| Post: | Director of the Intelligence Bureau |
| Flag: | Director of Intelligence Bureau Car Star.png |
| Flagsize: | 170px |
| Flagcaption: | Star Plate for Police Vehicle |
| Insignia: | Director IB Insignia.png |
| Insigniasize: | 80px |
| Insigniacaption: | Insignia of Director of the Intelligence Bureau |
| Incumbent: | Tapan Deka |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Status: | Appointed |
| Department: | Intelligence Bureau |
| Member Of: | Strategic Policy Group Joint Intelligence Committee |
| Reports To: | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Appointer: | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Termlength: | 2-3 years |
| Formation: | 1887 |
| First: | T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai |
| Abbreviation: | DIB |
| Salary: | INR 2,25,000 (Level 17) |
The Director of the Intelligence Bureau (DIB) is the chief executive of the Intelligence Bureau, India's premier domestic-intelligence agency.[1] The DIB is the senior-most Indian Police Service officer of India. The current director of Intelligence Bureau is Tapan Deka, who is serving since 1 July 2022[2] [3]
Director IB (DIB) is a member of the Strategic Policy Group and the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), but intelligence inputs go through the regular channels in the Ministry of Home Affairs to the JIC. DIB reports to Union Home Secretary in the Union Ministry of Home affairs, GoI.
The following is the list of Director of Intelligence Bureau.[4]
| No. | Director | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. G. Sanjeevi Pillai | 12 April 1947 | 14 July 1950 | |
| 2 | B. N. Mullik | 15 July 1950 | 9 October 1964 | |
| 3 | S. P. Verma | October 1964 | January 1968 | |
| 4 | M. M. L. Hooja | January 1968 | November 1971 | |
| 5 | Atma Jayaram | November 1971 | August 1975 | |
| 6 | S. N. Mathur | August 1975 | February 1980 | |
| 7 | T. V. Rajeswar | February 1980 | August 1983 | |
| 8 | R. K. Kapoor | August 1983 | November 1984 | |
| 9 | Hari Anand Barari | November 1984 | March 1987 | |
| 10 | M. K. Narayanan | April 1987 | December 1989 | |
| 11 | R. P. Joshi | December 1989 | December 1990 | |
| (10) | M. K. Narayanan | January 1991 | February 1992 | |
| 12 | V. G. Vaidya | March 1992 | July 1994 | |
| 13 | D. C. Pathak | August 1994 | August 1996 | |
| 14 | Abhijit Mitra | August 1996 | September 1996 | |
| 15 | Arun Bhagat | September 1996 | April 1998 | |
| 16 | Shyamal Datta | April 1998 | May 2001 | |
| 17 | K. P. Singh | May 2001 | July 2004 | |
| 18 | Ajit Doval | July 2004 | January 2005 | |
| 19 | E. S. L. Narasimhan | February 2005 | December 2006 | |
| 20 | P. C. Haldar | January 2007 | December 2008 | |
| 21 | Rajiv Mathur | January 2009 | December 2010 | |
| 22 | 2010 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Syed Asif Ibrahim | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2014 | |
| 24 | Dineshwar Sharma | 1 January 2015 | 31 December 2016 | |
| 25 | Rajiv Jain | 1 January 2017 | 26 June 2019 | |
| 26 | Arvind Kumar | 26 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | |
| 27 | Tapan Deka | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent |