Research and Analysis Wing, National Security Advisor, India National Security Advisor (India) National Security Advisor of India Emblem of India Incumbent Ajit Doval Residence New Delhi , India Appointer Prime Minister of India Inaugural holder Brajesh Mishra Formation 1998 Deputy Arvind Gupta The National Security Advisor (NSA) is the chief executive of the National Security Council (NSC), and the primary advisor to the Prime Minister of India on national and international security. It is the National Security Advisor to whom intelligence agencies such as the Research and Analysis Wing and Intelligence Bureau report, rather than directly to the Prime Minister. Due to such vested powers, NSA is a prominent and powerful office in the bureaucracy. All the NSAs appointed since the inception of the post belong to ...