Alok Joshi
Former R&AW and NTRO chief (India)
Alok Joshi is a former Indian Police Service officer who rose to become Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) and also Chairman of the country's leading technical intelligence agency, National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO). He hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
He was commissioned as a Regular Recruit (RR) in the Haryana Cadre in 1976. During his career, he completed a Command Course by West Yorkshire Police Training and Development Centre, UK.
Known Academic History: Masters in Political Science from Hindu College, Delhi.
Known Professional History:-
Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationer) at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad (1976-78)
ASP (Under Training) Gurgaon (1978-79)
ASP Faridabad (1979-81)
ASP/ Aide-De-Camp to the Governor at Raj Bhavan (Government House), Unknown (1981-82)
ASP Rohtak (1982)
Superintendent of Police (SP), Rohtak Range (1982-84)
Commandant, 1st Battalion Haryana Armed Police, Ambala (1984-85)
SP Vigilance Cell, Gurgaon (1985)
Assistant Director Intelligence Bureau (IB), New Delhi (1985-86)
Central Intelligence Officer State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Patna (1986-88)
Deputy Director (DD) SIB, Jammu (1988-92)
DD SIB, Delhi (1992-94)
Director R&AW (1994-2001)
Inspector General (IG) Haryana Armed Police, Madhuban (2001-02)
IG Ambala Range (2002-04)
IG Crime & Railways, Panchkula (2004-05)
Joint Director (JD) IB, New Delhi (2005)
JD SIB, Bhopal (2005)
JD SIB, Lucknow (2005-07)
Joint Secretary R&AW (2007-08)
Additional Secretary R&AW (2008-10)
Special Secretary R&AW (2010-12)
Secretary R&AW (2012-14)
Chairman NTRO (2015-18)
Miscellaneous:-
Served as R&AW's station chief in Nepal and also handled counter terrorism issues
India's first Drone Application Research Centre and Cyber Security Centre were inaugurated in Dehradun with NTRO's assistance during Joshi's chairmanship (2018)
Appointed to the National Security Advisory Board of India (2019)
Member (Board of Governors) at GBR Memorial Foundation of India, setup to pay tributes to India's late Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat
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References
'Nation's maiden Drone Research Centre opened', The Pioneer, https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/nations-maiden-drone-research-centre-opened.html
Prashant Jha, 'Retired RAW chief Alok Joshi to take over NTRO', Hindustan Times, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/retired-raw-chief-alok-joshi-to-take-over-ntro/story-wdSLUnUxMherPmrFGIQuZP.html
'Our Team', GBR Memorial Foundation of India, https://gbrmfi.com/our-team/