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href="/wiki/President%27s_Police_Medal" title="President's Police Medal">PPM</a> <a href="/wiki/Police_Medal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Medal (India)">PM</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg/200px-Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg/300px-Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg/400px-Ajit_Doval_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="657" data-file-height="875" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">5th <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />30 May 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shivshankar_Menon" title="Shivshankar Menon">Shivshankar Menon</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)">Director of the Intelligence Bureau</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />31 July 2004 – 31 January 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">K. P. Singh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E._S._L._Narasimhan" title="E. S. L. Narasimhan">E. S. L. Narasimhan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-01-20</span>) </span>20 January 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 80)</span><br />Ghiri Banelsyun, <a href="/wiki/Pauri_Garhwal_district" title="Pauri Garhwal district">Pauri Garhwal</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_of_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces of British India">United Provinces</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> (now in <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Aruni Doval</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1972)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (including <a href="/wiki/Shaurya_Doval" title="Shaurya Doval">Shaurya Doval</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Agra_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Agra University">Agra University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Defence_College,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defence College, India">National Defence College</a> (<a href="/wiki/MPhil" class="mw-redirect" title="MPhil">M.Phil.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">• National Security Advisors to Prime minister<sup id="cite_ref-IN_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> • Retd. <a href="/wiki/IPS_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="IPS officer">IPS officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bureaucrat" title="Bureaucrat">Bureaucrat</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-IN_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IN-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Spymaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Spymaster">Spymaster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/20px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/30px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg/40px-Kirti_Chakra_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirti_Chakra" title="Kirti Chakra">Kirti Chakra</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_Police_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/IND_Police_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service.png/20px-IND_Police_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/IND_Police_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service.png/40px-IND_Police_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service.png 1.5x" data-file-width="186" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Police_Medal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Medal (India)">Police Medal</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png/20px-IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png/30px-IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png/40px-IND_President%27s_Police_Medal_for_Distinguished_Service.png 2x" data-file-width="186" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Police_Medal" title="President's Police Medal">President's Police Medal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/James_Bond_(literary_character)" title="James Bond (literary character)">James Bond</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ajit Kumar Doval</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">IPS</a> <a href="/wiki/Kirti_Chakra" title="Kirti Chakra">KC</a> <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Police_Medal" title="President's Police Medal">PPM</a> <a href="/wiki/Police_Medal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Medal (India)">PM</a></span> (born 20 January 1945) is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Bureaucrat" title="Bureaucrat">bureaucrat</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Spymaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Spymaster">spymaster</a> and the current <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor</a> <b>(NSA)</b> of India.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doval is the longest serving <b>NSA</b>, currently serving his third consecutive five-year term since he was first appointed in May 2014 following the election of <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> as the Prime Minister of India.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a former Director of the <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau</a> (IB) and former <a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">Indian Police Service</a> (IPS) officer from the <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> cadre.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbchi_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbchi-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as the <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)">Director</a> of the IB in 2004–05, after working for a decade as the head of its operation wing.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as an undercover spy of IB for one year in Pakistan then 6 years as an officer in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_High_Commission,_Islamabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian High Commission, Islamabad">Indian High Commission</a> in Islamabad.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent most part of his career as an IB spy.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a spy and intelligence head, Doval was involved in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Thunder" title="Operation Black Thunder">Operation Black Thunder</a> in 1988, the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_hostages_in_Iraq" title="Foreign hostages in Iraq">extrication of 46 Indian nationals in Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_counter-insurgency_operation_in_Myanmar" title="2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar">Operation Hot Pursuit</a> in 2015, the sabotage of the <a href="/wiki/Popular_Front_of_India" title="Popular Front of India">PFI</a> and many more.