Ajit doval

 Born: 20 January 1945 (age 78 years), Pauri Garhwal

Spouse: Aruni Doval (m. 1972)

Education: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (1967), National Defence College, Rashtriya Military School Ajmer

Awards: Kirti Chakra

Children: Shaurya Doval, Vivek Doval

Parents: Gunanand Doval

Organization founded: Vivekananda International Foundation.

Ajit Kumar Doval KC, PPM is the National Security Advisor of India to the Prime minister Narendra Modi. He was Intelligence Bureau chief and Indian Police Service officer from Kerala cadre. He previously served as the director of the IB in 2004–05, after working for a decade as the head of its operation wing.

He was part of the team which sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan for negotiations to release passengers of hijacked aeroplane IC-814. He was later appointed on the post of, director of the Intelligence Bureau. The 2016 Surgical strike on Pakistan was part of Ajit Doval's 'offensive defence strategy'.

Dr Jai Shankar Prasad aiyer

 Jaishankar was born in Delhi, India to prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator and civil servant K. Subrahmanyam and Sulochana Subrahmanyam. He has two brothers: the historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and the IAS officer S. Vijay Kumar, former Rural Development Secretary of India.

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019, became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as External Affairs minister, after Natwar Singh.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015[2][3] to January 2018.[4]

S. Jaishankar

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Jaishankar in 2023

30th Minister of External Affairs

Incumbent

Assumed office

30 May 2019

Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

Preceded by

Sushma Swaraj

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office

5 July 2019

Preceded by

Amit Shah

Constituency

Gujarat

31st Foreign Secretary of India

In office

28 January 2015 – 28 January 2018

Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

Preceded by

Sujatha Singh

Succeeded by

Vijay Keshav Gokhale

Ambassador of India to the United States

In office

1 December 2013 – 28 January 2015

President

Pranab Mukherjee

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Narendra Modi

Preceded by

Nirupama Rao

Succeeded by

Arun Kumar Singh

Ambassador of India to China

In office

1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013

President

Pratibha Patil

Pranab Mukherjee

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Preceded by

Nirupama Rao

Succeeded by

Ashok Kantha

High Commissioner of India to Singapore

In office

1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009

President

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Pratibha Patil

Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh

Succeeded by

TCA Raghavan

Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic

In office

1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004

President

K.R. Narayanan

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Succeeded by

P.S. Raghavan

Personal details

Born

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

9 January 1955 (age 68)

New Delhi, India

Political party

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Spouse(s)

Shobha Jaishankar (deceased)

Kyoko Jaishankar

Children

3

Parent

K. Subrahmanyam (father)

Relatives

Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother), S. Vijay Kumar (brother)

Alma mater

St. Stephen’s College, Delhi (BA),

Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD)

Occupation

Civil servant, diplomat, politician

Awards

Padma Shri (2019)

He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1977 and during his diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, he served in different capacities in India and abroad including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–04), China (2009–2013) and the US (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.

On retirement, Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as the President, Global Corporate