Post-retirement, he was advisor to the Governor of Manipur from June 2001 to March 2002. He advised the government in various capacities on counter-insurgency and border management issues. In 2010 he was appointed by the Union Home Ministry to investigate the events leading to the attack and killing of 76 CRPF jawans in Dantewada. His report submitted to the Union Home Ministry has not been made public. He also traveled with a fact-finding mission of civil society organisations to Gujarat in the aftermath of the Godhra Riots.