R.K. Raghavan is Cyprus envoy

August 30, 2017 10:17 pm | Updated September 23, 2017 12:34 pm IST

Former CBI Director R.K. Raghavan has been appointed High Commissioner to Cyprus, the External Affairs Ministry said here on Wednesday.

Dr. Raghavan, a retired IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, holds a Ph.D. in political science from Karnatak University. His specialisation is cybersecurity. He had been CBI Director from January 1999 to April 2001. The Supreme Court appointed him head of the Anti-Ragging Monitoring Committee in 2006. In 2008, the court made him head the SIT on Godhra riots.

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