Former BSF chief Pankaj Kumar Singh appointed as Deputy NSA

Former BSF chief Pankaj Kumar Singh appointed as Deputy NSA: Former Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), Pankaj Kumar Singh was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) in National Security Council Secretariat for two years.

After assuming the new role, Singh will assist NSA Ajit Doval in the creation, implementation and improvisation of India’s national security strategies, including assessing threats posed by terrorism, data breaches & theft, cyber threats, the readiness of concerned agencies and cooperation between major organisations dealing with security issues and affairs.

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He is a 1988-batch IPS officer of the Rajasthan cadre. He retired as the BSF chief on December 31, 2022. Prakash Singh, a 1959-batch IPS officer, had headed BSF from June 1993 to January 1994. He has also served in the Rajasthan Police and CBI.

Earlier, he served as Inspector General of the CRPF in Chhattisgarh and IG (Operations) at CRPF, Delhi. Before moving to the BSF, Pankaj had served with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as Inspector General (Chhattisgarh) and IG (Operations) at CRPF HQ in Delhi. 

In 1996, Pankaj Singh petitioned the Supreme Court to carry out reforms in the police establishment following which the government started giving a fixed tenure of two years at least to the chief of the Intelligence Bureau, the CBI, the foreign secretary, the RAW chief and the Union home secretary.