๐. ๐. ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.
๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ.
He was later deputed to the Central Bureau of Investigation, where he dealt with cases involving corruption networks and organised crime, including illegal mining syndicates. However, it was his subsequent move to the Intelligence Bureau that proved to be the defining phase of his career.
In the IB, Ravi developed a reputation as a tough and methodical intelligence officer with expertise in counter-insurgency and internal security operations. He worked extensively across conflict zones, including Jammu & Kashmir, the North-East, and Maoist-affected regions. Over the years, he came to be seen as one of the Centreโs key specialists on North-East affairs and insurgent negotiations.
By 2010, Ravi had risen to the position of Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau, one of the most senior posts in Indiaโs internal intelligence apparatus. He retired from service in 2012 after spending decades in the countryโs security establishment.
His retirement, however, marked the beginning of another influential chapter in public life. In 2014, the Narendra Modi government brought him back into the system as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee under the Prime Ministerโs Office. In the same year, he was appointed the Centreโs interlocutor for the Naga peace talks, placing him at the centre of one of Indiaโs most sensitive political and security negotiations.
Ravi played a crucial role in the 2015 Naga Peace Accord with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), a landmark agreement viewed as a major breakthrough in the Centreโs efforts to address the decades-old insurgency in the North-East. In October 2018, he was elevated to the post of Deputy National Security Adviser, working within the national security structure led by NSA Ajit Doval. He remained in the position until July 2019.
Soon afterwards, Ravi entered constitutional office. He was appointed Governor of Nagaland in August 2019 and also briefly held additional charge of Meghalaya. In September 2021, he was transferred as Governor of Tamil Nadu, where his tenure frequently drew national attention amid confrontations with the DMK government over legislative and constitutional matters.
๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐. ๐. ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐.
From a Kerala cadre IPS officer to one of the countryโs most influential intelligence figures and eventually the constitutional head of West Bengal, Raviโs career has traversed policing, espionage, counter-insurgency, diplomacy, and governance at the highest levels.
