Arvind Dave

Arvind Dave (born 1 May 1940) is a former Indian intelligence official and former Governor of four states in India. He was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during 1999–2003;,^[1] Governor of Manipur, during 2003–2004^[2] and acting governor of Meghalaya and Assam briefly during 2002 and 2003 respectively.^[3][4] He hails from Udaipur in Rajasthan.^[5]

Arvind Dave
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
In office 2 August 1999 – 12 June 2003
Chief Minister	Mukut Mithi
Preceded by	Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Succeeded by	V. C. Pande
Governor of Manipur
In office 12 June 2003 – 5 August 2004
Chief Minister	Okram Ibobi Singh
Preceded by	Ved Marwah
Succeeded by	Shivinder Singh Sidhu
Governor of Assam
In office 21 April 2003 – 5 June 2003
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Preceded by	Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Succeeded by	Ajai Singh
Personal details
Born	(1940-05-01) 1 May 1940 (age 85)
Occupation	Civil Servant Administrator
As of 10 March, 2020

He was the Director of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - India's external intelligence agency - from 1997 to 1999. He was chief of the agency during the Kargil War and Operation Shakti, India's nuclear program. As the RAW Director, he also chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee during that period.^[6][7]