Director of the Intelligence Bureau Khufīya Bureau Ke Nīrdeshāk |
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Insignia of Director Intelligence Bureau
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Intelligence Bureau | |
Abbreviation | DIB |
Member of |
Strategic Policy Group Joint Intelligence Committee |
Reports to | |
Appointer | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Formation | 1947 |
First holder | T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai |
The Director of Intelligence Bureau (Khufīya Bureau Ke Nīrdeshāk) simply known as DIB is the senior-most post in Intelligence Bureau. Having a four-star rank and being an IPS officer, DIB is the senior-most ranking IPS officer of the country. The current director of Intelligence Bureau is Rajiv Jain, a 1980 batch IPS officer.
Director IB (DIB) is a member of the Strategic Policy Group and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), but intelligence inputs go through the regular channels in the Ministry of Home Affairs to the JIC.
The following is the list of Director of Intelligence Bureau.