Sanjeev Tripathi | |
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Secretary of R&AW | |
In office 30 December 2010 – 29 December 2012 | |
Preceded by | K. C. Verma |
Succeeded by | Alok Joshi |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Sanjeev Tripathi is member of the BJP and former Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing. Tripathi is the son-in-law of Former R&AW secretary, G.S. Bajpai, and comes from a family of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. A keen sportsman, he topped the civil service exam in 1972, and joined the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Few years later, he switched to RAW, resigning from the IPS, and was absorbed in the Research & Analysis Service (RAS), which feeds the ranks of RAW. Mr. Tripathi is the first Secretary (R) to be from the RAS (RAW Allied Services) cadre in its more than four-decade history.[1]