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Director of the Intelligence Bureau

Chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau in India

Chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau in India

FieldValue
postDirector of the Intelligence Bureau
flagsize170px
flagcaptionCar stars Police.jpg
insigniaIPS 4 star.png
insigniasize55px
insigniacaptionInsignia of Director of the Intelligence Bureau
imageShri Tapan Kumar Deka (cropped).jpg
incumbentTapan Deka
incumbentsince1 July 2022
typeChief Executive
departmentIntelligence Bureau
member_ofStrategic Policy Group
Joint Intelligence Committee
reports_toMinister of Home Affairs
seatNorth Block, New Delhi
nominatorMinistry of Home Affairs
appointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
termlength2-3 years
formation1887
firstT. G. Sanjeevi Pillai
abbreviationDIB
deputySpecial Director, Intelligence Bureau
salaryPay level 17

Joint Intelligence Committee

The director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency. The DIB is the senior-most Indian Police Service officer of the Intelligence Bureau. The current director of the Intelligence Bureau is Tapan Deka, who is serving since 1 July 2022 The director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is a four-star ranked Indian Police Service (IPS) in India. He is the senior most police officer in the country.

Authority

The DIB is a member of the Strategic Policy Group and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), but intelligence inputs go through the regular channels in the Ministry of Home Affairs to the JIC. DIB reports to the Union home minister in the Union Ministry of Home affairs, GoI.

Notwithstanding anything mentioned above, the director of the Intelligence Bureau is not expected to wear the uniform of the IPS officer even on ceremonial occasions.

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List of directors of the Intelligence Bureau

The following is the list of directors of the Intelligence Bureau.

No.DirectorTook officeLeft office
1T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai12 April 194714 July 1950
2B. N. Mullik15 July 19509 October 1964
3S. P. VermaOctober 1964January 1968
4M. M. L. HoojaJanuary 1968November 1971
5Atma JayaramNovember 1971August 1975
6S. N. MathurAugust 1975February 1980
7T. V. RajeswarFebruary 1980August 1983
8R. K. KapoorAugust 1983November 1984
9Hari Anand BarariNovember 1984March 1987
10M. K. NarayananApril 1987December 1989
11R. P. JoshiDecember 1989December 1990
10M. K. NarayananJanuary 1991February 1992
12V. G. VaidyaMarch 1992July 1994
13D. C. PathakAugust 1994August 1996
14Abhijit MitraAugust 1996September 1996
15Arun BhagatSeptember 1996April 1998
16Shyamal DattaApril 1998May 2001
17K. P. SinghMay 2001July 2004
18Ajit DovalJuly 2004January 2005
19E. S. L. NarasimhanFebruary 2005December 2006
20P. C. HaldarJanuary 2007December 2008
21Rajiv MathurJanuary 2009December 2010
22Nehchal Sandhu20102012
23Syed Asif Ibrahim1 January 201331 December 2014
24Dineshwar Sharma1 January 201531 December 2016
25Rajiv Jain1 January 201726 June 2019
26Arvind Kumar26 June 201930 June 2022
27Tapan Deka1 July 2022Incumbent

References

References

  1. "THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (UNIFORM) RULES,1954". Govt of India.
  2. "Centre's Plan With 2 Appointments At Intelligence Agencies".
  3. Bahadur Singh, Jitendra. (June 24, 2022). "Tapan Kumar Deka appointed as Director of Intelligence Bureau".
  4. "Archived copy".
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