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	His paper "Insurgency, terrorism, and transnational trends" was included as Chapter 6 in their publication ''Transnational Trends''.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Security Threats & Instability \| publisher=The Stimson Center\|date=18 November 2009 \|url= http://www.stimson.org/events/internal-security-threats-sources-of-instability-in-india-and-pakistan/ \| accessdate = 17 November 2014}}</ref> Balachandran was a member of the two-man "High Level Committee" appointed by the Government of [[Maharashtra]] to inquire into the police response during the [[Mumbai]] 26 November 2008 terror attacks.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Lessons from Mumbai? \| work=The Hindu\|date=15 June 2009 \|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/lessons-from-mumbai/article259976.ece\| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mirror">{{cite web \| last=Mirror \| first=Pune\| title=Cops to get major weapon upgrade \| publisher=Pune Mirror\|url= http://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/Cops-to-get-major-weapon-upgrade/articleshow/39000798.cms\| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref>		His paper "Insurgency, terrorism, and transnational trends" was included as Chapter 6 in their publication ''Transnational Trends''.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Security Threats & Instability \| publisher=The Stimson Center\|date=18 November 2009 \|url= http://www.stimson.org/events/internal-security-threats-sources-of-instability-in-india-and-pakistan/ \| accessdate = 17 November 2014}}</ref> Balachandran was a member of the two-man "High Level Committee" appointed by the Government of [[Maharashtra]] to inquire into the police response during the [[Mumbai]] 26 November 2008 terror attacks.<ref>{{cite web \| title=Lessons from Mumbai? \| work=The Hindu\|date=15 June 2009 \|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/lessons-from-mumbai/article259976.ece\| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mirror">{{cite web \| last=Mirror \| first=Pune\| title=Cops to get major weapon upgrade \| publisher=Pune Mirror\|url= http://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/Cops-to-get-major-weapon-upgrade/articleshow/39000798.cms\| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref>

	In November 2009 he was invited by the Governor of [[Hawaii]] to be the [[keynote]] speaker at the 2009 Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit at [[Honolulu]] and address senior police officials in [[Singapore]] on urban security and terrorism.<ref>{{cite web \| title=7th Annual Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit Begins \| publisher=The Hawaii Reporter \|url= http://www.hawaiireporter.com/7th-annual-asia-pacific-homeland-security-summit-begins-november-9th}}</ref~~><ref name="Mirror"/~~> Balachandran spoke at the Pluscarden Programme conference on "The Future of International Cooperation in Countering [[Violent extremism\|Violent Extremism]]" at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]] University in October 2010 and in 2013 on "India’s Politics of Free Expression-A Law & Order perspective" under the "Marchioness of Winchester Lectures 2013".<ref>{{cite web \|last=Balachandran \|first=Vappala \| title=Dealing with the aftermath of attacks \| publisher=St Antony's College, Oxford \|date=11 October 2010 \|url= http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/centres/Balachandranpaper.pdf\|accessdate = 25 November 2014}}</ref> The interview was aired by the BBC radio along with three other participants.<ref>{{cite web \| title=China Growth, Free Speech in India, Disability and the Arts\| publisher=BBC \|date=22 June 2013 \|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b020vp12\| accessdate = 25 November 2014}}</ref>		In November 2009 he was invited by the Governor of [[Hawaii]] to be the [[keynote]] speaker at the 2009 Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit at [[Honolulu]] and address senior police officials in [[Singapore]] on urban security and terrorism.<ref name="Mirror"/><ref>{{cite web \| title=7th Annual Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit Begins \| publisher=The Hawaii Reporter \|url= http://www.hawaiireporter.com/7th-annual-asia-pacific-homeland-security-summit-begins-november-9th}}</ref> Balachandran spoke at the Pluscarden Programme conference on "The Future of International Cooperation in Countering [[Violent extremism\|Violent Extremism]]" at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]] University in October 2010 and in 2013 on "India’s Politics of Free Expression-A Law & Order perspective" under the "Marchioness of Winchester Lectures 2013".<ref>{{cite web \|last=Balachandran \|first=Vappala \| title=Dealing with the aftermath of attacks \| publisher=St Antony's College, Oxford \|date=11 October 2010 \|url= http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/centres/Balachandranpaper.pdf\|accessdate = 25 November 2014}}</ref> The interview was aired by the BBC radio along with three other participants.<ref>{{cite web \| title=China Growth, Free Speech in India, Disability and the Arts\| publisher=BBC \|date=22 June 2013 \|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b020vp12\| accessdate = 25 November 2014}}</ref>

