The director of the Central Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an Indian federal crime investigating agency, who is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The CBI is the agency within the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, under the Government of India. The director reports to the Minister concerned.

The current CBI director is Praveen Sood, who has held his position since 25 May 2023.

The Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reports to the Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, a portfolio generally held by the Prime Minister of India or sometimes a senior Cabinet minister.

Term of office The term for the director of CBI is initially fixed for two years. The director is appointed by the Union Government on the advice and consent from the Appointment Committee, as per the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DPSE) Act, 1946, and amended through the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Act, 2003 and The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. The term can be renewed by the Committee up to one year with not more than three years of extension.

Appointment The Appointment Committee appoints the director from the list nominated by the Selection Committee team. The team consists of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (ex-officio chairperson), two members of the Central Vigilance Commission, the Home Secretary, and the Personnel Secretary of India. The director must be a senior Indian Police Service officer and in the rank of Director General of Police (DGP).

After that, the Appointment Committee will select the name from the list. The committee consist of the Prime Minister of India (as chairperson), the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (or the leader of single largest opposition party, as amended by DSPE (Amendment) Act, 2014 during the Modi government) and the Chief Justice of India (or a Supreme Court Judge nominated by him).

Responsibility As head of the agency, the director supervises all the work in the CBI and is responsible for the constitution of investigating teams for probing cases. The Selection Committee consults with the director before the appointment committee for the appointments to the other officers in the CBI, with the rank of a superintendent or above.

Dismissals The Government can dismiss the director through the recommendations of the same Appointment Committee. D. Sen was removed after charges were made against him for the misuse of power during the emergency period declared by Indira Gandhi, as per the report made by Shah Commission.

In September 2018, director Alok Verma's deputy Rakesh Asthana filed a complaint against him in Central Vigilance Commission. Verma charged Asthana with bribery charges. Later, Narendra Modi's government asked both of them "on forced leave" and appointed Mannem Nageswara Rao for an interim period. The Supreme Court of India, in January 2019, reinstated Verma as the director. But after a few days, the committee, with a 2:1 vote, decided to remove Verma from office. Modi and Supreme Court judge Arjan Kumar Sikri consented in favor, while Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge dissented.

List of the directors Name of thedirectorStart of tenureEnd of tenureDuration ofservicePrime Ministerduring appointment1. D. P. Kohli Jawaharlal Nehru2.F. V. ArulIndira Gandhi3.D. Sen6 May 197129 March 19774. S. N. Mathur29 March 19772 May 1977Morarji Desai5.C. V. Narsimhan2 May 197725 November 19776.John Lobo25 November 197730 June 19797.R. D. Singh30 June 197924 January 19808.J. S. Bajwa24 January 198028 February 1985Indira Gandhi9.M. G. Katre28 February 198531 October 1989Rajiv Gandhi10.A. P. Mukherjee31 October 198911 January 1990 -R. Shekar(acting)11 January 199014 February 1990V. P. Singh -Vijay Karan(acting)14 February 199011.S. K. Dutta14 February 199031 July 199312.K. Vijayarama Rao31 July 199331 July 1996P. V. Narasimha Rao13. Joginder Singh31 July 199630 June 1997H. D. Deve Gowda14.R. C. Sharma30 June 199731 January 1998I. K. Gujral -D. R. Karthikeyan(acting)31 January 199831 March 1998Atal Bihari Vajpayee - T. N. Mishra(acting)31 March 19984 January 199915.R. K. Raghavan4 January 19991 April 200116.P. C. Sharma1 April 20016 December 200317.U. S. Misra6 December 20036 December 200518.Vijay Shanker Tiwari12 December 200531 July 2008Manmohan Singh19.Ashwani Kumar2 August 200830 November 201020.A P Singh30 November 201030 November 201221.Ranjit Sinha3 December 20122 December 201422.Anil Sinha3 December 20142 December 2016Narendra Modi -Rakesh Asthana(interim)3 December 20161 February 201723.Alok Verma1 February 20171 February 2019 - M. Nageswara Rao(interim) 24 October 2018 10 January 201924.Rishi Kumar Shukla2 February 20192 February 2021 -Praveen Sinha(interim)2 February 202125 May 202125.Subodh Kumar Jaiswal25 May 202125 May 202326.Praveen Sood25 May 2023Incumbent

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