Cabinet Secretary (Rajiv Gauba, IAS) Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (Shaktikanta Das) Foreign Secretary (Dr. Vijay Keshav Gokhale, IFS) Defence Secretary (Ajay Kumar, IAS) Home Secretary (Ajay Kumar Bhalla) Finance Secretary (Rajiv Kumar, IAS) Secretary (Research) (i.e. the head of the Research and Analysis Wing) (Samant Goel, IPS) Chief of the Army Staff (General Manoj Mukund Naravane) Chief of the Naval Staff (Admiral Karambir Singh) Chief of the Air Staff (Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria) Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (Pramod Chandra Mody, IRS (IT)) Secretary (Defence Production) (Dr. Ajay Kumar, IAS) Secretary (Atomic Energy) (Dr. Sekhar Basu) Secretary (Space) and ex-officio Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (Dr. K. Sivan[8]) Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) (R. N. Ravi, IPS) Director of the Intelligence Bureau (Arvind Kumar, IPS) Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister and Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy) Director General of Defence Intelligence Agency (Lieutenant General A. S. Bedi)