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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Rajiv Jain<br />
|office = [[Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)|Director of Intelligence Bureau]]<br />
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|image = File:Shri Rajiv Jain, Director, Intelligence Bureau (cropped).jpg<br />
|preceded = [[Dineshwar Sharma]]<br />
|succeeded = [[Arvind Kumar (civil servant)|Arvind Kumar]]<br />
|primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|03|17|mf=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jhpolice.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents-reports/jhpolice_IPS-disposition-list_100815.pdf|title=Disposition of IPS Officers |publisher=Jharkhand Police |access-date=10 Oct 2015}}</ref><br />
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|nationality = Indian<br />
|occupation = [[Indian Police Service|Civil Servant]]<br />
|honorific-suffix = <br />
|term_start = 1 January 2017<br />
|term_end = 26 June 2019<br />
}}<br />
'''Rajiv Jain''' (born March 17, 1957) was the [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]] of India. He belonged to 1980 batch of IPS.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ib-director-meets-chief-minister-dgp/article23598342.ece|title=IB Director meets Chief Minister, DGP|last=Srinivas|first=Rajulapudi|date=2018-04-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-10-05|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is from the [[Jharkhand]] cadre and was appointed on January 1, 2017 as the 26th [[Director of Intelligence Bureau]] after the retirement of [[Dineshwar Sharma]].<ref name="News 18.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/rajiv-jain-next-intelligence-bureau-chief-anil-dhasmana-to-head-raw-1324325.html|title=Rajiv Jain Next Intelligence Bureau Chief, Anil Dhasmana to Head R&AW|publisher=News 18.com|accessdate=17 Dec 2016}}</ref><ref name="Economic Times">{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/rajiv-jain-to-be-new-ib-chief-anil-dhasmana-to-head-raw/articleshow/56038045.cms|title=Rajiv Jain to be new IB chief, Anil Dhasmana to head RA|publisher=Economic Times|accessdate=17 Dec 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajiv-jain-to-be-new-ib-chief-anil-dhasmana-to-head-raw/articleshow/56038023.cms|title=Rajiv Jain to be new IB chief, Anil Dhasmana to head RAW|work=The Times of India|accessdate=17 Dec 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/topic/ips-officer-rajiv-jain|title=IPS officer Rajiv Jain {{!}} Free Press Journal|website=www.freepressjournal.in|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/anil-dhasmana-is-new-r-rajiv-jain-to-be-intelligence-bureau-ib-chief/477500/|title=Anil Dhasmana is new R&AW chief; Rajiv Jain to be Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief|date=2016-12-17|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-01-28|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inshorts.com/news/who-is-rajiv-jain-the-new-intelligence-bureau-chief-1482029315300|title=Who is Rajiv Jain, the new Intelligence Bureau chief?|website=Inshorts - Stay Informed|language=en|access-date=2018-01-28}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Rajiv Jain is the recipient of [[President's Police Medal|President’s Police Medal]] and has served in various departments of the Intelligence Bureau, including the sensitive Kashmir desk. He was the advisor to the previous [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] government’s interlocutor on [[Kashmir]], [[K. C. Pant|KC Pant]], when talks were held with separatist leaders like [[Shabir Shah|Shabbir Shah]].<ref name="The Financial Express">{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/anil-dhasmana-is-new-r-rajiv-jain-to-be-intelligence-bureau-ib-chief/477500/|title=Anil Dhasmana is new R&AW chief; Rajiv Jain to be Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief|publisher=The Financial Express|accessdate=17 Dec 2016}}</ref><ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rajiv-jain-to-become-ib-chief-anil-kumar-dhasmana-will-take-charge-of-raw/story-X42uM2sUPv8rarz1YSsfUN.html|title=Rajiv Jain to become IB chief, Anil kumar Dhasmana will take charge of RAW|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=17 Dec 2016}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]]<br />
* [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]]<br />
* [[Indian Police Service]]<br />
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