In a much awaited decision in the Indian Bureaucracy, the PM led panel selected Shri Rishi Kumar Shukla IPS (Madhya Pradash 1983) as the new Director- Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office.
Ten things to know about the CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla
- Shri Rishi Kumar Shukla is born on 23 .08.1960
- His education is B Com and M A in Philosophy
- He is from Gwalior- Madhya Pradesh
- He is direct recruitment officer of 1983 batch Indian Police Service
- Has been posted as SP in Damoh, Mandsaur and Shivpuri
- He has been ADG -Intelligence , MP
- Was posted as OSD, Police HQ, Madhya Pradesh in 2016
- Former DGP of Madhya Pradesh, was presently DG- Police Housing Corporation
- IPS Batch mate of OP Singh ( present UP DGP) and Shivanand Jha ( present Gujarat DGP)
- Selected from a list of 30 probables