Arvinda Kumar | |
Office: | Intelligence Bureau |
Predecessor: | Rajiv Jain |
Successor: | Tapan Deka |
Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
Birth Date: | 30 September 1959 |
Birth Place: | Isarain Kala, Madhepura, Bihar |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | IPS |
Term Start: | 30 June 2019 |
Term End: | 30 June 2022 |
Honorific Suffix: | IPS |
Honorific Prefix: | 27th Director of Intelligence Bureau (DIB) |
Office2: | Vigilance Commissioner of the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) |
Predecessor2: | Sharad Kumar (bureaucrat) |
Term Start2: | 3 August 2022 |
Term End2: | 30 September 2024 |
Arvind Kumar (born 30 September 1959) is a retired 1984 (37RR)[1] batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, and is a former Director of the Intelligence Bureau.[2] [3] the senior-most ranked IPS officer. After retirement, he was appointed as a Vigilance Commissioner of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on 3 August 2022 and served there till 30 September 2024.[4]
Kumar joined the Intelligence Bureau in 1991. On June 26, 2019, he was appointed the 27th director of the bureau, succeeding Rajiv Jain.[5] He is a recipient of the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and consistent performance.[6]