	Vappala Balachandran is also an active columnist who writes for [[The Sunday Guardian]] and [[The Asian Age]] newspapers.<ref>{{cite web \| last=Guardian \| first=The Sunday\| title=Police & State \| publisher=The Sunday Guardian\|url= http://www.sunday-guardian.com/profile/v-balachandran\|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| last=Age \| first=The Asian\| title=Columnists \| publisher=The Asian Age\|url= http://www.asianage.com/v-balachandran-374\|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref>		Vappala Balachandran is also an active columnist who writes for [[The Sunday Guardian]] and [[The Asian Age]] newspapers.<ref>{{cite web \| last=Guardian \| first=The Sunday\| title=Police & State \| publisher=The Sunday Guardian\|url= http://www.sunday-guardian.com/profile/v-balachandran\|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| last=Age \| first=The Asian\| title=Columnists \| publisher=The Asian Age\|url= http://www.asianage.com/v-balachandran-374\|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian national security intelligence specialist (born 1937)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Vappala Balachandran
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|nationality = Indian
|title = National security and intelligence specialist, former police officer
|term = 1976 – 1995 as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, [[Government of India]]
|relations = [[V.P. Menon]]
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'''Vappala Balachandran''' is an Indian national security intelligence specialist. He worked as a police officer in [[Maharashtra]] in the 1960s and early 70s, and subsequently for the [[Cabinet Secretariat of India|Cabinet Secretariat]] of the [[Government of India]], where he was appointed Special Secretary.

He is the author of three books, two on security and one on the life of [[A.C.N. Nambiar]].

Balachandran has also written newspaper columns on security and strategic subjects in Indian and foreign publications.

==Early life==
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Balachandran originally hails from the state of [[Kerala]], Southern India. His father, K.P. Kutti Krishna Menon, was an officer in the [[Myanmar]] government and he lived in Yangon till 1940. During World War 2, his father stayed back in Myanmar to serve the government.

Balachandran is the grand nephew of [[V.P. Menon]] from [[Ottapalam]], [[Kerala]].

==Career==
From 1961 to 1965, Balachandran was an Assistant Superintendent of Police in [[Nashik]] in northern Maharashtra. Between 1965 and 1972 he was Superintendent of Police, first in [[Sangli district]] and then in [[Yavatmal district|Yeotmal district]]. He was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police in [[Bombay]] (present-day Mumbai) in 1972.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

In 1976 he started working for the Indian government's [[Cabinet Secretariat (India)|Cabinet Secretariat]] in New Delhi.{{cn|date=November 2020}} He retired in 1995.<ref name="Harper Collins">{{cite web | title=Author Details | publisher= [[Harper Collins Publishers|Harper Collins Publishers India]] |url= https://harpercollins.co.in/author-details/vappala-balachandran/|accessdate = 11 November 2020}}</ref>

Between 2007 and 2009 he wrote several papers for the [[Henry L. Stimson Center]], [[Washington, D.C.]] for their "Regional Voices" project.
His paper "Insurgency, terrorism, and transnational trends" was included as Chapter 6 in their publication ''Transnational Trends''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Security Threats & Instability | publisher=The Stimson Center|date=18 November 2009 |url= http://www.stimson.org/events/internal-security-threats-sources-of-instability-in-india-and-pakistan/ | accessdate = 17 November 2014}}</ref> Balachandran was a member of the two-man "High Level Committee" appointed by the Government of [[Maharashtra]] to inquire into the police response during the [[Mumbai]] 26 November 2008 terror attacks.<ref>{{cite web | title=Lessons from Mumbai? | work=The Hindu|date=15 June 2009 |url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/lessons-from-mumbai/article259976.ece| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mirror">{{cite web | last=Mirror | first=Pune| title=Cops to get major weapon upgrade | publisher=Pune Mirror|url= http://www.punemirror.in/pune/civic/Cops-to-get-major-weapon-upgrade/articleshow/39000798.cms| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref>

