On 11 May 2006, the IISS hosted a Special Round Table Discussion with Mr B. Raman, Former Head, Counter-Terrorism Division of India’s Intelligence Agency (External). Mr Raman spoke on ‘South Asia and Al Qaeda – Emerging Trends’. The Round Table Discussion was chaired by Sir Hilary Synnott, Senior Consulting fellow at IISS.
Mr Raman joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1961, and went on deputation to the Central Government in 1967. A year later, he moved over to R&AW as an external intelligence analyst. In 1984, he resigned from the police service and was permanently absorbed into R&AW. From 1988-94, he served as the Head of the Counter-Terrorism Division of R&AW.
Since retirement in 1994, Mr Raman has been the Director of the Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai. In 2000, he was appointed a Member of the Special Task Force on the revamping of the Intelligence Apparatus of the Government of India. In 2002-04, he served as a Member of the National Security Advisory Board of the Government of India.
