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{{Short description|Chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau in India}}
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{{Short description|Seniormost non-elected official of India's internal intelligence agency}}
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| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
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The '''Director of the Intelligence Bureau''' ('''DIB''') is the [[chief executive]] 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 DIB is the senior-most [[Indian Police Service]] officer of India. The current director of Intelligence Bureau is Arvinda Kumar, who is serving since 1 July 2019.
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.
 
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==
==Authority==
Director IB (DIB) is a member of the [[National Security Council (India)|Strategic Policy Group]] and the [[Joint Intelligence Committee (India)|Joint Intelligence Committee]] (JIC), but intelligence inputs go through the regular channels in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] to the JIC. DIB reports to Union Home Secretary in the Union Ministry of Home affairs, GoI.
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 (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] to the NSCS. DIB reports to the Prime Minister, Home Minister and the Home Secretary of the Government of India.


== IB Directors==
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.
The following is the list of Director of 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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[[File:IPS 4 star.png|Shoulder insignia of Director of the Intelligence Bureau|80px]]
 
== 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;


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{|+ List of Directors of the Intelligence Bureau
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! Left office
! Left office
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 01
| 1
| [[T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai]]
| [[T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai]]
| 12 April 1947
| 12 April 1947
| 14 July 1950
| 14 July 1950
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
|02
|2
|[[Bhola Nath Mullik|B. N. Mullik]]
|[[Bhola Nath Mullik|B. N. Mullik]]
|15 July 1950
|15 July 1950
|9 October 1964
|9 October 1964
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 03
| 3
| [[S. P. Verma]]
| [[S. P. Verma]]
| October 1964
| October 1964
| January 1968
| January 1968
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 04
| 4
| [[M. L. Hooja|M. M. L. Hooja]]
| [[M. L. Hooja|M. M. L. Hooja]]
| January 1968
| January 1968
| November 1971
| November 1971
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 05
| 5
| [[Atma Jayaram]]
| [[Atma Jayaram]]
| November 1971
| November 1971
| August 1975
| August 1975
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 06
| 6
| [[S. N. Mathur]]
| S. N. Mathur
| August 1975
| August 1975
| February 1980
| February 1980
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 07
| 7
| [[T. V. Rajeswar]]
| [[T. V. Rajeswar]]
| February 1980
| February 1980
| August 1983
| August 1983
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 08
| 8
| [[R. K. Kapoor]]
| [[R. K. Kapoor]]
| August 1983
| August 1983
| November 1984
| November 1984
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 09
| 9
| [[H. A. Barari]]
| [[Hari Anand Barari]]
| November 1984
| November 1984
| March 1987
| March 1987
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| December 1990
| December 1990
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 12
| 10
| [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| January 1991
| January 1991
| February 1992
| February 1992
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 13
| 12
| [[V. G. Vaidya]]
| [[V. G. Vaidya]]
| March 1992
| March 1992
| July 1994  
| July 1994  
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 14
| 13
| [[D. C. Pathak]]
| [[D. C. Pathak]]
| August 1994
| August 1994
| August 1996
| August 1996
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 15
| 14
| [[Abhijit Mitra]]
| [[Abhijit Mitra]]
| August 1996  
| August 1996  
| September 1996
| September 1996
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 16
| 15
| [[Arun Bhagat]]
| [[Arun Bhagat]]
| September 1996
| September 1996
| April 1998
| April 1998
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 17
| 16
| [[Shyamal Datta]]
| [[Shyamal Datta]]
| April 1998
| April 1998
| May 2001
| May 2001
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 18
| 17
| [[K. P. Singh (civil servant)|K. P. Singh]]
| [[K. P. Singh (civil servant)|K. P. Singh]]
| May 2001
| May 2001
| July 2004
| July 2004
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 19
| 18
| [[Ajit Doval]]
| [[Ajit Doval]]
| July 2004
| July 2004
| January 2005  
| January 2005  
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 20
| 19
| [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| February 2005
| February 2005
| December 2006
| December 2006
|- style="background:#def;"  
|- style="background:#def;"  
| 21
| 20
| [[P. C. Haldar]]
| [[P. C. Haldar]]
| January 2007
| January 2007
| December 2008
| December 2008
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 22
| 21
| [[Rajiv Mathur]]
| [[Rajiv Mathur]]
| January 2009
| January 2009
| December 2010
| December 2010
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 23
| 22
| [[N. Sandhu]]
| [[Nehchal Sandhu]]  
| 2010
| 2010
| 2012
| 2012
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 24
| 23
| [[Syed Asif Ibrahim]]
| [[Syed Asif Ibrahim]]
| 1 January 2013
| 1 January 2013
| 31 December 2014
| 31 December 2014
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 25
| 24
| [[Dineshwar Sharma]]
| [[Dineshwar Sharma]]
| 1 January 2015
| 1 January 2015
| 31 December 2016
| 31 December 2016
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
|26
| 25
| [[Rajiv Jain]]
| [[Rajiv Jain]]
| 1 January 2017
| 1 January 2017
| 26 June 2019
| 26 June 2019
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
|27
| 26
| [[Arvind Kumar (civil servant)|Arvind Kumar]]
| [[Arvind Kumar (civil servant)|Arvind Kumar]]
| 26 June 2019
| 26 June 2019
| ''Incumbent''
| 30 June 2022
|- style="background:#def;"
|- style="background:#def;"
| 27
| [[Tapan Deka]]
| 1 July 2022
|[[Incumbent]]
|}
|}


==See also==
*[[Home Secretary (India)]]
*[[Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing]]
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{Law enforcement in India}}
{{Law enforcement in India}}


[[Category:Police ranks of India]]
[[Category:Four-star officers]]
[[Category:Four-star officers]]
[[Category:Intelligence Bureau (India)]]
[[Category:Intelligence Bureau (India)]]
[[Category:Police ranks of India]]

Revision as of 09:06, 19 March 2026



Director of Intelligence Bureau of India
खुफिया ब्यूरो के निदेशक
Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Tapan Deka, IPS
since 1 July 2022
Ministry of Home Affairs<br>Intelligence Bureau
StatusHead of IB
Member ofStrategic Policy Group<br>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)
Salary₹225,000 (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.<ref>"THE INDIAN POLICE SERVICE (UNIFORM) RULES,1954". Govt of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.</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.

Authority

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

The following is the list of directors of the Intelligence Bureau.<ref>"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)</ref>

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

References

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