NEW DELHI: Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and present chief of the Central Industrial Security Force Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director for two years. This notification was released by Srinivas Katikithala, secretary, appointments committee of the cabinet and establishment officer. 

Jaiswal was shortlisted along with Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief K.R.Chandra and special secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, V.S.K. Kaumudi by the selection committee comprising of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana and the Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary had, on Monday.

As Jaiswal was the senior-most among the three officers, his choice became easier on the principle of seniority being the default norm of selection. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer and former Director General of Police, Maharashtra. He was previously the police commissioner of Mumbai and has served a stint at the Research and Analysis Wing (RA&W), India's external intelligence agency for nine years, during which he served as the additional secretary of RA&W for three years. 

The CBI was working without a regular chief for over three months after Rishi Kumar Shukla completed his two-year tenure on February 3. CBI Additional Director Praveen Sinha, a 1988-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, was appointed the acting chief of the agency after Shukla completed his tenure.