Mahesh Dixit, Senior IPS Officer, Appointed As Next Intelligence Bureau Chief

Senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit has been appointed as the new chief of the Intelligence Bureau, the government informed on Thursday. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared his appointment, officials said. Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, will take over from incumbent Tapan Kumar Deka, they said.Dixit has been serving as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau and commands extensive experience as the head of the State Intelligence Bureau in Jammu and Kashmir.The government of India in its order said that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mahesh Dixit, IPS, Special Director, Intelligence Bureau, as Director, succeeding

IPS Tapan Kumar Deka as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier, by granting extension in service under the provisions of FR 56(d) and Rule 16 (1A) of All India Services (Death cum Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958.Mahesh Dixit spent around six years in J&K and Ladakh supervising the after abrogation of Article 370. He was leading Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) talks with Ladakh leadership as well. The officer was currently looking after pan-India anti-terror operations and insurgencies as Special Director IB.

Dixit To Assume Charge As IB Chief on June 30

Dixit will take charge of Intelligence Bureau on June 30 taking over reins of the agency from 1988-batch IPS officer Deka who was given two extensions by the government.

Incumbent Tapan Kumar Deka, the Crisis Manager, To Retire

Deka was appointed as IB chief in June 2022 for two years. His term was extended twice in 2024 and 2025.Known as a crisis manager in the power corridors and intelligence fraternity, Deka is considered an expert in 'operations' especially in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the Northeast region of the country. He was also in charge of the counter-assaults during the 26/11 Mumbai attack in 2008.Adept in handling terrorism and Islamic radicalisation related cases, Deka had also led the operations against the terror group Indian Mujahideen, which was behind a series of subversive activities across the country in the 2000s.

Rule Allows Govt To Extend Term of Key Officials

The rules allow the central government to extend in "public interest" the services of the chiefs of IB and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), cabinet secretary, home secretary and others, beyond the superannuation age of 60 years.