Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood has been appointed the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years.
The government order released on Sunday said Sood has been appointed to the CBI director's post for a period of two years from the date of taking charge after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on May 25.
Sood is a 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre and the senior-most IPS officer in the country after Jaiswal.
In the order, the Department of Personnel and Training said, "Approval of the competent authority is hereby conveyed to the appointment of Praveen Sood, IPS (KN:86) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office vice Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS (MH:85) consequent upon completion of his tenure."
The CBI director is selected a panel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. The tenure is fixed for two years and could be extended up to five years.
Sood is an alumna of IIT-Delhi, IIM-Bangalore and Syracuse University in New York.
Currently the DGP in Karnataka, Sood was earlier superintendent of police of Bellary and Raichur districts, deputy commissioner of police (law and order) and additional commissioner of police (traffic) in Bengaluru City, and commissioner of police of Mysore City.
He has also served as police advisor to the government of Mauritius.