Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has reconstituted the National Security Advisory Board which is an important element of the National Security Council system. The NSAB is a multi-disciplinary body comprising persons of eminence form outside Government with the principal function of providing long- term prognosis and analysis to the National Security Council and recommending solutions and policy options to the issues raised by them.

The seven new members of the reconstituted 23 member board are:

1. Shri K.S. Bajpai, IFS (Retd.) - Chairman Former Secretary, MEA, former Ambassador to China and the USA . Currently Chairman Delhi Policy Group, an independent think tank.

2. Ms. Shyamala B. Cowsik, IFS (Retd.) Former High Comm. to Canada

3. Shri Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industries(CIl)

4. Shri H.K. Dua, Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune.

5. Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, IAS (Retd.) Former Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Distinguished Fellow, TERI

6. Ms. Sudha Mahalingam, Member (Distribution), Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board

7. Vice Admiral (Retd.) K.K. Nayyar, Chairman, National Maritime Foundation.

The other existing members are:

1. Prof. Alka Acharya, JNU (Expert on China)

2. Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science

3. Dr. P.M. Bhargava, former Vice-Chairman, National Knowledge Commission Founder & Former Director, CCMB, Hyderabad

4. Vice Adml (Retd.) P.S. Das, PVSM, UYSM, VSM, Former C-in-C, Eastern Naval Command

5. Prof. Rakesh Datta, Professor & Head, Department of Defence Studies, Punjab University

6. Shri A.S. Dulat, former Secretary (R)

7. Shri V.K. Grover, IFS (Retd.) Former Secretary, MEA.

8. Shri Wasbir Hussain, Political Analyst and Associate Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management

9. Air Chief Mshl (Retd.) S. Krishnaswami, PVSM,AVSM, VM, Former Chief of Air Staff

10. Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Director, Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

11. Shri K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary

12. Shri K.V. Rajan, IFS (Retd.) Former Ambassador to Nepal and Secretary, MEA.

13. Shri N. Ravi, Editor, The Hindu

14. Gen. (Retd.) V.N. Sharma, PVSM, AVSM, former Chief of Army Staff

15. Dr. M.R. Srinivasan, former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

16. Shri S.P. Talukdar, former Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)