General Knowledge / List of CBI Directors of India

CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) is the premier investigating agency of India which investigates (economic, corruption and high profile crime cases). Its motto is Industry, Impartiality, Integrity and headquarters are located at Lodhi Road in New Delhi and founded on 1963.

It headed by the Cabinet Minister who reports directly to the Prime Minister and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

S.No Name From Period To Period
1 D. P. Kohli 1 April 1963 31 May 1968
2 F. V. Arul 31 May 1968 6 May 1971
3 D. Sen 6 May 1971 29 March 1977
4 S. N. Mathur 29 March 1977 2 May 1977
5 C. V. Narsimhan 2 May 1977 25 November 1977
6 John Lobo 25 November 1977 30 June 1979
7 R. D. Singh 30 June 1979 24 January 1980
8 J. S. Bajwa 24 January 1980 28 February 1985
9 M. G. Katre 28 February 1985 31 October 1989
10 A. P. Mukherjee 31 October 1989 11 January 1990
11 R. Sekhar 11 January 1990 14 February 1990
12 Vijay Karan 14 February 1990 14 February 1990
13 S. K. Datta 14 February 1990 31 July 1993
14 K. V. R. Rao 31 July 1993 31 July 1996
15 Joginder Singh 31 July 1996 30 June 1997
16 R. C. Sharma 30 June 1997 31 January 1998
17 D. R. Karthikeyan (acting) 31 January 1998 31 March 1998
18 T. N. Mishra (acting) 31 March 1998 4 January 1999
19 R. K. Raghavan 4 January 1999 1 April 2001
20 P. C. Sharma 1 April 2001 6 December 2003
21 U. S. Misra 6 December 2003 6 December 2005
22 Vijay Shanker Tiwari 12 December 2005 31 July 2008
23 Ashwani Kumar 2 August 2008 30 November 2010
24 A. P. Singh 30 November 2010 30 November 2012
25 Ranjit Sinha 3 December 2012 2 December 2014
26 Anil Sinha 3 December 2014 2 December 2016
2 Rakesh Asthana (Special Director) 3 December 2016 Present (on leave)
28 Alok Verma 1 February 2017 10 January 2019
29 M. Nageshwar Rao (interim) 24 October 2018 1 February 2019
30 Rishi Kumar Shukla 2 February 2019 Present (in-charge)


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