Dineshwar Sharma

Dineshwar Sharma (23 March 1954^{[citation needed]} – 4 December 2020) was an Indian police officer.^[1]

Dineshwar Sharma IPS
Sharma in January 2018
Administrator of Lakshadweep
In office 3 November 2019 – 4 December 2020[†]
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by	Mihir Vardhan
Succeeded by	Praful Khoda Patel
Director of Intelligence Bureau
In office 1 January 2015 – 1 January 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Syed Asif Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Rajiv Jain
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-23)23 March 1954[citation needed] Bihar, India
Died	4 December 2020(2020-12-04) (aged 66)
Occupation	Civil Servant

He was the chief of the Indian Intelligence Bureau (succeeded by Rajiv Jain),^[2] that is the Director of Intelligence Bureau which is the highest-ranked post in the Indian Police Service (IPS).^[3]

He also served as an interlocutor to the government of India for the state of Jammu and Kashmir.^[4] He served as the 34th Administrator of Lakshadweep from 2019 until his death.^[5]

Background

Born in Bihar, he gained primary education in Pali, Bihar, and later graduated from Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.^{[citation needed]} A third-generation policeman, Sharma first qualified for Indian Forest Service (IFS) and later for IPS.^[6][7]

Career

He worked continuously in the IB after 2008.^{[citation needed]} He attended training on intelligence work and policing methods in East Germany, Poland, Israel and South Korea. He served in Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Rajasthan in various capacities in BSF, CRPF and IB. He also worked with National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval during his earlier stint as IB chief. He was fluent in Hindi, English, Maithili, Malayalam, Tamil, Arabic, and Urdu.^[8]