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He founded the <a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_International_Foundation" title="Vivekananda International Foundation">Vivekananda International Foundation</a> (VIF) in December 2009, a right of centre leaning think tank which he directed prior to his appointment as NSA.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Doval was born in 1945 in Ghiri Banelsyun village in <a href="/wiki/Pauri_Garhwal_district" title="Pauri Garhwal district">Pauri Garhwal</a> in the erstwhile <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937-1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Provinces (1937-1950)">United Provinces</a>, now in <a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a>. Doval's father, <a href="/wiki/Major_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major (India)">Major</a> G. N. Doval, was an officer in the Indian Army.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He received his early education at the <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_Military_School" title="Ajmer Military School">Ajmer Military School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer</a>, Rajasthan.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated with a master's degree in <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Agra_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Agra University">Agra University</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_and_intelligence_career">Police and intelligence career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Police and intelligence career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Doval joined the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" title="Indian Police Service">Indian Police Service</a> (IPS) in 1968 in the <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> cadre as the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of <a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a> district.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Doval worked in <a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a>, Kerala, for a few months in 1972, before joining the central service.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has the experience of being involved in the termination of all 15 hijackings of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Airlines" title="Indian Airlines">Indian Airlines</a> aircraft from 1971 to 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the headquarters, he headed IB's operations wing for over a decade and was founder Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Multi-Agency_Centre" title="Multi-Agency Centre">Multi Agency Centre</a> (MAC), as well as of the Joint Task Force on Intelligence (JTFI).<sup id="cite_ref-giant_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-giant-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988 during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Thunder" title="Operation Black Thunder">Operation Black Thunder</a>, he infiltrated in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Temple" title="Golden Temple">Golden temple</a> posing as an <a href="/wiki/Inter-Services_Intelligence" title="Inter-Services Intelligence">ISI</a> agent, did espionage on <a href="/wiki/Khalistan_movement" title="Khalistan movement">Khalistani separatists</a>, Doval gathered information about their weapons and made maps of their positions, he became an important member in their group gave wrong advices to them to sabotaged, which helped during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star" title="Operation Blue Star">Operation Bluestar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He played a role in intelligence for Sikkim's merger with India.<sup id="cite_ref-tel_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was trained under <a href="/wiki/M._K._Narayanan" title="M. K. Narayanan">M. K. Narayanan</a>, the third National Security Advisor of India for a brief period in counterterrorism operations.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was part of the team which was sent to <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_Province" title="Kandahar Province">Kandahar</a>, Afghanistan for negotiations to release passengers of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814" title="Indian Airlines Flight 814">hijacked aeroplane IC-814.</a><sup id="cite_ref-tel_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was later appointed on the post of <a href="/wiki/Director_of_Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)">director</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-retirement_(2005–2014)"><span id="Post-retirement_.282005.E2.80.932014.29"></span>Post-retirement (2005–2014)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-retirement (2005–2014)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Doval retired in January 2005 as Director, <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2009, he became the founding Director of the <a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_International_Foundation" title="Vivekananda International Foundation">Vivekananda International Foundation</a> (VIF), a public policy think tank set up by the <a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_Kendra" title="Vivekananda Kendra">Vivekananda Kendra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doval has remained actively involved in the discourse on national security in India.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides writing editorial pieces for several leading newspapers and journals, he has delivered lectures on India's security challenges and foreign policy objectives at several renowned government and non-governmental institutions, security think-tanks in India and abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009 and 2012 he co-wrote two reports on "Indian Black Money Abroad in Secret Banks and Tax Havens",<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with others, leading in the field as a part of the task force constituted by <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, IB eyed on him due to then ruling party Congress's suspicions on Doval and his think tank VIF with the doubts that he and VIF were the brains behind <a href="/wiki/Ramdev" title="Ramdev">Ramdev</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> led anti-corruption movement, which generated anger against government.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, he has delivered guest lectures on strategic issues at <a href="/wiki/IISS" class="mw-redirect" title="IISS">IISS</a>, London, <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Hill" title="Capitol Hill">Capitol Hill</a>, Washington DC, Australia-India Institute, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Melbourne" title="University of Melbourne">University of Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Defence_College,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="National Defence College, India">National Defence College</a>, New Delhi and the <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_National_Academy_of_Administration" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration">Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mussoorie" title="Mussoorie">Mussoorie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doval has also spoken internationally at global events, citing the ever-increasing need of co-operation between the major established and emerging powers of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_Security_Advisor_(2014–present)"><span id="National_Security_Advisor_.282014.E2.80.93present.29"></span>National Security Advisor (2014–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: National Security Advisor (2014–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_(31398436340).