Rajinder Khanna

Rajinder Khanna
Additional National Security Advisor of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 July 2024
Preceded byPosition Established
Deputy National Security Advisor of India
In office
2 January 2018 – 14 July 2024
Preceded byArvind Gupta
Succeeded byT V Ravichandran
Secretary of the Research & Analysis Wing
In office
31 December 2014 – 31 December 2016
Preceded byAlok Joshi
Succeeded byAnil Dhasmana
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityIndian

Rajinder Khanna (born 1956) is the current Additional National Security Advisor of India,[1] formerly since 2018 he served as the secretary of the National security council secretariat he was also the former chief of Research and Analysis Wing, the external intelligence agency of India.[2] He joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1978 and was allotted to Odisha cadre.[3] From 1979 to 1985, he held several important posts including Superintendent of Police in Puri and Ganjam districts in Odisha. As the Superintendent of Police in Puri, he received a number of commendations from the Chief Minister for eradicating dacoity in the district.[4]

Khanna is considered as the founder and driving force of the counter-terrorism unit in R&AW,[5] he is said to be an expert on terrorism.

He was appointed as one of the three Deputy National Security Advisors of India, other two being retired IFS officer Pankaj Saran and retired IPS officer Dattatray Padsalgikar in the third modi cabinet he is promoted to the designation of additional national security advisor to free up the NSA from the work of internal security management and threat analysis hence now the NSA can directly assist the PMO in the other ongoing situations.[6]

Photo of Dy. NSA Rajinder Khanna in his early IPS career.
  1. ^ "Ex R&AW chief Rajinder Khanna appointed new additional NSA". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ PT, I. "Rajinder Khanna appointed new RAW chief". Indian Express. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ^ Deepika (2 January 2018). "Govt appoints former RAW chief Rajinder Khanna as deputy National Security Advisor". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  4. ^ "RAW ex-chief Rajinder Khanna appointed Deputy National Security Adviser". The Hindu. 2 January 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  5. ^ PT, I. "Rajinder Khanna named new RAW chief". DNA. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna appointed Dy NSA". ANI. Retrieved 6 January 2018.