Arvind Gupta (administrator)

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Arvind Gupta
Director of Vivekananda International Foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 September 2017
Deputy National Security Advisor of India
In office
5 August 2014 – 5 August 2017
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byPankaj Saran
Personal details
Born (1953-07-10) 10 July 1953 (age 71)
Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh, India
OccupationDiplomat(IFS)

Arvind Gupta is a career civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre and former Indian Deputy National Security Advisor serving from 2014 to 2017.[1][2][3] He was the ex officio Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat. He served as the Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses from January 2012 till his appointment to the post of Deputy NSA.[4]

He is currently serving as the director of Vivekananda International Foundation,a public policy think tank situated in Delhi.[3][2]

  1. ^ "Former IFS officer Arvind Gupta appointed Deputy NSA". Economic Times. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Research Team". www.vifindia.org. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Former deputy NSA Arvind Gupta to head Vivekananda Intl Foundation". hindustantimes.com/. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Arvind Gupta: Director General". IDSA website. Retrieved 23 May 2012.