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{{short description| Indian civil servant and R&AW chief}}
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{{BLP sources|date=January 2008}}

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| term_end            = 2005
| predecessor         = [[Vikram Sood]]
| successor           = [[PKH Tharakan]]
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'''C. D. Sahay''' is a retired [[Indian Police Service|IPS officer]] who served as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary]] of the [[Research and Analysis Wing]] (R&AW), [[India]]'s external [[intelligence agency]], from 1 April 2003 to 31 January 2005. He is a [[Karnataka]] cadre [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer of the 1967 batch.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kutty |first=C K |date=2 February 2005 |title=A RAW hand |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/02spec3.htm |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Sheela |first=Bhatt |date=15 March 2003 |title=C D Sahay to head RAW |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/mar/15raw.htm |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref>

Sahay had been in R&AW since the 1970s, when he joined the agency on a deputation.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1980s, he was absorbed into the Research and Analysis Service.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1990s, Sahay headed the R&AW division in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name=":1" /> In December 1999, Sahay was part of the team that was formed by the [[Government of India|Indian government]] to negotiate with the hijackers of [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|Indian Airlines aircraft IC 814]].<ref name=":1" /> From 2000 to 2003, he was a special secretary in R&AW in charge of the division responsible for analysis and operations relating to [[Pakistan]] and other Islamic countries.<ref name=":1" /> He was also involved in negotiations centered on the [[Hizb-ul-Mujahideen]]'s abortive ceasefire in July 2000. He went to Laos for anti-US operations and funding the communist rebels.

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In April 2003, he became the 15th chief of R&AW.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bhatt |first=Sheela |date=2 April 2003 |title=New R&AW chief is first to be trained in Israel |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/02raw.htm |access-date=20 April 2025 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> He inaugurated the present headquarters of the agency in [[Lodi Road]], [[Delhi]]. He has undergone intelligence training in [[Israel]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=":0" /> He is the first R&AW chief to have undergone intelligence training in [[Israel]].<ref name=":0" /> His predecessors had undergone training only in the [[United States]] and the United Kingdom.<ref name=":0" />

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| before = [[Vikram Sood]]
| title = [[R&AW#Secretaries of R.26AW|Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing]]
| years = 2003–2005
| after = [[P K H Tharakan]]
}}
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