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21/06/23 06:14 AM IST

R&AW Chief

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  • IPS officer Ravi Sinha was appointed as the Research and Analysis Wing chief, taking over from Samant Goel.
About Ravi Sinha
  • The 59-year-old is presently the organisation's second in command and has worked with R&AW for over two decades.
  • The 1988 batch IPS officer from Chhatisgarh had earlier been looking after the operations wing of the spy agency.
  • He had earlier served in Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast as well as foreign countries.
  • He is an alumnus of an alumnus of St Stephen's College in Delhi and had previously been lauded for his tech-savvy approach to the field of intelligence collection.
  • Sinha is expected to integrate technological and human intelligence dimensions to address the challenges of today's times in his new role.
  • Sinha is reportedly well-versed in the issues and topics of Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and Left Wing Extremism (LWE).
About R&AW
  • The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) is India’s premier foreign intelligence agency.
  • It has a number of vital tasks, such as gathering intelligence foreign intelligence, taking measures to counter and foil the terrorism bids planned against the country and also contributing to India’s foreign and strategic interests.
Source- Indian Express

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