What is Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)?
The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) is India’s premier foreign intelligence agency that gathers foreign intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, advise Indian policymakers, and advances India’s foreign strategic interests. It is also involved in the security of India’s nuclear programme.
Who is Ravi Sinha?
Ravi Sinha, an alumnus of St Stephen’s College in Delhi, has served in Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast and foreign countries in the past.
Before his elevation to the agency’s chief, Sinha was the second-in-command in the organization and was looking after the operations wing.
He has had an over two-decade-long stint in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW).
Ravi Sinha, a 1988 batch IPS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, is currently serving as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha was on June 19 appointed as the new chief of India’s external intelligence agency RAW, a Personnel Ministry order said.
Mr. Sinha, a 1988 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, is currently serving as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Sinha’s appointment as Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for a tenure of two years, the order said.
Sinha replaces Samant Kumar Goel, who will complete his tenure on June 30, 2023.
