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 The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared
his appointment recently after a panel selected
him to succeed the outgoing Director General,
Mr N S Sisodia, on his retirement.
An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the
1979 batch, and an Additional Secretary in the
Ministry of External Affairs, Dr Gupta has been
on deputation to the IDSA holding the Lal Bahadur
Shastri Chair (LBSC) on National Security at the
IDSA from 2008 to 2011. He has served in various
Indian missions including in Moscow, London and
Ankara. At the IDSA, he has headed the South Asia
and Internal Security Clusters and edited the
Institute’s flagship bi-monthly journal:
Strategic Analysis.
Prior to joining the IDSA, he was Joint Secretary
at the National Security Council Secretariat from
1999 to 2007. During his tenure at the NSCS, he
dealt with a wide range of international and national
security issues and participated in the various
working groups and task forces set up by the NSC.
He also worked with the Kargil Review Committee.
His current interests include the impact of globalization
on India’s security, foreign policy, diplomatic
challenges before India; energy security, climate
change, India’s neighbours, internal security
and technology & security issues.
He has three books, several edited books and
a number of academic publications to his credit.
He has been a member of several task forces on
issues such as space security, climate change,
cyber security, nuclear disarmament etc.
It may be noted that IDSA also appointed Brig
Rumel Dahiya (Retd) as the Deputy Director General.
 An
Indian Army veteran with extensive command and
staff experience spanning 32 years, including
in counter-insurgency operations, Brig Dahiya
is also the Coordinator of the Military Affairs
Cluster and Managing Editor of the Journal of
Defence Studies.
Brig Dahiya has previously served as a Defence
Attache in Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, and with
the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan. He
also served with Military Operations Directorate
of the Indian Army and Net Assessment Directorate
at Integrated Defence Staff. Brig. Dahiya is a
graduate of the National Defence College and Defence
Services Staff College. He was awarded the Sword
of Honour and Gold Medal at the Indian Military
Academy at his commissioning.
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