New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, while speaking at the convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, recalled the moment he thought his career was all but over.

He told the students about the time when a team he had dispatched for border surveillance was captured by the Chinese army. Though he was found not at fault, the incident left him distressed.

NSA Ajit Doval said that in his 20s, he was posted in Sikkim. Monitoring activities along the border were part of his responsibilities.

"I was a young IPS officer, new to the intelligence profession. I was in my 20s, and I was posted as in charge of intelligence in Sikkim. That was not a part of India at that time. It was becomi...