Editing Research and Analysis Wing (section)

===Training===
;Basic training
Basic training commences with '[[pep talk]]s' to boost the morale of the new recruit. This is a ten-day phase in which the inductee is familiarised with the real world of intelligence and [[espionage]], as opposed to the spies of fiction. Common usages, [[tradecraft]] techniques and [[Classified information|classification of information]] are taught. Financial and [[economic analysis]], [[space technology]], [[information security]], [[energy security]] and [[scientific knowledge]] is imbibed to the trainees. The recruit is made to specialise in a foreign language and introduced to [[Geopolitics|Geostrategic analysis]]. Case studies of other agencies like [[CIA]], [[KGB]], [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]], [[Mossad]] and [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] are presented for study. The inductee is also taught that intelligence organisations do not identify who is friend and who is foe, the country's [[foreign policy]] does. Basic classroom training in tactics and language are imparted to R&AW officers at the residential Training and Language Institute in [[Gurgaon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headlinesindia.com/defence-news/army/raw-officer-attempts-suicide-outside-pmo-531.html |title=RAW officer attempts suicide at PMO |publisher=Headlinesindia.com |access-date=28 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113073046/http://www.headlinesindia.com/defence-news/army/raw-officer-attempts-suicide-outside-pmo-531.html |archive-date=13 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defencejournal.com/feb-mar99/raw-at-war.htm |title=Raw at War-Genesis of Secret Agencies in Ancient India |publisher=Defencejournal.com |access-date=28 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502180923/http://www.defencejournal.com/feb-mar99/raw-at-war.htm |archive-date=2 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/to-bridge-language-gap-raw-ropes-in-native-linguists-as-gurus/|title=To bridge language gap, R&AW ropes in native linguists as 'gurus'|last=Sarin|first=Ritu|date=4 February 2014|work=The Indian Express|access-date=23 February 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301085823/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/to-bridge-language-gap-raw-ropes-in-native-linguists-as-gurus/|archive-date=1 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A multi-disciplinary school of economic intelligence is also being set up in Mumbai to train intelligence officers in investigating economic crimes like money laundering for terror purposes etc.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Soon-training-school-for-secret-agents-in-Mumbai/articleshow/9253591.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Soon, training school for secret agents in Mumbai | date=17 July 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717231320/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Soon-training-school-for-secret-agents-in-Mumbai/articleshow/9253591.cms | archive-date=17 July 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

;Advanced training
After completing 'Basic Training' the recruit is now attached to a Field Intelligence Bureau (FIB). Their training here lasts for 1–2 years. They are given firsthand experience of what it was to be out in the [[Cold War espionage|figurative cold]], conducting [[clandestine operation]]s. During night exercises under realistic conditions, they are taught [[infiltration tactics|infiltration]] and [[exfil]]tration. They are also instructed to avoid capture and if caught, how to face [[interrogation]]. They will learn the art of [[reconnoitre]], making contacts, and, the [[Espionage#Technology and techniques|numerous skills of operating an intelligence mission]]. At the end of the [[field training]], the new recruit is brought back to the school for final polishing. Before their deployment in the field, they will be given exhaustive training in the art of [[self-defence]] mainly [[Krav Maga]], and the use of technical espionage devices. They are also drilled in various administrative disciplines so that they could take their place in the foreign missions without arousing suspicion. They are now ready to operate under the cover of an Embassy to gather information, set up their own network of informers, [[mole (espionage)|moles]] or operatives as the task may require. Field and arms training is provided in the [[Indian Military Academy]] Headquarters at [[Dehradun]].<ref>"Open Secrets: India's Intelligence Unveiled"- Maloy Krishna Dhar. He was the joint director of IB.</ref> The training model has been criticised as being 'archaic and too police-centric' and not incorporating 'modern technological advances in methods of communication' etc.