Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SS Deswal has been appointed as the Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved Deswal's name for the post for a period up to his superannuation on August 31, 2021, said the statement issued by the Ministry of Personnel on Wednesday.
He has been appointed in place of R K Pachnanda, who superannuated today.
Deswal, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre, is currently working as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
ITBPF was raised in 1962 and works under the command of the Union Home Ministry.