Centre appoints IPS officer Parag Jain as new RAW chief. Check details

Parag Jain is a 1989-batch IPS officer

The Central government on June 28 announced the appointment of Parag Jain as the new chief of Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). The 1989-batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre will succeed Ravi Sinha, whose term concludes at the end of this month

Jain, who has over two decades of experience withing the spy agency, is set to assume office on July 1 for a fixed two‑year tenure.

The new chief's appointment comes at a crucial juncture as India deals with growing nexus between Pakistan and China in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor that saw Islamabad and New Delhi engage in an armed conflict.

Moreover, the domestic agencies have recently arrested several individual on the charges of spying.

Jain currently heads RAW's Aviation Research Centre (ARC), which deals with aerial surveillance, among others. Jain, a 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Punjab cadre, brings over two decades of experience within RAW to his new role.

His career includes significant operational contributions during the height of terrorism in Punjab, where he served as SSP and Deputy Inspector General of Police in various districts.

Within RAW, Jain has extensively handled the Pakistan desk, with tenures in Jammu and Kashmir during the abrogation of Article 370, the officials said.

Jain has also served in Indian Missions in Sri Lanka and Canada. During his tenure in Canada, he monitored Khalistani terror modules operating from there.

With PTI inputs