Kamal Davar

Lieutenant General Kamal Davar is a retired Indian military officer, and security expert who served as the first Director General of the Defence Intelligence Agency.

The general officer is the son of renowned veteran freedom fighter and Indian National Congress leader, Dr MC Davar. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasala, and also holds an MSc in Defence Studies from Madras University, and a doctorate in Security Studies from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut.

Lt General Davar was commissioned into the 7th Light Cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. As a young officer Davar participated in the 1965 India-Pakistan War during which he was wounded in action. Subsequently, he also participated in active operations during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He eventually rose to command the 86 Armoured Regiment of the Indian Army, and also to serve on the Indian Military Training Team in Iraq. As a Major General, Davar was sent , the first armoured corps offficer to command 3 Div responsible for the entire Ladakh sector. After 2 successful years he was posted as Chief of Staff at the Corps Headquarters in Nagrota, Jammu and Kashmir during the height of counter-insurgency operations. He subsequently rose to become General Officer Commanding of an Army Corps in Punjab, in the rank of Lieutenant General. After completion of command as GOC of a Corps, he was appointed Director-General, Mechanised Forces at Army Headquarters in 2001. On 5 March 2002, the government announced Davar's appointment as the first Chief of The Defence Intelligence Agency(DIA) and Deputy Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff where he is reputed to have taken many pioneering intelligence initiatives both at home and abroad. General Davar has also served as the Colonel of the Regiment of 86 Armoured Regiment, as well as that of 74 Armoured Regiment.

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