Rana Banerjii

Archive data: Person was Head-Task Force(IR) at IDSA

Mr. Rana Banerji heads the Task Force on Intelligence Reforms at IDSA.
Mr. Banerji joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1972. During his 37-year career, he held important positions in the state of Assam, in the central government in Delhi, as well as in Indian missions abroad. He retired in October 2009 as Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. During his stint in the central government, Mr. Banerji dealt with security and intelligence-related issues impinging on National Security Policy formulation, with focused expertise on the South Asian region.
Mr. Banerji has a Bachelor’s degree in Science and a Master’s Degree in Political Science. He has carried out studies and field work on expanding the bank network and rural credit recovery and on jhum cultivation in Northeast India. He has also delivered lectures at government training institutions like the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and the National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
Mr. Banerji received the Prime Minister’s Sarvottam Sewa Praman Patra in 2003.

Head-Task Force(IR)
Phone:-+91 11 2671 7983

Publication

Pakistan: Inter Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) – An Analytical Overview

The ISI was set up in 1948, shortly after the first war with India, to strengthen sharing of intelligence between the army, navy and air force. It was headed first by Maj Gen R. Cawthorne, one of the last British officers to leave Pakistan. He continued at the helm of ISI till 1956. Thereafter, for almost three years, it remained headless as Pakistan faced constitutional turmoil leading finally to Ayub Khan’s first martial law take-over. Ayub appointed Brig Riaz Hussain as ISI chief and he continued up to 1966.

Published: October 2011
Journal of Defence Studies

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