C. D. Sahay

{{short description| Indian civil servant and R&AW chief}}

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C. D. Sahay is a retired IPS officer who served as the Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India's external intelligence agency, from 1 April 2003 to 31 January 2005. He is a Karnataka cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1967 batch.{{Cite web |last=Kutty |first=C K |date=2 February 2005 |title=A RAW hand |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/02spec3.htm |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Rediff.com}}{{Cite web |last=Sheela |first=Bhatt |date=15 March 2003 |title=C D Sahay to head RAW |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/15raw.htm |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Rediff.com}}

Sahay had been in R&AW since the 1970s, when he joined the agency on a deputation. In the 1980s, he was absorbed into the Research and Analysis Service. In the 1990s, Sahay headed the R&AW division in Jammu and Kashmir. In December 1999, Sahay was part of the team that was formed by the Indian government to negotiate with the hijackers of Indian Airlines aircraft IC 814. From 2000 to 2003, he was a special secretary in R&AW in charge of the division responsible for analysis and operations relating to Pakistan and other Islamic countries. He was also involved in negotiations centered on the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen's abortive ceasefire in July 2000. He went to Laos for anti-US operations and funding the communist rebels.

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Category:People of the Research and Analysis Wing

In April 2003, he became the 15th chief of R&AW.{{Cite web |last=Bhatt |first=Sheela |date=2 April 2003 |title=New R&AW chief is first to be trained in Israel |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/02raw.htm |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Rediff.com}} He inaugurated the present headquarters of the agency in Lodi Road, Delhi. He has undergone intelligence training in Israel and the United Kingdom. He is the first R&AW chief to have undergone intelligence training in Israel. His predecessors had undergone training only in the United States and the United Kingdom.