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_%2831398436340%29.jpg/250px-Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_%2831398436340%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_%2831398436340%29.jpg/375px-Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_%2831398436340%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_%2831398436340%29.jpg/500px-Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Indian_National_Security_Advisor_Doval_in_Washington_%2831398436340%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4778" data-file-height="3180" /></a><figcaption> NSA Doval meets with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of state</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington DC</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 30 May 2014, Doval was appointed as India's fifth National Security Advisor. In June 2014, Doval facilitated the return of 46 Indian nurses who were trapped in a hospital in <a href="/wiki/Tikrit" title="Tikrit">Tikrit</a>, Iraq, following the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Iraq_offensive_(June_2014)" title="Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)">capture of Mosul</a> by <a href="/wiki/ISIL" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIL">ISIL</a>. Doval, flew to Iraq on 25 June 2014 to understand the position on the ground and make high-level contacts in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_Iraq" title="Federal government of Iraq">Iraqi government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the exact circumstances of their release are unclear, on 5 July 2014, ISIL militants handed the nurses to <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Regional_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdistan Regional Government">Kurdish</a> authorities at <a href="/wiki/Erbil" title="Erbil">Erbil</a> city and an <a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a> plane specially-arranged by the Indian government brought them back home to <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (India)">Army Chief</a> General <a href="/wiki/Dalbir_Singh_Suhag" title="Dalbir Singh Suhag">Dalbir Singh Suhag</a>, Doval planned a <a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_counter-insurgency_operation_in_Myanmar" title="2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar">cross-border military operation</a> against <a href="/wiki/National_Socialist_Council_of_Nagaland" title="National Socialist Council of Nagaland">National Socialist Council of Nagaland</a> (NSCN-K) separatists operating out of <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>. Indian officials claimed that the mission was a success and 20-38 separatist belonging to <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Socialist_Council_of_Nagaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland">Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland</a> (NSCN-K) were killed in the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Myanmar government denied the strikes. According to Myanmar officials, the Indian operation against NSCN-K took place entirely on the Indian side of the border.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DC_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DC-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narendra_Modi_being_given_a_presentation_on_counter-terrorist_and_combing_operation_by_the_Defence_Forces,_at_Pathankot_Airbase._The_National_Security_Adviser,_Shri_Ajit_Doval,_the_Chief_of_Army_Staff.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Narendra_Modi_being_given_a_presentation_on_counter-terrorist_and_combing_operation_by_the_Defence_Forces%2C_at_Pathankot_Airbase._The_National_Security_Adviser%2C_Shri_Ajit_Doval%2C_the_Chief_of_Army_Staff.jpg/235px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Narendra_Modi_being_given_a_presentation_on_counter-terrorist_and_combing_operation_by_the_Defence_Forces%2C_at_Pathankot_Airbase._The_National_Security_Adviser%2C_Shri_Ajit_Doval%2C_the_Chief_of_Army_Staff.jpg/353px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Narendra_Modi_being_given_a_presentation_on_counter-terrorist_and_combing_operation_by_the_Defence_Forces%2C_at_Pathankot_Airbase._The_National_Security_Adviser%2C_Shri_Ajit_Doval%2C_the_Chief_of_Army_Staff.jpg/470px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1363" /></a><figcaption>Indian PM Modi with the NSA Doval, the Army Chief <a href="/wiki/Dalbir_Singh_Suhag" title="Dalbir Singh Suhag">Dalbir Singh Suhag</a> and the Air Force Chief <a href="/wiki/Arup_Raha" title="Arup Raha">Arup Raha</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pathankot" title="Pathankot">Pathankot</a> Airbase.</figcaption></figure> <p>He is widely credited for the doctrinal shift in Indian national security policy in relation to Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was speculated that the September 2016 <a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Line_of_Control_strike" title="2016 Indian Line of Control strike">Indian strikes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir</a> were his brainchild.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doval is widely credited along with then <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Secretary_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Secretary of India">Foreign Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/S._Jaishankar" title="S. Jaishankar">S. Jaishankar</a> and Indian Ambassador to China <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Keshav_Gokhale" title="Vijay Keshav Gokhale">Vijay Keshav Gokhale</a>, for resolving <a href="/wiki/2017_China%E2%80%93India_border_standoff" title="2017 China–India border standoff">Doklam Standoff</a> through diplomatic channels and negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2018, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Group (SPG), which is the first tier of a three-tier structure at the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(India)" title="National Security Council (India)">National Security Council</a> and forms the nucleus of its decision-making apparatus.