TY - BOOK AU - Sunjoy K Singh (ed.) TI - MAJOR OPERATIONS OF R&AW SN - 9789385160011 U1 - 364.120954 PY - 2015////01/01 CY - Delhi PB - Lenin Media KW - Criminology KW - Secret service KW - Intelligence agency, India, Chief -- Intelligence agency KW - Contents:- Introduction to Researcha dn Analysis Wing-Operation Meghdoot-Operation Cactus(1988 Maldives coup detat)-Indian RAWs 'Kao Plan' Unleashed in Balochistan-Creation of Bangladesh and Aftermath-Amalgamation of Sikkim-RAW Facts on South Asia-Indian RAW Operating against Pakistann-Kanishkas Blueprint Operation of RAW-Kanishka Bombing Case-Operation Bluestar-Sri Lanka Operation of Raw-Operation Leech-Kargil War N1 - The primary function of R&AW is gathering foreign intelligence and counter terrorism. In Addition, it is responsible for obtaining and analysing information about foreign governments, corporations and persons to advice Indian Policy Makers. It is also involved in the security of India's nuclear programme. Foreign analysts have often referred to R&AW as an effective organisation and one of the primary instruments of India's national power and as one of the most fearsome intelligence agencies operating in the region. Headquartered in New Delhi, R&/AW'S CURRENT CHIEF IS Alok Joshi a 1976-batch IPS Officer of Haryana cadre. It is a testimony to the secrecy maintained by RAW(Research and Analysis Wing) that there is so less concrete information available on the web about its operations. Sadly, this often portrays a sorry picture of RAW in the public domain. Whatever has been mentioned in the book throughout is in public domain. The matter is only a compiled form ER -