‘I Saw It as End of My Career’: NSA Ajit Doval Shares Early Sikkim Mission Memory at IIT Roorkee
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‘I saw it as end of my career’: NSA Ajit Doval shares early Sikkim mission memory at IIT Roorkee
At IIT Roorkee convocation, NSA Ajit Doval recalls how his early Sikkim intelligence team ended up in "Chinese custody" due to defective maps, says he thought "I saw it as end of my career," and credits a Tibetan IB colleague for teaching him life's map-reading lesson: "know where you are, know where you want to go, and know the route."
At the IIT Roorkee convocation, NSA Ajit Doval recounted his time as intelligence chief in Sikkim in the 1920s. His intelligence team, sent to the border, didn't return for several days. Later, it was discovered that the team was in Chinese custody. China released them, but the men were devastated. When an investigation began, Doval feared his career was over, but he was acquitted because the headquarters' maps contained errors.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Calls Graduates 'luckiest Generation' During IIT Roorkee Convocation; Recalls Early Career Challenges
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Speaking as the chief guest at the institute's two-day convocation ceremony, where 2,701 students were awarded degrees, he reflected on his tenure as a young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in his twenties, posted as intelligence in-charge in Sikkim, noting that his responsibilities spanned monitoring border zones and tracking the movements and activities of the People's Liberation Army (…
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval shared a shocking anecdote from his younger days at the IIT Roorkee convocation. At the time, he thought his career was over.
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