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title: "Who has been appointed as IB director, recently?"  
description: "Who has been appointed as IB director, recently?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2019-07-01  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62175/who-has-been-appointed-as-ib-director-recently  
category: "current affair"  
tags: ["current affair", "intelligence bureau"]  
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# Who has been appointed as IB director, recently?

Who has been [appointed as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62171/who-among-the-following-has-been-appointed-as-the-executive-director-of-rbi) IB director, recently?

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

The **recent appointment for the Director of Intelligence Bureau is “Arvind Kumar”. He is IPS officer of a 1984 batch from Assam in [Meghalaya](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52108/the-tribe-residing-in-meghalaya-is-named-as) cadre.**

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The **government has jointly appointed the new chiefs for the country’s premier spy agencies, [Intelligence Bureau](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40400/as-per-the-orders-of-home-ministry-the-financial-powers-of-the-directors-general-of-crpf-bsf-cisf-itbp-ssb-nsg-assam-rifles-and-national-investigation-agency-and-director-of-intelligence-bureau) (IB) and the [Research & Analysis Wing](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62173/when-was-research-and-analysis-wing-raw-established) (RAW) on the same day. Arvind Kumar will replace Rajiv Jain as IB chie**f, who completed his tenure of two and a half years. Head of all police organizations, an IB director enjoys a fixed tenure of two years. Whereas, **Samant Goel, became the Chief of India’s reputed security agency Research and Analysis Wing or RAW has taken over as its chief by replacing Anil Dhamsana.** \
**Both Mr. Goel and Mr. Kumar are IPS officers from the 1984 batch**. Both the names were finalized by the **Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), which was headed by the [Prime Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48500/when-was-the-the-accidental-prime-minister-the-making-and-unmaking-of-manmohan-singh-written) [Narendra Modi](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/342/who-is-narendra-modi) himself and along with the [Home Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40327/who-succeeded-sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-as-the-2nd-home-minister-of-india) Amit Shah**. \
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**Arvind Kumar, the newly appointed Director of Intelligence Bureau, is considered as a specialist about [Kashmir affairs](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30444/the-controversy-of-article-370-35-a) and issues with a specialization in counter-terrorism and is noteworthy that he has been closely involved in tackling Left-wing extremism at the IB**. The IB Director, Arvind Kumar is currently in charge of the Special Director, Kashmir in Intelligence Bureau. His tenure will be of 2 years starting from June 26, 2019, as the 27th Director of Intelligence Bureau by replacing Rajiv Jain. \
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) is India's internal intelligence agency. **In 1947, it was renamed as the Central Intelligence Bureau under the Ministry of [Home Affairs](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45194/who-was-the-first-minister-of-home-affairs-ministry)**. The **first director of the Intelligence Bureau was T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai he holds the post for a period from April 12, 1947, to July 14, 1950.**


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