Ajit Doval
National Security Advisor of India
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Data Confidence: 72% · Sources: 1 · Last Updated: Sep 26, 2026
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- Net Worth
- Undisclosed
- Reach
- 1.4B people
- Strongest
- Reach
- Continental tier
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- National tier
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- 💰 Net Worth ▲
- Undisclosed — estimated significant wealth
- 🌐 Reach ▲
- 1.4B people
- 🔌 Power ▲
- Holds Cabinet rank as the National Security Advisor of India, overseeing national security directives and high-profile strategic operations including Operation Hot Pursuit, the Balakot airstrike, and the Doklam standoff negotiations.
- 👁️ Influence ▲
- Drives top-tier national security and foreign policy decisions for India while having previously established the Vivekananda International Foundation in 2009 as a major security think tank.
- 🤝 Network ▲
- Maintains an elite network across India's executive leadership, diplomatic corps, armed forces, and intelligence agencies, developed over 33 years in the Indian Police Service and Intelligence Bureau.
- 🏛️ Legacy ▲
- Recognized as the first police officer to receive the Kirti Chakra gallantry award in 1989 for his crucial intelligence work during Operation Black Thunder.
- 🔮 Trajectory ▲
- Rising ↑ — first assessment on record.
About
Ajit Kumar Doval is an Indian bureaucrat and former intelligence officer who has served as the National Security Advisor of India since 2014. Prior to his current role, he served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau from 2004 to 2005 and spent over a decade leading its operations wing. In retirement, he founded the Vivekananda International Foundation public policy think tank in 2009 and assisted in founding the Rashtriya Raksha University in 2008.
Known For
Serving as the longest-tenured National Security Advisor of India and former Director of the Intelligence Bureau.
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