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{{short description |Indian Director of Enforcement Directorate}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rahul Navin
| image = Rahul Navin (IRS 1993) ED Chief.jpg
| caption = Navin in 2025
| office = [[Director (business)|Director of]] [[Enforcement Directorate]]
| predecessor = [[Sanjay Kumar Mishra]]
| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| term_start = 15 August 2024
| office1 = [[Director (business)|Acting Director of]] [[Enforcement Directorate]]
| term_start1 = 2023
| term_end1 = 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Sanjay Kumar Mishra]]
| appointer1 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| office2 = [[List of Income Tax Department officer ranks#Ranks of the Income Tax Department|Commissioner of Income Tax]]
| appointer2 = [[Central Board of Direct Taxes|CBDT]]
| term_start2 = 2017
| term_end2 = 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|07|03}}
| birth_place = [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]]) ([[Master of Technology|M.Tech]]) [[IIT Kanpur]]<br>([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) [[Swinburne University of Technology]]
| occupation = [[Bureaucrat]]
}}

'''Rahul Navin''' (born 3 July 1967<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Revenue Service officers Civil List|url= https://itgoawbunit.org/pdf/46702-civil-list-2024.pdf|access-date= 2 December 2025|website=Income Tax Gazetted Officers Association - West Bengal Unit|language=en}}</ref>) is an [[Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)|Indian Revenue Service officer]] who has been the [[Director (business)|Director]] of [[Enforcement Directorate]] since August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 15 August 2024 |title= Rahul Navin appointed ED Chief for 2 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-navin-appointed-ed-chief-for-2-years/articleshow/112537327.cms|access-date= 2 December 2025|website= [[Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> He joined the revenue service in the 1993 batch from [[income Tax]] cadre.

Before that he served as acting director of [[Enforcement Directorate]] (ED) from 2023 to 2024. His tenure saw the multiple investigations and arrests of high profile people like [[Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal|Arvind Kejriwal]], [[Kalvakuntla Kavitha|K Kavitha]] Jharkhand CM [[Hemant Soren]] in 2024 and arrest of former [[UCO Bank]] chairman [[UCO Bank|Subodh Kumar Goel]] in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 22 March 2024 |title= Arvind Kejriwal arrested: How 'South Group' is linked to Delhi CM, K Kavitha's arrest in liquor policy scam|url= https://www.livemint.com/news/arvind-kejriwal-arrest-how-south-group-linked-to-delhi-cm-k-kavitha-arrest-in-liquor-policy-scam-explained-11711112109130.html |access-date= 2 December 2025|website= [[Live Mint]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 1 February 2024|title=Hemant Soren: Jharkhand CM arrested in a corruption case |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68163338 |access-date= 2 December 2025|website= [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 19 May 2025|title= Press Release |url= https://enforcementdirectorate.gov.in/sites/default/files/latestnews/Press%20Release_Arrest-Concast%20casew-19.05.2025%201.pdf |access-date= 2 December 2025|website= [[Enforcement Directorate]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 25 July 2025|title= ED attaches 106-crore assets of UCO Bank ex-CMD|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/subodh-kumar-goel-properties-uco-bank-ed-10149083/ |access-date= 2 December 2025|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Rahul Navin was born on 3 July 1967 in [[India]]. He completed his [[Bachelor of Technology]] in 1990 and [[Master of Technology]] degree in 1993 both in [[Civil Engineering]] from [[IIT Kanpur]]. He has also completed his [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from [[Swinburne University of Technology]] in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 20 August 2024|title= Rahul Navin appointed ED Chief|url=https://imoc.iitk.ac.in/alumni-stories-single.php?asid=NTMw |access-date= 2 December 2025|website=[[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT Kanpur]] Information outreach and media cell|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 14 August 2024 |title= Acting Rahul Navin appointed as full |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/india/acting-chief-rahul-navin-appointed-full-time-director-of-enforcement-directorate/ |access-date= 2 December 2025|website= [[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Civil Service ===
Navin joined [[Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)|Indian Revenue Service]] in 1993. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the [[Income Tax Department]] where he has served in numerous position such as Additional Course Director of the 63rd batch of the [[Indian Revenue Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= 16 September 2023|title= Centre appoints Rahul Navin as acting director of ED |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/centre-appoints-rahul-navin-as-the-next-enforcement-directorate-chief/articleshow/103697928.cms |access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[The Economic Times]]|language=en}}</ref>

