R N Ravi appointed new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee
August 25, 2014  16:44
The government has cleared the name of R N Ravi as the new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee, a body tasked to assess intelligence gathhereered by various intelligence agencies including IB and RAW.

Ravi, who was a columnist for Rediff.com (read his columns here and here) is a 1976 batch IPS officer from Kerala, who retired in 2012 as Special Director of Intelligence Bureau.

He will hold the charge for next three years in the rank and pay of a Secretary to the Government. The JIC functions under the National Security Council Secretariat. The post had fallen vacant after the retirement of Ajit Lal on July 31. 
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