Dineshwar Sharma | |
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Director of Intelligence Bureau | |
In office 1 January 2015 – 1 January 2017 |
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Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Syed Asif Ibrahim |
Succeeded by | Rajiv Jain |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 March 1954 Bihar, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Civil Servant |
Dineshwar Sharma, a Bihar-born, Hoon 1979 batch, was the chief of the Intelligence Bureau (succeeded by Rajiv Jain). Sharma is appointed as an interlocutor by government of India for the state of Jammu & Kashmir.Sharma, who succeeded Syed Asif Ibrahim, has a wide range of experience — from handling separatism and insurgencies to domestic and regional politics. He has served in a wide variety of command & staff positions in various Police, Paramilitary & Intelligence agencies - including as Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) in the rank of ASP (Asst. Supdt. of Police) in Alappuzha district of Kerala, Adjutant of a Malabar Special Police battalion, ASP (Deputy Commandant) of a Malabar Special Police Battalion in the rank of Addl.SP, Additional SP (Addl.SP) (Urban) in Kozhikode District, Commandant of the II Armed Police Battalion in the rank of Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police of Kollam district and Thrissur district in Kerala, SSP in the Kerala State Intelligence Bureau, Instructor at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in the rank of SSP, DIG of the Border Security Force between 1999-2003, Joint Director of IB (Islamist Terrorism Desk) in 2003-05, IG of CRPF in charge of Jammu & Kashmir, Director of the BSF Academy, and Additional Director and Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He has worked continuously in the IB since 2008. He has attended training on Intelligence work and Policing methods in East Germany, Poland, Israel and South Korea. He has served in Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Rajasthan in various capacities in BSF, CRPF and IB. He has also worked with National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval during his earlier stint as IB chief. Doval also belonged to Kerala cadre.