Alok Joshi, former R&AW chief, now chairman of National Security Advisory Board

National desk:
Alok Joshi has been appointed as the head of NSAB. Six more members have been inducted into the board. Joshi is a former Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). Joshi will lead a seven-member board comprising retired senior officers from India's military, police, and foreign services.
Joshi, a 1976 batch IPS officer of Haryana Cadre, was earlier Special Secretary in RAW under the Cabinet Secretariat, before being appointed as Secretary RAW in 2012. Joshi has previously served in Intelligence Bureau and Haryana Police. He has been a part of key operations in Nepal and Pakistan in the past.