Although his mandate at the helm of the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) is due to end on 30 June, Samant Kumar Goel is very likely to be asked to stay on a year longer by prime minister Narendra Modi, of whom is he is now one of the closest advisers.
If that is not the case, the 62-year-old affable intelligence chief could, according to our sources, become the second-in-command to his close friend, the all-powerful national security adviser Ajit Doval. It is Doval who is the true pilot of India's
