Archive · 20 May 2025
IB Director Tapan Kumar Deka Receives Second One-Year Extension
Tapan Kumar Deka, the head of India's Intelligence Bureau, has been granted a second one-year extension.
He is a counter-terrorism expert from the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Deka was first appointed as IB director in June 2022, and has been granted a year’s extension upon completion of his two-year tenure in June 2024.
The latest extension goes beyond June 30, 2025, or until further orders.
He is known as an ‘operations man’ in the intelligence community and has experience in tackling terrorism and Islamic radicalisation.
This decision allows him to remain in service past the age of 60, the general retirement age.
Tapan Kumar Deka has been granted a second one-year extension as IB Director.
The extension will make him the longest-serving head of the IB since 2005.
Deka is a 1988-batch IPS officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
He was appointed IB Director in June 2022.
The extension is in relaxation of rules barring service beyond 60 years of age.
- Who
- Tapan Kumar Deka
- What
- Tapan Kumar Deka's tenure as Intelligence Bureau chief was extended.
- When
- Beyond June 30, 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- The extension was granted in the public interest.
- Director
- Tapan Kumar Deka
- Extension Length
- One Year
- Cadre
- Himachal Pradesh
- Appointed Director
- June 2022
Sources
Government extends tenure of Intelligence Bureau director Tapan Kumar Deka by one year
Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Kumar Deka gets one-year extension till June 2026
Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Kumar Deka gets one year extension
Tapan Kumar Deka's tenure as Intelligence Bureau chief extended for another year
