Shivshankar Menon Is New NSA
Shiv Shankar Menon has been a dynamic officer of the Indian Foreign Services who has since risen to the very top of his professional ladder.
Shivshankar Menon, is Natioanl Security Advisor for the Prime Minister of India. Formerly he served as Forign Secretary. Menon was the High Commissioner to Pakistan and served in China and Israel as ambassador and diplomat.
A Masters in History from Delhi University, Menon will have a nearly three-year tenure. He also had a stint in the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) as an Adviser. 
High profile former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was today named as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) to succeed M K Narayanan.
The 60-year-old career diplomat will be in the rank of Minister of State, according to the decision of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet.
