| Arvind Dave | |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1940 |
| Office: | Governor of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Term Start: | 2 August 1999 |
| Term End: | 12 June 2003 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Mukut Mithi |
| Predecessor: | Srinivas Kumar Sinha |
| Successor: | V. C. Pande |
| Office2: | Governor of Manipur |
| Term Start2: | 12 June 2003 |
| Term End2: | 5 August 2004 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| Predecessor2: | Ved Marwah |
| Successor2: | Shivinder Singh Sidhu |
| Office3: | Governor of Assam |
| Term Start3: | 21 April 2003 |
| Term End3: | 5 June 2003 |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Tarun Gogoi |
| Predecessor3: | Srinivas Kumar Sinha |
| Successor3: | Ajai Singh |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant Administrator |
| Date: | 10 March |
| Year: | 2020 |
Arvind Dave (born 1 May 1940) is the former Governor of four states in India. He was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh during 1999 - 2003;,[1] Governor of Manipur, during 2003–2004[2] and acting governor of Meghalaya and Assam briefly during 2002 and 2003 respectively.[3] [4] He hails from Udaipur in Rajasthan.[5]
He was the Director of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - India's external intelligence agency - from 1997 to 1999. He was chief of the agency during the Kargil War and Operation Shakti, India's nuclear program. As the Director of RAW, he also chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee during that period.[6] [7]