Ajit Kumar Doval, KC is an Indian bureaucrat and former spymaster. who has been serving as the National Security Advisor of India since 2014. He is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) from the Kerala cadre, Doval previously held the position of Director of the Intelligence Bureau from 2004 to 2005, after leading its operations wing for over a decade. Since 2024, Doval is serving his third consecutive five-year term as the National Security Advisor, making him the longest-serving NSA in Indian history.