New IB Chief: Senior IPS Officer Mahesh Dixit Appointed To Lead Intelligence Bureau

New Delhi: In a major top-level security appointment, senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit has been named the new chief of India's premier internal intelligence agency, the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He will succeed the outgoing director to oversee the country's internal security and counter-intelligence operations.

Mahesh Dixit has been picked as the new head of India's Intelligence Bureau. He is a 1993-batch IPS officer from Telangana. The Cabinet approved his appointment. Dixit takes over from the outgoing IB Director. He has worked in intelligence for years. He knows how the system works.

How is his track record?

Dixit spent important years running the IB's Kashmir division in Srinagar. That job covers Jammu, Kashmir and Leh. He was there when the government scrapped Article 370. During that time, he helped keep things stable in the region. He tracked security threats. He built strong ground networks. He got information from people on the ground. He knows counter-terror operations inside out. He has handled cases on Left-Wing Extremism. He dealt with cross-border infiltration too.

#BREAKING

Senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit (1993 batch, Telangana cadre) has been appointed as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), India’s premier domestic intelligence agency.

A seasoned intelligence professional, Dixit played a pivotal role in security management…

— Bureaucrats India (@BureaucratsInd) June 25, 2026

What he brings?

Dixit has actually worked in Jammu and Kashmir. He understands the ground situation there. He knows Pakistan's role in terror attacks and he knows about radicalization. He knows drug trafficking networks, that field experience will matter now. As IB Chief, he will shape how the agency tackles Pakistan-backed terrorism. He will work on stopping radicalization and will go after narco-terror networks. The internal security scene is tough right now. There are threats from outside along with the threats from inside. Dixit had handled both kinds of scenarios.