Rajiv Jain (born March 17, 1957) was the

Director of the Intelligence Bureau The Director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency. The DIB is the senior-most Indian Police Service officer of India. The current director of Intellige ...

of India. He belonged to 1980 batch of IPS. He is from the

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cadre and was appointed on January 1, 2017 as the 26th

Director of Intelligence Bureau The Director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency. The DIB is the senior-most Indian Police Service officer of India. The current director of Intellige ...

after the retirement of

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Biography

Rajiv Jain is the recipient of President’s Police Medal and has served in various departments of the Intelligence Bureau, including the sensitive Kashmir desk. He was the advisor to the previous

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government’s interlocutor on

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, KC Pant, when talks were held with separatist leaders like Shabbir Shah.

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