Tapan Deka

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Tapan Kumar Deka (born 25 February 1963) is an Indian bureaucrat and Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who served as the 28th Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). A 1988-batch IPS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, he was empanelled to the rank of Director General of Police in 2021. He assumed office as Director of the Intelligence Bureau on 1 July 2022, succeeding Arvind Kumar, whose tenure ended on 30 June 2022. During his police career, Tapan Deka spent most of his service with the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which he joined in 1988. He has worked closely with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on several counterterrorism and national security assignments. As Director of the Intelligence Bureau, his tenure was extended by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet until June 2025. In May 2025, the committee approved a further one-year extension, allowing him to continue in office until June 2026. With this extension, Deka became the longest-serving Director of the Intelligence...

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