R.N. Ravi is Joint Intelligence Committee chief

August 26, 2014 05:07 am | Updated 05:07 am IST - NEW DELHI:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of former Intelligence Bureau Special Director R.N. Ravi as chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee for a period of three years.

Mr. Ravi, a 1976-batch Indian Police Service officer from Kerala, has been appointed in the pay and rank of Secretary to the Government of India. He retired as IB Special Director in 2012.

The Joint Intelligence Committee functions under the National Security Council Secretariat.

The ACC has also cleared the proposal for appointment of senior IPS officer Ramesh Chand Tayal as Central Reserve Police Force Special Director-General.

The 1980-batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre officer is presently posted as Additional Director-General of the Sashatra Seema Bal.

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