The Director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the
chief executive
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of the
Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency. The DIB is the senior-most
Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj.
Along with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS ...
officer of India. The current director of Intelligence Bureau is
Tapan Deka
Tapan Kumar Deka commonly known as Tapan Deka (born 25 February 1963) is the 28th Director of the Intelligence Bureau, Director of Intelligence Bureau (India), Intelligence Bureau of India. Deka is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer (Himachal ...
, who is serving since 24 June 2022
Authority
Director IB (DIB) is a member of the
Strategic Policy Group
The National Security Council (NSC) ( IAST: ''Rāṣṭrīya Surakṣā Pariṣad'') of India is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister's Office on matters of national security and strategic interest. It was es ...
and the
Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), but intelligence inputs go through the regular channels in the
Ministry of Home Affairs
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to the JIC. DIB reports to Union Home Secretary in the Union Ministry of Home affairs, GoI.
List of Directors of the Intelligence Bureau
The following is the list of Director of Intelligence Bureau.
References
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