A master in cyber craft and economic matters, 1980 batch Indian Police Service Officer Rajeev Jain will be new chief of the Intelligence Bureau. The government on Saturday also appointed Anil Dhasmana, a 1981 Madhya Pradesh cadre officer as the new boss of the Research and Analysis Wing.
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Both Jain and Dhasmana will take over from incumbent Dineshwar Sharma and Rajinder Khanna, bosses of IB and R&AW respectively, on December 31 when they complete their two year fixed tenure.
Dhasmana was serving as a special secretary in Cabinet secretariat. A Baluchistan expert, he has already been described by the Pakistan media as the spy who is trying to sabotage the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor. He was present at the post Uri covert strike meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Jain, for his part, is highly popular in the intelligence community. Both appointments by the government has pleased the intelligence community which feels that natural succession has been respected and political appointees were avoided.
Jain has a three decades of IB experience and is a specialist in cyber and economic matters. His major stints in the IB include his postings as head of State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Delhi for several years and as joint director, IB in Ahmedabad when Modi was the chief minister.
