I am extremely happy to welcome you to the NIA home page. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was created by an Act of Parliament in December, 2008 following the traumatic terrorist attack in Mumbai on 26th November, 2008. NIA was created for investigation and prosecution of offences affecting sovereignty, security. and integrity of India. Since terrorism poses the gravest threat to sovereignty and integrity of the country, therefore, NIA has come to play the role of the national level counter terrorism law enforcement agency.

The National Investigation Agency is now two years old. These two years have been years of growth and consolidation. As an organization, during these two years, we have grown both in manpower and logistics. We now have reasonable number of officers and men in various ranks, an office, office infrastructure and many of the necessary resources. The two years which have gone by have, however, been tough. During this period, we faced a dual challenge, while on the one hand we were working towards building an institution, we were also simultaneously investigating complex cases of terrorism, insurgency having all India and international ramifications. The small group of officers in NIA has during these two years, worked under several constraints, but I am proud to say, with exceptional merit and devotion to duty.

Over the two years of its existence, the NIA has been a silent, almost invisible contributor to the quieteninq of the terror-escape in India. We have done some very remarkable investigations in the North East and have contributed in an humble manner to peace in the Region. We have also helped in unearthing the larger conspiracy behind the Nov. 2008 attacks in Mumbai and are working in concert with other law enforcement and security agencies to bring the offenders to justice. With minimal resources, we have been able to achieve maximal results.

When the NIA came into existence, it was a Delhi centric organization. We now have a full fledged branch at Hyderabad and recently opened another Branch at Guwahati. We also have a separate specialized cell dealing with the subjects of Fake Indian Currency Notes and Terror Funding.

We have also made considerable efforts to improve the quality of our manpower by imparting rigorous in-service training to our officers and men. For this purpose a separate Training Division has been created within NIA. Briefly, we are now ready to accept more and bigger challenges and take up more investigations.

While we motivate ourselves to tackling terrorists, we constantly keep reminding ourselves of the best standards of law enforcement and the statement ''the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country." We may be the youngest and smallest law enforcement organization in the country, but we are surely on the right path and are trying to build NIA into an organization which nurtures and values excellence.

However, to achieve our goals, we need your support. We also need feedback and suggestions from you. I take this opportunity to solicit these.

I once again thank you for visiting our website.

Jai Hind.

Director General, NIA