Intelligence Services

Ravi Mathur | Special Secretary | Government of India

What is Intelligence Services?

Intelligence Services is a great Career option. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Intelligence Services actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Intelligence Services. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Intelligence Services from non professionals.

Special Secretary Ravi Mathur invested 31 years & 4 months in Intelligence Services. Here is how Special Secretary Ravi Mathur detailed Intelligence Services:

Intelligence services are carried out by government agencies that are responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources.

How Special Secretary Ravi Mathur got into Intelligence Services?

I graduated from Hindu College, Delhi University with a Bachelors and Masters degree in History. After clearing my civil services exam in 1978, I joined the Government of India as an Indian Revenue Service officer. I was recruited as a Special Secretary to the Cabinet Secretariat between 1987-93 and 1999-2014 during which time I served in the Intelligence Services.

Special Secretary Ravi Mathur's Talk on Intelligence Services

Starts with what is:
1)	Intelligence Services

Next, it covers Education. In this Talk Education was discussed as theoretical topics needed to excel at Intelligence Services, and not as Qualifications needed to enter Intelligence Services. It explains Education needed in Intelligence Services with these items:
2)	International Relations
3)	History
4)	Political Sciences
5)	Science and Technology
6)	Knowledge of Additional Languages
7)	Economics

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Intelligence Services depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It discusses following headings for Skills in Intelligence Services:
8)	Integrity
9)	Interpersonal
10)	Maturity and Good Judgement
11)	Withstand Pressure
12)	Communication
13)	Intellectual Flexibility

Positives of Intelligence Services are quite interesting. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for Intelligence Services:
14)	Intellectual Exposure
15)	Exposure to Family
16)	Interaction with Diverse Departments
17)	Access to Sensitive Information
18)	Wide Scope of Work

Challenges define Intelligence Services as much as the Positives of the same:
19)	Difficult Operational Environment
20)	Low Appreciation, High Scrutiny
21)	Need for Constant Motivation
22)	Painstaking and Dull Job

In the final section of the Talk, Ravi Mathur talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
23)	Intelligence Services

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(Intelligence Service, Ravi Mathur, Government of India, Civil Services, Security, Foreign Policy)

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