Former CRPF and ITBP Director General Anish Dayal Singh has been appointed the new Deputy National Security Advisor, with a mandate to handle internal affairs.
Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer from the Manipur cadre, retired from service in December 2024. He had served for nearly 30 years in the Intelligence Bureau before heading the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and most recently, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
According to officials, Singh will be in-charge of internal affairs. Former RAW chief Rajinder Khanna is the Additional NSA, while retired IPS officer T V Ravichandran and former IFS officer Pawan Kapoor are the two serving Deputy NSAs.
During his tenure as the CRPF chief, Singh was instrumental in a number of key initiatives in combating Naxalism, establishing forward operating bases, and introducing new battalions.
