<p>The government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officers Arvind Kumar and Samant Kumar Goel chiefs of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) respectively.</p>.<p>Kumar is considered a Kashmir expert while Goel played a key role in India’s airstrikes in Pakistan’s Balakot following the terror strike in Pulwama in February and surgical strikes after the Uri attack.</p>.<p>In another appointment, the government also extended by two years the service of Amitabh Kant as NITI Ayog CEO.</p>.<p>An order was issued by the Ministry of Personnel after the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved their appointments for a two-year tenure.</p>.<p>Kumar (59) will succeed Rajiv Jain, who will retire on June 30, while Goel will take over from Anil K Dhasmana, who will complete his tenure on June 29. Both Kumar and Goel are 1984-batch IPS officers of Assam-Meghalaya and Punjab cadres respectively.</p>.<p>Jain and Dhasmana were given an extension of six months last December after they completed their two-year tenure. Goel’s name had cropped up during a CBI investigation after the then CBI director Alok Kumar Verma and former special director Rakesh Asthana charged each other with corruption.</p>.<p>Kumar, who is Special Director in the IB, has been working with the IB since August 1991 and has also served in the Indian Embassy in Moscow.</p>.<p>Considered an expert on Kashmir and Naxal matters, Kumar is the second-most senior officer in the IB after Jain. He is a recipient of the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service.</p>.<p>Goel, a Special Secretary who joined the RAW in March 2001, officials said, is a man of rich experience in intelligence and operations and his experience had a big role in the success of surgical strikes and air strikes in the recent past.</p>
<p>The government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officers Arvind Kumar and Samant Kumar Goel chiefs of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) respectively.</p>.<p>Kumar is considered a Kashmir expert while Goel played a key role in India’s airstrikes in Pakistan’s Balakot following the terror strike in Pulwama in February and surgical strikes after the Uri attack.</p>.<p>In another appointment, the government also extended by two years the service of Amitabh Kant as NITI Ayog CEO.</p>.<p>An order was issued by the Ministry of Personnel after the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved their appointments for a two-year tenure.</p>.<p>Kumar (59) will succeed Rajiv Jain, who will retire on June 30, while Goel will take over from Anil K Dhasmana, who will complete his tenure on June 29. Both Kumar and Goel are 1984-batch IPS officers of Assam-Meghalaya and Punjab cadres respectively.</p>.<p>Jain and Dhasmana were given an extension of six months last December after they completed their two-year tenure. Goel’s name had cropped up during a CBI investigation after the then CBI director Alok Kumar Verma and former special director Rakesh Asthana charged each other with corruption.</p>.<p>Kumar, who is Special Director in the IB, has been working with the IB since August 1991 and has also served in the Indian Embassy in Moscow.</p>.<p>Considered an expert on Kashmir and Naxal matters, Kumar is the second-most senior officer in the IB after Jain. He is a recipient of the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service.</p>.<p>Goel, a Special Secretary who joined the RAW in March 2001, officials said, is a man of rich experience in intelligence and operations and his experience had a big role in the success of surgical strikes and air strikes in the recent past.</p>
