Rajinder Khanna

Rajinder Khanna is the former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, the external intelligence agency of India. He joined R&AW in 1978 and is the first chief of R&AW who was directly recruited into the Research and Analysis Service (RAS) cadre and not seconded from any other cadre (most other chiefs were recruited from the IPS cadre). Khanna and Arvind Saxena were the top most officers from RAS cadre in R&AW, as Khanna superseded Saxena, Arvind Saxena was also laterally promoted to the chief of ARC. Khanna is considered as the founder and driving force of the counter-terrorism unit in R&AW, he is said to be an expert on terrorism.

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• Former RAW chief Rajinder Khanna is new deputy NSA
• PM Modi pushes for Nationalist agenda with the appointment of Deputy NSA Rajinder Khanna Oneindia
• References