PM reconstitutes National Security Advisory Board
New Delhi, Apr 11: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reconstituted the National Security Advisory Board, which is an important element of the National Security Council system.
The
NSAB
is
a
multi-disciplinary
body
comprising
persons
from
outside
Government
to
provide
long-term
analysis
to
the
National
Security
Council
and
recommending
solutions
and
policy
options
to
the
issues
raised
by
them.
The
seven
new
members
of
the
reconstituted
23-member
board
are:
1. K.S. Bajpai, IFS (retired) - Chairman Former Secretary, MEA, former Ambassador to China and the USA. Currently Chairman Delhi Policy Group is an independent thinktank.
2. Shyamala B. Cowsik, IFS (retired)
3 Tarun Das, Chief Mentor
4 H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune.
5. Prodipto Ghosh, IAS (retired) Former Secretary
6. Sudha Mahalingam, Member (Distribution), Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
7. Vice Admiral (retired) K.K. Nayyar, Chairman, National Maritime Foundation.
The other existing members are:
1. Professor Alka Acharya, JNU (Expert on China)
2. N. Balakrishnan, Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science
3. P.M. Bhargava, former Vice-Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Founder
4. Vice Admiral (retired) P.S. Das
5. Rakesh Datta, Professor and Head, Department of Defence Studies, Punjab University
6. A.S. Dulat, former Secretary (retired)
7. V.K. Grover, Indian Foreign Services (retired) Former Secretary, MEA.
8. Wasbir Hussain, Political Analyst and Associate Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management
9. Air Chief Marshal (retired) S. Krishnaswami
10. Rajiv Kumar, Director, Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
11. K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary
12. K.V. Rajan, IFS (retired) Former Ambassador to Nepal and Secretary, MEA.
13. N. Ravi, Editor, The Hindu
14. General. (retired) V.N. Sharma
15. M.R. Srinivasan, former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
16. S.P. Talukdar, former Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
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