Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy () (1940–2008) was an Indian IPS officer, intelligence agent, former National Security Advisor of Mauritius and a columnist. He served in the Intelligence Bureau,

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and the

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in various capacities, playing a key role in the

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Education

He was born in Jamalpur, in what is now

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. He graduated in economics from the renowned

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and earned his MA degree from the

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Career

He taught at the Chandernagore Government College in 1958, which was then affiliated with the

. He joined the

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cadre of the

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in 1964, but was subsequently deputed to the Intelligence Bureau in Delhi to play a key role in the

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. In recognition of his meritorious service he was put in charge of the Kashmir desk in the rank of deputy director of Intelligence Bureau. In 1984, he was transferred to the country's counter intelligence outfit

, where his first posting was in

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. He also served in

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. He was thereafter brought back to the RAW headquarters in Delhi to look after important regions including Myanmar, Russia and South East Asia. Subsequently, he was made a special director of Special Services Bureau and was later promoted to the rank of additional secretary within RAW. In 1997, he was made the director-general of

and after serving a year there, his services were requisitioned by the Mauritius government which appointed him as its National Security Adviser. When Nandy retired in 2000, Prime Minister Sir

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made an offer to Nandy to come back to Mauritius as NSA. After retirement, he regularly contributed articles on national security to '' The Statesman'' and ''

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''.

Primary reference

Obituary in The Statesman
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