Profile: MK Narayanan

Profile: MK Narayanan

* Mayankote Kelath Narayanan is the National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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* He was appointed as NSA on January 25, 2005.

* He offered to resign on November 30, 2008 over Mumbai terror strikes but his resignation was not accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

* Narayanan headed the Intelligence Bureau from 1987 to 1990.

* Narayanan is an expert in security matters and a specialist on Sri Lankan affairs.