IPS Officer Ravi Sinha Appointed As RAW Chief
Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Ravi Sinha has been appointed as the next chief of external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
Ravi Sinha is a 1988-batch Chhattisgarh-cadre officer. He will replace the current RAW chief Samant Goel, who will complete his tenure on June 30.
Samant Goel was appointed as the chief of RAW in 2019 and received two extensions of one year each in 2021 and 2022. The PTI noted that he is only the third RAW chief to have had a tenure of over three years.
Ravi Sinha is a 1988-batch Chhattisgarh-cadre IPS officer.
The formal designation of the RAW chief is Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (Secretar-R) in the Cabinet Secretariat.
The PTI reported that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Ravi Sinha's appointment as Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for a tenure of two years, the order said.
Ravi Sinha, along with a few other officers, was considered to be among the front-runners to be the RAW chief.
Sinha is currently serving as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. This is the number two position in RAW.
The PTI reported that Ravi Sinha is widely respected in the intelligence community for his professional competence and an expert on India's neighbouring countries. He has been in RAW for over two decades.
The indian media NDTV reported that Ravi Sinha is known to be a tech-savvy officer. In R&AW, Ravi Sinha has been attributed with infusing modern technology in the field of intelligence collection. Government sources said that this would enable him to integrate technological and human intelligence dimensions to work together to address the challenges of our times.
The PTI reported that, besides the neighbourhood, Ravi Sinha is known to have a sound grip on Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast, Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas where he has severed at different points in time.
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