| Dineshwar Sharma | |
| Office: | Administrator of Lakshadweep |
| Appointer: | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded: | Mihir Vardhan |
| Succeeded: | Praful Khoda Patel |
| Term Start: | 3 November 2019 |
| Term End: | 4 December 2020 |
| Office1: | Director of Intelligence Bureau |
| Preceded1: | Syed Asif Ibrahim |
| Succeeded1: | Rajiv Jain |
| Primeminister1: | Narendra Modi |
| Term Start1: | 1 January 2015 |
| Term End1: | 1 January 2017 |
| Birth Date: | 1954 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bihar, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Honorific Suffix: | IPS |
Dineshwar Sharma (23 March 1954 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian police officer.[1]
He was the chief of the Indian Intelligence Bureau (succeeded by Rajiv Jain),[2] that is the Director of Intelligence Bureau which is the highest-ranked post in the Indian Police Service (IPS).[3]
He also served as an interlocutor to the government of India for the state of Jammu and Kashmir.[4] He served as the 34th Administrator of Lakshadweep from 2019 until his death.[5]
Born in Bihar, he gained primary education in Pali, Bihar, and later graduated from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. A third-generation policeman, Sharma first qualified for Indian Forest Service (IFS) and later for IPS.[6] [7]
He worked continuously in the IB after 2008. He attended training on intelligence work and policing methods in East Germany, Poland, Israel and South Korea. He served in Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Rajasthan in various capacities in BSF, CRPF and IB. He also worked with National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval during his earlier stint as IB chief. He was fluent in Hindi, English, Maithili, Malayalam, Tamil, Arabic, and Urdu.[8]
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