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|order = Secretary of the [[Research & Analysis Wing]]
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|predecessor = [[Rajinder Khanna]]
|successor = [[Samant Goel]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|10|02}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/Empnl-ADG-1981-130312.pdf|title=IPS officers to hold ADG posts at the Centre.|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI|access-date=12 Mar 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701093753/http://mha1.nic.in/pdfs/Empnl-ADG-1981-130312.pdf|archive-date=1 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Pauri]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.home.mp.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IPS-GRADATION-LIST-as-on-01.07.2016.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222141345/http://www.home.mp.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IPS-GRADATION-LIST-as-on-01.07.2016.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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'''Anil Dhasmana''' is chief of [[National Technical Research Organisation]](NTRO). He was also the Chief of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]](R&AW), India's foreign intelligence service. He was appointed as the Chief of R&AW as the post fell vacant on 31 January 2017 following the retirement of the incumbent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofislamabad.com/raw-likely-new-chief-expert-balochistan-affairs/2016/12/06/|title=RAW likely new Chief is expert on Balochistan affairs|publisher=The Times of Islamabad|access-date=6 Dec 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103457/https://timesofislamabad.com/raw-likely-new-chief-expert-balochistan-affairs/2016/12/06/|archive-date=20 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161204/jsp/nation/story_122908.jsp|title=Countdown begins for spy chief posts|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=4 Dec 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205131822/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161204/jsp/nation/story_122908.jsp|archive-date=5 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born on 2 October 1957 in [[Pauri]], [[Uttarakhand]] and holds an M.Com. degree from [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dtf.in/wp-content/files/Indian_Police_Service_IPS_-_Civil_List_2014.htm|title=IPS : Query Result(s)|website=dtf.in|access-date=2016-12-18|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309111518/https://www.dtf.in/wp-content/files/Indian_Police_Service_IPS_-_Civil_List_2014.htm|archive-date=9 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is 1981-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer and was appointed on 3 December 1981.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.home.mp.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IPS-GRADATION-LIST-as-on-01.07.2016.pdf|title=IPS gradation list|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222141345/http://www.home.mp.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IPS-GRADATION-LIST-as-on-01.07.2016.pdf|archive-date=22 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His domain of expertise is considered to be [[Balochistan]], [[counter-terrorism]] and Islamic affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/Balochistan-expert-likely-to-be-the-next-RAW-chief/articleshow/55859403.cms|title=Balochistan expert likely to be the next RAW chief|publisher=Pune Mirror|access-date=8 Dec 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209154400/http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/Balochistan-expert-likely-to-be-the-next-RAW-chief/articleshow/55859403.cms|archive-date=9 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2016/dec/03/baloch-specialist-to-helm-raw-1545349.html|title=Baloch specialist to Helm RAW|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=3 Dec 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208022423/http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2016/dec/03/baloch-specialist-to-helm-raw-1545349.html|archive-date=8 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He also has a vast experience on [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]]. He has served in key capitals, including [[London]] and [[Frankfurt]] and has also handled [[SAARC]] and [[Europe]] desks. Before being appointed as the Director, he was posted from 13 March 2015 as a Special Secretary at Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Rajinder Khanna]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[R&AW#Secretaries|Director of R&AW]]
|years=31 January 2017 – present}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Samant Goel]]}}
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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Pauri]]
[[Category:Indian police officers]]
[[Category:Spymasters]]
[[Category:Indian spies]]
[[Category:People of the Research and Analysis Wing]]
[[Category:People from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:People of the insurgency in Balochistan]]

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