, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 24, 2011 (cropped).jpg	75px]]	19 November 1998	22 May 2004			Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2	J. N. Dixit, IFS	[[File:Jnd2.JPG	75px]]	23 May 2004	3 January 2005		Foreign Secretary	Manmohan Singh
3	M. K. Narayanan, IPS	[[File:Mayankote Kelath Narayanan - Kolkata 2013-01-07 2702 Cropped.JPG	75px]]	3 January 2005	23 January 2010		Director, Intelligence Bureau
4	date=21 January 2010	title=Menon is next NSA	work=The Hindu	url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article84408.ece	access-date=6 September 2021}} IFS	[[File:Msc2011 SZ 004 Menon (cropped).jpg	75px]]	24 January 2010	26 May 2014	Foreign Secretary
5	Ajit Doval, IPS	[[File:Ajit Kumar Doval.jpg	75px]]	30 May 2014	Incumbent		Director, Intelligence Bureau	Narendra Modi

Notes

References

"Ajit Doval Stays As NSA, Gets Cabinet Rank With 5-Year Term". NDTV.com.
(3 June 2019). "Mr Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term". mint.
Singh, Hemant. (2019-08-12). "List of National Security Advisor in India".
(2004-05-27). "JN Dixit Is NSA".
(2011-03-15). "25259: After Dixit, India ponders role of its NSA and who will get the job". The Hindu.
(29 May 2018). "ACC Approvals".
(January 2, 2018). "Former RAW chief Rajinder Khanna appointed deputy NSA".
(January 3, 2018). "Former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna Appointed Deputy National Security Advisor".
Sharma, Neeta. (9 October 2018). "With New Order, NSA Ajit Doval To Be Most Powerful Bureaucrat In 20 Years".
Roche, Elizabeth. (2019-06-03). "Ajit Doval to stay as NSA, gets cabinet rank with 5-year term".
(13 June 2024). "Ajit Doval Reappointed NSA, PK Mishra to Stay Principal Secretary To PM". NDTV.
Chaudhury, Nilova Roy. (2007-04-19). "Leela K Ponappa appointed Deputy NSA".
(27 July 2007). "Shekhar Dutt appointed Deputy National Security Advisor".
(8 October 2009). "IFS Officer Alok Prasad appointed as Dy NSA".
(21 January 2010). "Menon is next NSA". The Hindu.
(18 December 2012). "Outgoing Intelligence Bureau Director Nehchal Sandhu appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor". The Economic Times.
(27 December 2021). "Former China envoy Vikram Misri appointed Deputy NSA". The Hindu.
(18 January 2023). "BSF Ex-DG Pankaj Kumar Singh appointed Deputy NSA". Times of India.

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