Government appoints Lt General M.U. Nair as national cyber security coordinator

The government has appointed Lt General M.U. Nair as the new national cyber security coordinator (NCSC). Nair previously served as the commandant of the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering. He took over as the 28th signal officer-in-chief in July 2022.

Nair succeeds Lt General Rajesh Pant who is also a veteran of the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army. Pant served as the NCSC chief after Gulshan Rai, who was the first chief of the cybersecurity and e-surveillance agency.