Director of the Intelligence Bureau

The Director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency.[1] The DIB is the senior-most Indian Police Service officer of India. The current director of Intelligence Bureau is Tapan Deka, who is serving since 1 July 2022[2][3]

Director of the Intelligence Bureau
Insignia of Director of the Intelligence Bureau
Star Plate for Police Vehicle
Incumbent
Tapan Deka
since 1 July 2022
Intelligence Bureau
TypeChief Executive
AbbreviationDIB
Member ofStrategic Policy Group
Joint Intelligence Committee
Reports toMinister of Home Affairs
AppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Term length2-3 years
Formation1887
First holderT. G. Sanjeevi Pillai
SalaryINR 2,25,000 (Level 17)

Authority

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Director IB (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 Union Home Minister in the Union Ministry of Home affairs, GoI.

List of Directors of the Intelligence Bureau

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The following is the list of Director of Intelligence Bureau.[4]

No. Director Took office Left office
1 T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai 12 April 1947 14 July 1950
2 B. N. Mullik 15 July 1950 9 October 1964
3 S. P. Verma October 1964 January 1968
4 M. M. L. Hooja January 1968 November 1971
5 Atma Jayaram November 1971 August 1975
6 S. N. Mathur August 1975 February 1980
7 T. V. Rajeswar February 1980 August 1983
8 R. K. Kapoor August 1983 November 1984
9 Hari Anand Barari November 1984 March 1987
10 M. K. Narayanan April 1987 December 1989
11 R. P. Joshi December 1989 December 1990
(10) M. K. Narayanan January 1991 February 1992
12 V. G. Vaidya March 1992 July 1994
13 D. C. Pathak August 1994 August 1996
14 Abhijit Mitra August 1996 September 1996
15 Arun Bhagat September 1996 April 1998
16 Shyamal Datta April 1998 May 2001
17 K. P. Singh May 2001 July 2004
18 Ajit Doval July 2004 January 2005
19 E. S. L. Narasimhan February 2005 December 2006
20 P. C. Haldar January 2007 December 2008
21 Rajiv Mathur January 2009 December 2010
22 Nehchal Sandhu 2010 2012
23 Syed Asif Ibrahim 1 January 2013 31 December 2014
24 Dineshwar Sharma 1 January 2015 31 December 2016
25 Rajiv Jain 1 January 2017 26 June 2019
26 Arvind Kumar 26 June 2019 30 June 2022
27 Tapan Deka 1 July 2022 Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ "THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (UNIFORM) RULES,1954". Govt of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Centre's Plan With 2 Appointments At Intelligence Agencies". NDTV.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. ^ Bahadur Singh, Jitendra (24 June 2022). "Tapan Kumar Deka appointed as Director of Intelligence Bureau". India Today. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)