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Pakistan based terrorist <a href="/wiki/Pulwama_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulwama attack">attacked convoy of CRPF by car bomb</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pulwama" title="Pulwama">Pulwama</a> which resulted in the deaths of 40 CRPF personnel,the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> conducted an airstrike on alleged terrorist bases in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doval was one of the seven persons who knew about India's classified <a href="/wiki/Balakot_airstrike" class="mw-redirect" title="Balakot airstrike">2019 Balakot airstrike</a>, including Indian Navy, Army, Airforce chiefs and prime minister <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>. Following the airstrike and retaliatory <a href="/wiki/2019_Jammu_and_Kashmir_airstrikes" title="2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes">2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes</a> and subsequent capture of Indian pilot <a href="/wiki/Abhinandan_Varthaman" title="Abhinandan Varthaman">Abhinandan Varthaman</a> by Pakistani military, Ajit Doval held talks with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">US Secretary of State</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" title="National Security Advisor (United States)">National Security Advisor</a> to secure the release of the Indian pilot.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 June 2019, he was reappointed as NSA for 5 years and granted the personal rank of a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Minister_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Minister (India)">Cabinet Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doval is the first NSA to hold such a rank. He is widely considered to be one of Modi's most powerful and trusted advisors, with major influence over India's national security and foreign affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Chief_of_Army_Staff,_General_Dalbir_Singh,_the_Chief_of_Naval_Staff,_Admiral_Sunil_Lanba_and_the_Vice_Chief_of_Air_Staff,_Air_Marshal_Birender_Singh_Dhanoa_call_on_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="NSA Doval, along with Army, Navy, and Air Force Chief meeting PM Modi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/The_Chief_of_Army_Staff%2C_General_Dalbir_Singh%2C_the_Chief_of_Naval_Staff%2C_Admiral_Sunil_Lanba_and_the_Vice_Chief_of_Air_Staff%2C_Air_Marshal_Birender_Singh_Dhanoa_call_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/235px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="235" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/The_Chief_of_Army_Staff%2C_General_Dalbir_Singh%2C_the_Chief_of_Naval_Staff%2C_Admiral_Sunil_Lanba_and_the_Vice_Chief_of_Air_Staff%2C_Air_Marshal_Birender_Singh_Dhanoa_call_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/353px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/The_Chief_of_Army_Staff%2C_General_Dalbir_Singh%2C_the_Chief_of_Naval_Staff%2C_Admiral_Sunil_Lanba_and_the_Vice_Chief_of_Air_Staff%2C_Air_Marshal_Birender_Singh_Dhanoa_call_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi.jpg/470px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1134" /></a><figcaption>NSA Doval, along with Army, Navy, and Air Force Chief meeting PM <a href="/wiki/Modi" class="mw-redirect" title="Modi">Modi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>He was also an instrumental figure in <a href="/wiki/Revocation_of_the_special_status_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir">revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 February 2020, Ajit Doval walked the streets of riot-hit northeast Delhi to assess the situation and reassure the local residents.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 May 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Tatmadaw" title="Tatmadaw">military forces of Myanmar</a> handed over a group of 22 militant leaders, active in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">northeast states</a>, to the Indian government. This was made possible through negotiations headed by Doval.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 September 2020, Doval walked out of a virtual <a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" title="Shanghai Cooperation Organisation">SCO</a> meeting after Pakistan projected a fictitious map omitting parts of India.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognitions">Awards and recognitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and recognitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>He has been awarded an honorary doctorate from <a href="/wiki/Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar_University" title="Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University">Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University</a> (formerly Agra University) in December 2017; <a href="/wiki/Kumaun_University" title="Kumaun University">Kumaun University</a> in May 2018;<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Amity_University,_Noida" title="Amity University, Noida">Amity University</a>, in November 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Doval was the youngest police officer to receive the <a href="/wiki/Police_Medal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Police Medal (India)">Police Medal</a> for meritorious service.<sup id="cite_ref-tel_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was given the award after six years in the police force.<sup id="cite_ref-tel_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tel-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Doval was later awarded the <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Police_Medal" title="President's Police Medal">President's Police Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>In 1988, Doval was granted one of the highest gallantry awards, the <a href="/wiki/Kirti_Chakra" title="Kirti Chakra">Kirti Chakra</a>, becoming the first police officer to receive a medal previously given only as a military honour.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_media">In media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Doval appeared on <a href="/wiki/Epic_TV" title="Epic TV">Epic TV's</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/Adrishya" title="Adrishya">Adrishya</a>,</i> in which his success against <a href="/wiki/Khalistan_movement" title="Khalistan movement">Khalistani separatist</a> during <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Thunder" title="Operation Black Thunder">Operation Black Thunder</a></i> was featured.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In film <i><a href="/wiki/Uri:_The_Surgical_Strike" title="Uri: The Surgical Strike">Uri: The Surgical Strike</a></i> (2019) his cinematic character was played by <a href="/wiki/Paresh_Rawal" title="Paresh Rawal">Paresh Rawal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajit_Doval&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/32px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/48px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/64px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:India" title="Portal:India">India portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Kaushik" title="Ravindra Kaushik">Ravindra Kaushik</a> - 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