Anil Dhasmana is former Chief of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO). He was also the Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India's foreign intelligence service. He was appointed as the Chief of R&AW as the post fell vacant on 31 January 2017 following the retirement of the incumbent.[3][4]

Anil Dhasmana
Secretary of the Research & Analysis Wing
In office
31 January 2017 – 29 June 2019
Preceded byRajinder Khanna
Succeeded bySamant Goel
Personal details
Born (1957-10-02) 2 October 1957 (age 66)[1]
Pauri, Uttarakhand, India[2]

Biography edit

Dhasmana was born on 2 October 1957 in Pauri, Uttarakhand and holds an M.Com. degree from Uttar Pradesh.[5] He is 1981-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer and was appointed on 3 December 1981.[6] His domain of expertise is considered to be Balochistan, counter-terrorism and Islamic affairs.[7][8] He also has a vast experience on Pakistan and Afghanistan.

He served as Chief of Station in London and Frankfurt and Chief of Station, SAARC & Europe desks. Before being appointed as the secretary, he was posted from 13 March 2015 as a Special Secretary.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "IPS officers to hold ADG posts at the Centre" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "RAW likely new Chief is expert on Balochistan affairs". The Times of Islamabad. 6 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Countdown begins for spy chief posts". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. ^ "IPS : Query Result(s)". dtf.in. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b "IPS gradation list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Balochistan expert likely to be the next RAW chief". Pune Mirror. 8 December 2016. Archived from the original on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Baloch specialist to Helm RAW". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
Preceded by Director of R&AW
31 January 2017 – present
Succeeded by