Setting The Operational Axis: Tapan Deka Is New IB Chief

In a major development, Tapan Deka IPS officer Himachal Pradesh 1988 batch who is presently posted as Special Director Intelligence Bureau IB, MHA, Government of India has been appointed as Director of Intelligence Bureau(IB). He specializes in counter-terrorism and operational matters. Sources in power corridors say that extension to R&AW Chief Samant Goel who is a brilliant strategist and operational man and now Deka becoming the new IB Chief clears one thing that Government is keen on enhancing the operational capacity of Intelligence agencies and aligning it in the same manner.