The Centre on Saturday appointed 1979-batch IPS officer from Kerala cadre Dineshwar Sharma as the new Director of the Intelligence Bureau.
Sharma, presently the Special Director in the IB, will take charge as the agency’s new chief on January 1 succeeding Syed Asif Ibrahim. Sharma, who has been working with the agency for the past over 23 years, will have a two-year tenure.An official notification said he will take over as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) with immediate effect and will take charge as Director of Intelligence Bureau after the retirement of Ibrahim on December 31.
Sharma will take over as the head of the agency “for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” the notification added. Sharma is heading the crucial counter-surveillance of IB and is credited with success in several operations of the agency in that area. He has a rich exposure in the agency’s functioning and has served at various desks including Jammu &Kashmir and Northeast.