Ajit Doval (Hindi: अजीत डोभाल) is an Indian intelligence officer, serving as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Security Adviser since 30 May 2014.Mr Ajit Doval Excellence in Leadership - a great session at Vidarbha Management Association Published on May 30, 2014
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Whether he is RAW , i don't know but i am sure he is exactly who you want to know .
For a long time i had wondered if the spies we know from novels and movies exist in the real world and if India had any such legendary spies.
I was overjoyed to find the man i was looking for and it made me even more happy to know that he is an Indian.
Ajit Kumar Doval , an IPS officer who rose on to become the Intelligence Bureau director and now is India's National Security Advisor.
He is the first cop to get the gallantry award Kirti Chakra which was till then reserved for the Army .
But, it is not these designations that make him extraordinary, its the work this man has accomplished.
*Mission Zone: North-East
He went undercover and won over 6 out of 7 commanders of the Mizo National Army thereby quenching the Mizo insurgency.
His next assignment was Sikkim , the specific details of the covert work done there are not available but it is to his credit the merger of Sikkim with India is credited.
It is interesting to note that he was undercover during this period and spent a long time in the Chinese territory.
*Mission Zone : Kashmir
He was able to turn militants and persuade them to assist Indian forces against the terrorists. Kuka Parray is a notable example . Kuka Parray was a kashmiri folk singer who was disgruntled with the Indian administration and supported the terrorists but Duval was able to persuade him to instead assist in counter insurgency and thus a great source of insider information about the terrorist strategies became available to the Indian forces via Parray which helped to diffuse the militant movement and eventually led to elections in the state . (Sadly , Kuka Parray who became a MLA was later assasinated by the militants).
These 2 missions bring out Duval's charisma and his ability to turn people to his side ! (On Youtube many of Duval's talks are present and indeed you just want to keep listening to him . )
Yes, he is a great talker and charming in his own way but still he is more of a Poirot than a Sherlock... more of a Father Brown than a James Bond.
*Mission Zone : Pakistan
He was undercover in Pakistan for 7 years!! He sent vital information regarding their Nuclear development. This is all that is known about his work in Pakistan, other details remain classified.
(Now, while scavenging for anything i could find about him, i found the greatest discovery of my life: SEE AT 1:28:58 )
Duval sharing a incident while he was in Pakistan. For Non -Hindi speakers i am giving a rough translation of what he told in first person but it is only a approximate translation and of course lacks the charisma of the man telling it himself-
" When in Pakistan , I happened to go to a Dargah since i was supposed to be a Muslim man. There, in front of the Dargah i saw a man with a long white beard who called me and asked me whether i was a Hindu? I said it was not true . He asked me to follow him and took me through some lanes to a nearby house . He closed the room and told me i was a Hindu since he had seen a hole in my ear ( In some Hindu traditions , both boys and girls have their ears pierced at birth) . I told him I used to be a Hindu but i had converted but he insisted I was still a Hindu . Further, he said that he could observe all this because he himself was a Hindu and showed me Durga and Shiva idols in his almirah. His family has been killed off and he had since been living in disguise. He said he felt happy when ever he could meet another Hindu . This incident was very unique for me." )
*Mission Zone : Golden Temple, Amritsar
This might as well be a scene from a movie. It was the late 1980's and the Golden temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs had been captured by pro- Khalistani Militants. The Army was in a dilemma . Besides the moral crisis of storming the holy place was the strategical flaw of not knowing the enemy number, positions or strength who were holed up inside the temple.
At this stage entered a vendor who loitered around for some days outside the temple complex. At the backdrop of the tense situation , an outsider who nobody had seen before moving around was sure to attract notice but the truth was he was deliberately playing out a suspicious character to get the attention of the militants . Soon , he was taken inside by the fanatics. He revealed himself to be an ISI agent who had come to help them against their fight against the Indian government . The terrorists were bought the tale .( Convincing terrorists? Now, Who does that but the one and only Ajit Duval)
Soon he had access to the entire complex. The militants Zealously showed him around and told him about the arrangements they had made for the fighting. Duval thus obtained and revealed enemy statistics to the Army which then successfully carried out "Operation Blackthunder" . And Mr Duval was even present at the premises during the fighting !
No wonder, the government had to break all protocol to give him the Kirti Chakra despite him not being an army man.
The reason i love Duval is not just because he is honest or patriotic or can convince people but because he has guts.
*Present
Sadly the Congress govt. came to power and for 10 years Duval was out of mainstream work but he got busy creating and running the Vivekananda International Foundation- a institute for national renaissance.
Even in his retirement , he was involved in a mission to catch Dawood Ibrahim( Botched up by Mumbai cops/lack of coordination/Dawood's paid men inside the department.)
In 2014, he successfully brought back nurses kidnapped by ISIS militants in Iraq ( Negotiating with terrorists must be his hobby.)
