Former RAW Chief K . Shankaran Nair is no more

Q.  Which former RAW Chief has passed away on 17th November 2015?
- Published on 18 Nov 15

a. Rameshwarnath Kao
b. K. Shankaran Nair
c. Ashok Gupta
d. None of the above

ANSWER: K. Shankaran Nair
 
The former chief of Research and Analysis Wing, K. Shankaran Nair from Kerala’s Ottapalam village passed away on November 17 2015. He is credited with the success of the 1971 Bangladesh war and played a crucial role in restructuring the RAW in the 1980s. He wrote his memoir “Inside IB and RAW: The rolling stone that gathered moss” in 2008 and succeeded Kao as RAW chief in the 1970s.

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