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Dineshwar Sharma appointed new IB chief
New Delhi, Dec 13: Dineshwar Sharma, Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau, was on Saturday appointed as the agency's new chief and will take charge on January one succeeding Syed Asif Ibrahim.
A 1979 batch IPS officer from Kerala cadre, Sharma, who has been working with the agency for the past 23 years, will have a two-year tenure.
An official announcement 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.
Read: Challenges ahead for the new IB chief Dineshwar Sharma
According
to
the
Department
of
Personnel
and
Training,
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."
Known
for
keeping
a
low
profile,
Sharma
is
heading
the
crucial
counter-surveillance
of
IB
and
is
credited
with
success
in
several
operations
of
the
agency
in
that
area.
Sharma has served at various desks in IB since he was posted in the organisation in 1991 which includes Kashmir, Northeast besides stints in Lucknow. Ibrahim, a 1977-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer, had taken charge as IB Director on January 1, 2013. His tenure is up to December 31.
Ibrahim - the first Muslim to hold the top post in IB - had taken over from Nehchal Sandhu.
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