He then worked in International Taxation Wing from 2004 to 2008 the wing raised demands on several offshore transactions including one in Vodafone case.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 14 August 2024 |title= Rahul Navin Rahul Navin acting ED Chief has been appointed for full time|url= https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rahul-navin-enforcement-directorate-chief-acting-enforcement-directorate-chief-rahul-navin-appointed-full-time-head-6337745 |access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[NDTV]]|language=en}}</ref>

He then served as the Commissioner of Income Tax in 2017 before being appointed as Officer on Special Duty and Special Director in the [[Enforcement Directorate]] in November 2019. He has also served as Chief Vigilance Officer in the headquarters of [[Enforcement Directorate|ED]] after which the Government appointed him as acting director of ED due to abrupt end of [[Sanjay Kumar Mishra]] tenure after [[Supreme Court of India]] termed his extensions as illegal.
In 2024 the Government appointed Navin as full director of [[Enforcement Directorate|ED]] for 2 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 14 August 2024|title= Centre appoints Rahul Navin as full time ed director |url=https://m.thewire.in/article/government/centre-appoints-acting-ed-chief-rahul-navin-as-full-time-director |access-date= 3 December 2025|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 14 August 2024|title= IRS Rahul Navin appointed full director of ED|url=https://www.news18.com/education-career/irs-rahul-navin-appointed-full-time-director-of-enforcement-directorate-9018303.html|access-date= 3 December 2025|website= News18|language=en}}</ref>

=== Enforcement Directorate ===
As the Director of Enforcement Directorate Navin has been involved in several high profile investigations. Notable ones include the arrest of then sitting Chief Minister of Delhi [[Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal|Arvind Kejriwal]] and other politicians from his party including [[Manish Sisodia]] and the agency also arrested [[Kalvakuntla Kavitha]] daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister [[K. Chandrashekhar Rao]] all of them were arrested in relation with [[2022 Delhi liquor policy case|Delhi Liquor Policy Case]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 28 March 2024 |title= Arvind Kejriwal: the Delhi chief minister jailed by Modi's government|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/arvind-kejriwal-delhi-chief-minister-anti-corruption-jailed |access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref>

In January 2024, the agency also arrested former Jharkhand CM [[Hemant Soren]] in relation with the cases of Money Laundering.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 1 February 2024|title= Hemant Soren:Jharkhand CM arrested in a corruption case |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68163338 |access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]|language=en}}</ref>

Due to these investigations and arrests of several high profile politicians which coincided with 2024 Lok Sabha Election. The agency [[Enforcement Directorate]] led by Rahul Navin was accused by several opposition political parties of [[BJP]] for targeting their leaders before the incoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 1 February 2024|title= India opposition accuses government of crackdown after minister's arrest |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/india/head-indias-jharkhand-state-arrested-amid-graft-probe-media-2024-02-01/#:~:text=Modi's%20Bharatiya%20Janata%20Party%20(BJP,member%20of%20the%20INDIA%20alliance.|access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[Reuters]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
In February 2025, ED Director Navin was summoned by a Delhi Court due to the failure by agency to provide legible copies to accused in relation with ₹88 crore money laundering case that involves [[Securities and Exchange Board of India|SEBI]] related cheating and Fraud matter.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 6 February 2025|title= ED director Rahul Navin summoned by Delhi court over failure to provide legible copies of documents to accused|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ed-director-rahul-navin-summoned-by-delhi-court-over-failure-to-provide-legible-copies-of-documents-to-accused-101738823207624.html |access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Books and Publications ==
As an IRS officer and expert in taxation Rahul Navin has authored one book.

* {{cite book |author= |title=Information Exchange and Tax Transparency - Tackling Global Tax Evasion and Avoidance|date= 23 December 2016 |publisher=[[LexisNexis]] |isbn=9350358891}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Information Exchange and Tax Transparency - Tackling Global Tax Evasion and Avoidance |url= https://www.amazon.in/Information-Exchange-Tax-Transparency-Avoidance/dp/9350358891|access-date= 3 December 2025|website= [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian Revenue Service officers]]
[[Category:People from Bihar]]
[[Category:IIT Kanpur alumni]]
[[Category:Swinburne University of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Indian Institutes of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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