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* [[Union Home Minister of India|Union Home Minister]]
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The '''director of the Intelligence Bureau''' ('''DIB''') is the head of the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]], India's premier domestic-intelligence agency.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (UNIFORM) RULES,1954|url=http://persmin.gov.in/Archive/Acts_Rules_Archive/AISRules_Archive/IPSRules/IPS(Uniform)Rules(Revised).htm#_ftnref21|publisher=Govt of India|accessdate=2 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208194152/http://persmin.gov.in/Archive/Acts_Rules_Archive/AISRules_Archive/IPSRules/IPS(Uniform)Rules(Revised).htm#_ftnref21|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead}}&lt;/ref&gt; The current director of the Intelligence Bureau is [[Tapan Deka]], incumbent since 1 July 2022.
The '''director of the Intelligence Bureau''' ('''DIB''') is the head of the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]], India's premier domestic-intelligence agency.<ref>{{cite web|title=THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (UNIFORM) RULES,1954|url=http://persmin.gov.in/Archive/Acts_Rules_Archive/AISRules_Archive/IPSRules/IPS(Uniform)Rules(Revised).htm#_ftnref21|publisher=Govt of India|accessdate=2 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208194152/http://persmin.gov.in/Archive/Acts_Rules_Archive/AISRules_Archive/IPSRules/IPS(Uniform)Rules(Revised).htm#_ftnref21|archive-date=8 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current director of the Intelligence Bureau is [[Tapan Deka]], incumbent since 1 July 2022.


Since the bureau's inception, the office has always been held by an [[Indian Police Service]] officer. It is the highest rank attainable by any member of the service; the director of the Intelligence Bureau is therefore at any given time, the senior-most police officer in India.
Since the bureau's inception, the office has always been held by an [[Indian Police Service]] officer. It is the highest rank attainable by any member of the service; the director of the Intelligence Bureau is therefore at any given time, the senior-most police officer in India.
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== List of directors of the Intelligence Bureau==
== List of directors of the Intelligence Bureau==
The following is the list of directors of the Intelligence Bureau.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816020917/http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-16 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
The following is the list of directors of the Intelligence Bureau.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816020917/http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf |archivedate=2013-08-16 }}</ref>


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Director of Intelligence Bureau of India
खुफिया ब्यूरो के निदेशक
Emblem of India
Incumbent
Tapan Deka, IPS

since 1 July 2022
Ministry of Home Affairs
Intelligence Bureau
StatusHead of IB
Member ofStrategic Policy Group
National Security Council
Reports to
ResidenceClassified
SeatMinistry of Home Affairs, New Delhi
AppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Term lengthTypically 2 years (extendable)
Inaugural holderT. G. Sanjeevi Pillai
Formation1887
Succession25th (on the Indian order of precedence)
Salary225,000 (US$3,200) monthly
WebsiteClassified

The director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the head of the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency.[1] The current director of the Intelligence Bureau is Tapan Deka, incumbent since 1 July 2022.

Since the bureau's inception, the office has always been held by an Indian Police Service officer. It is the highest rank attainable by any member of the service; the director of the Intelligence Bureau is therefore at any given time, the senior-most police officer in India.

Authority[edit | edit source]

The DIB is a member of the Strategic Policy Group and the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), but intelligence inputs go through the regular channels in the Ministry of Home Affairs to the NSCS. DIB reports to the Prime Minister, Home Minister and the Home Secretary of the Government of India.

Although the director of the Intelligence Bureau is entitled to wear the uniform of an officer of four-star rank, the highest such police rank in India, he is not expected to per precedent and generally does not don a uniform even on ceremonial occasions.

Shoulder insignia of Director of the Intelligence Bureau

List of directors of the Intelligence Bureau[edit | edit source]

The following is the list of directors of the Intelligence Bureau.[2]

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

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (UNIFORM) RULES,1954". Govt of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. "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)