Dr. S.D. Pradhan is the former Deputy National Security Advisor and Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India.
The late Sri Brijesh Mishra's perceptive mind and pragmatism in the formulation of foreign and security policies earned him the title of ‘Chanakya of the modern period’. During his long career as a diplomat, he held many important positions and retired from the Indian Foreign Services (IFS) as India's permanent representative in the United Nations (UN).
