Rajiv Jain (born 17 March 1957) was the Director of the Intelligence Bureau of India. He belonged to 1980 batch of the Indian Police Service.[2] He is from the Jharkhand cadre and was appointed on 1 January 2017 as the 26th Director of Intelligence Bureau after the retirement of Dineshwar Sharma.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Rajiv Jain | |||||||
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Former Director of Intelligence Bureau | |||||||
In office 1 January 2017 – 26 June 2019 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi | ||||||
Preceded by | Dineshwar Sharma | ||||||
Succeeded by | Arvind Kumar | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | [1] | 17 March 1957||||||
Nationality | Indian | ||||||
Occupation | IPS
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Rajiv Jain is the recipient of President’s Police Medal and has served in various departments of the Intelligence Bureau, including the sensitive Kashmir desk. He was the advisor to the previous NDA government’s interlocutor on Kashmir, KC Pant, when talks were held with separatist leaders like Shabbir Shah.[9][10]