Padma Shri Sridhar Vembu, founder & Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Zoho has been appointed to the National Security Advisory Board(NSAB). Generally, members of NSAB have a 2 year term.
- National Security Advisor (NSA) heads the NSAB. Currently, Ajit Doval is the NSA.
List of other new members:
The other new members , who were inducted into the NSAB for the 2 year term are K Radhakrishnan, former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO), Anshuman Tripathy, faculty at Indian Institute of Management(IIM)Bangalore, and Arun K Singh, former ambassador to France and the United States.
About National Security Council (NSC)┬а
i.It was established by the former prime minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 19 November 1998.
ii.It is a three-tiered organisation structure that oversees political, economic, energy and security issues of strategic concern
- 3 tier- The Strategic Policy Group, the National Security Advisory Board and a secretariat from the Joint Intelligence Committee.
About NSA:
i.NSA presides over the NSC and he/she is the primary advisor to the prime minister.
ii.The 1st NSA was┬а Brajesh Mishra.
What is NSAB?
i.NSAB consists of a group of top national security experts outside the government.
ii.The members are generally senior retired officials, civilian and military, academics and distinguished members of civil society
About Sridhar Vembu:
i.He received the Padma Shri award in 2021 for Trade and Industry.
ii.As per Forbes, he is the 59th richest Indian in the world with a net worth of US$2.5 billion as of 2020.
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