Director of Intelligence Bureau (India)
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Insignia of Director Intelligence Bureau
The Director of Intelligence Bureau (Devanāgarī: खुफिया ब्यूरो के निदेशक, Khufīya Bureau Ke Nīrdeshāk) simply known as DIB is the senior-most post in Intelligence Bureau.[1] The current director of Intelligence Bureau is Mr. Dineshwar Sharma, a 1979 batch IPS officer.
Authority
Director IB (DIB) is a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), but intelligence inputs (at least in theory) go through the regular channels in the Ministry of Home Affairs to the JIC.
Directors
The following is the list of Director of Intelligence Bureau.[2]
| No. | Director | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai | 1947 | 1950 |
| 02 | B. N. Mullik | 15 July 1950 | 1964 |
| 03 | S. P. Verma | 1964 | 1968 |
| 04 | M. L. Hooja | 1968 | 1971 |
| 05 | Atma Jayaram | 1971 | 1975 |
| 06 | S. N. Mathur | 1975 | 1980 |
| 07 | T. V. Rajeswar | 1980 | 1983 |
| 08 | R. K. Kapoor | 1983 | 1984 |
| 09 | H. A. Barari | 1984 | 1987 |
| 10 | M. K. Narayanan | 1987 | 1989 |
| 11 | R. P. Joshi | 1989 | 1990 |
| 12 | M. K. Narayanan | 1991 | 1992 |
| 13 | V. G. Vaidya | 1992 | 1994 |
| 14 | D. C. Pathak | 1994 | 1997 |
| 15 | Abhijit Mitra | 1997 August | 1997 September |
| 16 | Arun Bhagat | 1997 | 1998 |
| 17 | Shayamal Dutta | 1998 | 2001 |
| 18 | K. P. Singh | 2001 | 2004 |
| 19 | Ajit Doval | 2004 | 2005 |
| 20 | E. S. L. Narasimhan | 2005 | 2006 |
| 21 | P. C. Haldar | 2007 | 2008 |
| 22 | Rajiv Mathur | 2009 | 2010 |
| 23 | N. Sandhu | 2010 | 2012 |
| 24 | Syed Asif Ibrahim | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2014 |
| 25 | Dineshwar Sharma | 1 January 2015 | Present |
