Sadanand Date is a 1990-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
New Delhi:
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Sadanand Vasant Date has been appointed director general of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), according to a Ministry of Personnel order.
Date is a 1990-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer under the Maharashtra cadre.
The Cabinet Appointments Committee (ACC) has approved the appointment of Date as Director General (DG) of the NIA for a term till his retirement on December 31, 2026, the decision dated March 26 said.
He succeeds Dinkar Gupta, who retires on March 31.
The ACC also appointed Rajeev Kumar Sharma, a 1990 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre, as director general of the Bureau of Police Research & Development. He will serve until his retirement on June 30, 2026, the order said.
Sharma will succeed Balaji Srivastava, who ends his term at the end of March.
Piyush Anand will be the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
Anand, a 1991-batch IPS officer under the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently the special DG of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
He has been appointed DG of the NDRF for a period of two years, the order said.
Anand will replace Atul Karwal, who retires on March 31.
The ACC also appointed S Suresh, a 1995-batch IPS officer from Kerala cadre, as Additional Director General of the Special Protection Group (SPG).
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