Name Hormis Tharakan | ||
Former secreatry of r aw hormis tharakan speaking at manipal university
P. K. Hormis Tharakan, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Kerala cadre (1968 batch), was chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India's external intelligence agency, from February 1, 2005 to January 31, 2007. He is the former Director General of the Kerala Police.
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- Former secreatry of r aw hormis tharakan speaking at manipal university
- Role of intelligence in governance hormis tharakan at tedxmec
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Tharakan succeeded C. D. Sahay - a 1967 batch officer of the IPS's Karnataka cadre - on January 31, 2005.

He was one of the advisors to the governor of Karnataka, when the state was brought under the President's rule prior to Assembly elections in the state in 2008. He was a member of the National Security Council and was also the Chief Advisor of Strategic Affairs.

Tharakan comes from the Parayil family in Olavipe, Kerala .

Role of intelligence in governance hormis tharakan at tedxmec
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