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{{Short description|27th Director of the Intelligence Bureau, India}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arvinda Kumar
| office = [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]]
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| predecessor = [[Rajiv Jain]]
| successor = [[Tapan Deka]]
| prime_minister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|09|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bihar
| occupation = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| term_start = 30 June 2019
| term_end = 30 June 2022
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| honorific_prefix = 27th [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau|Director]] of [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] (DIB)
| office2 = Vigilance Commissioner of the [[Central Vigilance Commission]](CVC)
| predecessor2 = [[Sharad Kumar (bureaucrat)]]
| successor2 = Praveen Vashista
| term_start2 = 3 August 2022
| term_end2 = 30 September 2024
}}

'''Arvind Kumar''' (born 30 September 1959) is a retired 1984 (37RR)<ref>{{Cite web|title=37RR: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy|url=https://www.svpnpa.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=380:1984-batch&catid=32&Itemid=170|website=[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]}}</ref> batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer, and is a former [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/balakot-strategist-samant-goel-is-new-raw-chief-kashmir-expert-arvind-kumar-ib-director-1556415-2019-06-26|title=Balakot strategist Samant Goel is new RAW chief, Kashmir expert Arvind Kumar IB director
|date=2019-06-26|newspaper=India Today|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=India |first1=The Hans |title=Arvind new IB chief, Goel to head RAW |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/arvind-new-ib-chief-goel-to-head-raw-541537 |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=The Hans India |publisher=[[The Hans India]] |date=27 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> the senior-most ranked IPS officer. After retirement, he was appointed as a Vigilance Commissioner of the [[Central Vigilance Commission]] (CVC) on 3 August 2022 and served there till 30 September 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=Suresh N Patel appointed CVC, ex-IB chief Arvind Kumar as vigilance commissioner | Suresh N Patel appointed CVC, ex-IB chief Arvind Kumar as vigilance commissioner | date=4 August 2022 | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/040822/suresh-n-patel-appointed-cvc-ex-ib-chief-arvind-kumar-as-vigilance-co.html }}</ref>

Kumar joined the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] in 1991. On June 26, 2019, he was appointed the 27th director of the bureau, succeeding [[Rajiv Jain]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new-intel-chiefs-appointed-arvind-kumar-is-intelligence-bureau-head-samant-goel-next-raw-chief-2059468|title=Arvind Kumar Is New Intelligence Bureau Head, Samant Goel Next RAW Chief|date=2019-06-26|newspaper=NDTV|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> He is a recipient of the [[President's Police Medal]] for Distinguished Service and consistent performance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arvind-kumar-to-head-ib-samant-goel-is-raw-chief/article28144135.ece|title = Balakot air strike planner named by the government as RAW chief|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 26 June 2019}}</ref>

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{{succession box | before = [[Rajiv Jain]]|title = [[Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)|Director of the Intelligence Bureau]] | years = (30 June 2019 to 30 June 2022) | after = [[Tapan Deka]]}}
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