Overview
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet assigned Parag Jain the Secretary (Security) role with immediate effect until a regular successor is named or further orders are issued.
- The Secretary (Security) position oversees the administrative functioning of the Special Protection Group that protects the Prime Minister.
- The post has been vacant since Harinath Mishra retired on July 31 after a planned successor, RA Chandrashekhar, became Kerala police chief, with Manoj Govil holding the charge in the interim.
- Jain is a 1989-batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre who took over as R&AW secretary on July 1 for a two-year term.
- Reporting notes Jain previously led the Aviation Research Centre and has been credited with a key role in Operation Sindoor.