In November 2009 he was invited by the Governor of [[Hawaii]] to be the [[keynote]] speaker at the 2009 Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit at [[Honolulu]] and address senior police officials in [[Singapore]] on urban security and terrorism.<ref>{{cite web | title=7th Annual Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit Begins | publisher=The Hawaii Reporter |url= http://www.hawaiireporter.com/7th-annual-asia-pacific-homeland-security-summit-begins-november-9th}}</ref><ref name="Mirror"/> Balachandran spoke at the Pluscarden Programme conference on "The Future of International Cooperation in Countering [[Violent extremism|Violent Extremism]]" at [[St Antony's College, Oxford]] University in October 2010 and in 2013 on "India’s Politics of Free Expression-A Law & Order perspective" under the "Marchioness of Winchester Lectures 2013".<ref>{{cite web |last=Balachandran |first=Vappala | title=Dealing with the aftermath of attacks | publisher=St Antony's College, Oxford |date=11 October 2010 |url= http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/centres/Balachandranpaper.pdf|accessdate = 25 November 2014}}</ref> The interview was aired by the BBC radio along with three other participants.<ref>{{cite web | title=China Growth, Free Speech in India, Disability and the Arts| publisher=BBC |date=22 June 2013 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b020vp12| accessdate = 25 November 2014}}</ref>

Vappala Balachandran is also an active columnist who writes for [[The Sunday Guardian]] and [[The Asian Age]] newspapers.<ref>{{cite web | last=Guardian | first=The Sunday| title=Police & State | publisher=The Sunday Guardian|url= http://www.sunday-guardian.com/profile/v-balachandran|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Age | first=The Asian| title=Columnists | publisher=The Asian Age|url= http://www.asianage.com/v-balachandran-374|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref>

=== Awards ===

In 1975, Balachandran was awarded the Indian Police Medal for meritorious service and in 1986, The President's Police medal for meritorious service.

== Books ==
* ''National Security and Intelligence Management-A New Paradigm'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|last=Raghavan |first=V.R. |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/intelligence-more-failures-than-successes/article6186927.ece| title=Intelligence: more failures than successes |work=The Hindu |accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite press release | last=Sen | first=Mamta Chitnis| title=Police need to adopt scientific probe methods | publisher=Sunday-Guardian.com |date=15 March 2014 |url= http://www.sunday-guardian.com/news/police-need-to-adopt-scientific-probe-methods| accessdate = 21 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=TImes | first=News Network| title=Charting 3 decades of terror intelligence coordination failure | work=The Times of India|url= http://www.indussource.com/review.aspx?id=80&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=450|date = 13 March 2014|accessdate = 28 November 2014}}</ref>
* ''A life in Shadow'' (2017)<ref name=HS1>{{cite news | last=Mukherji | first=Saradindu | title=Behind the Spotlight | date=8 April 2017 | newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/behind-the-spotlight/article17892233.ece| accessdate=15 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Wire | first=The | title=Uncovering the remarkable life of ACN Nambiar | publisher=Thewire.in|url= https://thewire.in/books/nambiar-secret-life | accessdate = 21 November 2017}}</ref>
* ''Keeping India Safe: The Dilemma of Internal Security'' (2017)<ref name="Express">{{cite web | last=Singh | first=Prakash| title=State of the Union | publisher=Indianexpress.com |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/state-of-the-union-vappala-balachandran-keeping-india-safe-4772030/| accessdate = 21 November 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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