- C. D. Sahay
C D Sahay was chief of
Research and Analysis Wing ,India 's agency for external intelligence. He is aKarnataka cadre IPS officer of the 1967 batch. (Chief fromApril 1 ,2003 -January 31 ,2005 )Sahay has been in RAW since the 1970s. He headed the RAW setup in
Jammu and Kashmir in the 1990s. He was a member of the team set up by the government to negotiate with the hijackers of anIndian Airlines aircraft in December, 1999. From 2000 to 2003, he was a special secretary in RAW in charge of the division responsible for analysis and operations relating toPakistan and other Islamic countries. He was also involved in negotiations centred around the Hizbul Mujahideen's abortive ceasefire in July 2000.In April 2003, he became the 15th person to become the chief of RAW. He has undergone intelligence training in
Israel andUnited Kingdom . He is the first RAW chief to have undergone intelligence training in Israel. His predecessors had undergone training inUnited States and United Kingdom but not in Israel.External links
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/15raw.htm "C D Sahay to head RAW"] -
rediff.com article dated March 15, 2003.
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/02raw.htm "New R&AW chief is first to be trained in Israel"] - rediff.com article dated April 2, 2003.
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