He has been involved in all negotiations with plane hijackers during his career span(including Kandahar).
Fortunately, the BJP Government came to power in 2014 and gave this man what he deserves - The spy master is now the National Security Advisor .
For a long time i had wondered if the spies we know from novels and movies exist in the real world and if India had any such legendary spies.
I was overjoyed to find the man i was looking for and it made me even more happy to know that he is an Indian.
Ajit Kumar Doval , an IPS officer who rose on to become the Intelligence Bureau director and now is India's National Security Advisor.
He is the first cop to get the gallantry award Kirti Chakra which was till then reserved for the Army .
But, it is not these designations that make him extraordinary, its the work this man has accomplished.
*Mission Zone: North-East
He went undercover and won over 6 out of 7 commanders of the Mizo National Army thereby quenching the Mizo insurgency.
His next assignment was Sikkim , the specific details of the covert work done there are not available but it is to his credit the merger of Sikkim with India is credited.
It is interesting to note that he was undercover during this period and spent a long time in the Chinese territory.
*Mission Zone : Kashmir
He was able to turn militants and persuade them to assist Indian forces against the terrorists. Kuka Parray is a notable example . Kuka Parray was a kashmiri folk singer who was disgruntled with the Indian administration and supported the terrorists but Duval was able to persuade him to instead assist in counter insurgency and thus a great source of insider information about the terrorist strategies became available to the Indian forces via Parray which helped to diffuse the militant movement and eventually led to elections in the state . (Sadly , Kuka Parray who became a MLA was later assasinated by the militants).
These 2 missions bring out Duval's charisma and his ability to turn people to his side ! (On Youtube many of Duval's talks are present and indeed you just want to keep listening to him . )
Yes, he is a great talker and charming in his own way but still he is more of a Poirot than a Sherlock... more of a Father Brown than a James Bond.
*Mission Zone : Pakistan
He was undercover in Pakistan for 7 years!! He sent vital information regarding their Nuclear development. This is all that is known about his work in Pakistan, other details remain classified.
(Now, while scavenging for anything i could find about him, i found the greatest discovery of my life: SEE AT 1:28:58 )
Duval sharing a incident while he was in Pakistan. For Non -Hindi speakers i am giving a rough translation of what he told in first person but it is only a approximate translation and of course lacks the charisma of the man telling it himself-
" When in Pakistan , I happened to go to a Dargah since i was supposed to be a Muslim man. There, in front of the Dargah i saw a man with a long white beard who called me and asked me whether i was a Hindu? I said it was not true . He asked me to follow him and took me through some lanes to a nearby house . He closed the room and told me i was a Hindu since he had seen a hole in my ear ( In some Hindu traditions , both boys and girls have their ears pierced at birth) . I told him I used to be a Hindu but i had converted but he insisted I was still a Hindu . Further, he said that he could observe all this because he himself was a Hindu and showed me Durga and Shiva idols in his almirah. His family has been killed off and he had since been living in disguise. He said he felt happy when ever he could meet another Hindu . This incident was very unique for me." )
*Mission Zone : Golden Temple, Amritsar
This might as well be a scene from a movie. It was the late 1980's and the Golden temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs had been captured by pro- Khalistani Militants. The Army was in a dilemma . Besides the moral crisis of storming the holy place was the strategical flaw of not knowing the enemy number, positions or strength who were holed up inside the temple.
At this stage entered a vendor who loitered around for some days outside the temple complex. At the backdrop of the tense situation , an outsider who nobody had seen before moving around was sure to attract notice but the truth was he was deliberately playing out a suspicious character to get the attention of the militants . Soon , he was taken inside by the fanatics. He revealed himself to be an ISI agent who had come to help them against their fight against the Indian government . The terrorists were bought the tale .( Convincing terrorists? Now, Who does that but the one and only Ajit Duval)
Soon he had access to the entire complex. The militants Zealously showed him around and told him about the arrangements they had made for the fighting. Duval thus obtained and revealed enemy statistics to the Army which then successfully carried out "Operation Blackthunder" . And Mr Duval was even present at the premises during the fighting !
No wonder, the government had to break all protocol to give him the Kirti Chakra despite him not being an army man.
The reason i love Duval is not just because he is honest or patriotic or can convince people but because he has guts.
*Present
Sadly the Congress govt. came to power and for 10 years Duval was out of mainstream work but he got busy creating and running the Vivekananda International Foundation- a institute for national renaissance.
Even in his retirement , he was involved in a mission to catch Dawood Ibrahim( Botched up by Mumbai cops/lack of coordination/Dawood's paid men inside the department.)
In 2014, he successfully brought back nurses kidnapped by ISIS militants in Iraq ( Negotiating with terrorists must be his hobby.)
He has been involved in all negotiations with plane hijackers during his career span(including Kandahar).
Fortunately, the BJP Government came to power in 2014 and gave this man what he deserves - The spy master is now the National Security Advisor .
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