Anil Sinha

Anil Sinha
Born 16 January 1956
Buxar,Bihar
Alma mater Harvard University[1]
Awards Police medal for meritorious service in 2000 and the President's police medal for distinguished service in 2006[2]

Police career

Current status Director.
Department Central Bureau of Investigation
Country  India
Years of service 1979 - Continue
Rank 1979: Commissioned as an Indian Police Service officer

Anil Sinha or Anil Kumar Sinha (born 16 January 1956)[3] is a Bihar Cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1979 batch[4] and the current Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation since December 2014.[5] He has earlier served as DIG and IG in Special Protection Group, New Delhi, and Additional Secretary in Central Vigilance Commission.[6]

Education

Anil possesses a post-graduate degree in psychology and an MPhil degree in strategic studies. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also attended the National Defence College, India.[7]

Career

Anil held several positions in his State cadre in Vigilance & Anti Corruption, Administration, Special Branch & other Divisions as SP, DIG, IG & ADG. He has served as Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) and thereafter as Additional DG, he also headed the Vigilance Investigation Bureau. He has been associated with the investigations of a number of sensitive cases, including a large number of trap cases and Disproportionate Assets Cases against corrupt public servants.[8]

Anil Kumar Sinha was also part of a core team of the then CM Nitish Kumar, when he introduced speedy trials to ensure convictions of over 50,000 criminals in his first term. He was then promoted to Additional DG (Law and Order), and monitored the implementation of Bihar Special Courts Act 2009 that allowed seizure of property of corruption-accused even during trial.[9]

Anil had received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2000 and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2006. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Anil Sinha Named New CBI Director","Affairscloud" , 3 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "SHRI ANIL KUMAR SINHA JOINS AS SPECIAL DIRECTOR, CBI", "Cbi.nic.in"
  3. ↑ "PRESENT POSTING OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 26-11-2014" (PDF). DEPARTMENT OF HOME, GOVT. OF BIHAR. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Anil Sinha named CBI Director,". IBNLive.in. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Langa, Mahesh. "Anil Sinha appointed new CBI director". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Prabhu, Sunil. "Anil Sinha Will be the New CBI Director". NDTV Convergence. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Shri Anil Jumar Sinha joins as Special Director, CBIS, "Cbi.nic.in"
  8. ↑ "Anil Sinha Named New CBI Director","Affairscloud" , 3 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Prefer to stay in the background, let my actions do the talking: new CBI chief Anil Kumar Sinha". Indian Express. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "1979-batch IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha takes over as the new CBI chief". Indian Express. Retrieved 12 January 2015.