Current Context : Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) Rajinder Khanna was appointed as additional National Security Adviser.

• While Intelligence Bureau special director V. Ravichandran was appointed as deputy NSA.
• Rajinder Khanna is a 1978-batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre, served as the R&AW chief from December 2014 to December 2016.

ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETRIAT (NSCS)

• It is the apex body deals on all internal and external security-related matters.
• It is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with NSA Ajit Doval acting as its secretary.