NEW DELHI: Retired IPS officer Sharad Kumar, who headed anti-terror organisation NIA for 4 years, has been appointed as the brand new chief of the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, bringing intensive expertise to the position.
Hailing from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, the appointment of 68-year-old Kumar was performed on October 1 within the cricketing physique. BCCI‘s ACU head is appointed for a three-year time period.
His identify was finalised within the BCCI’s Annual Normal Assembly on September 29, a Board supply instructed PTI.
He’s a 1979 batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre and has had a distinguished profession particularly because the chief of the Nationwide Investigation Company from 2013 to 2017.
He’ll take over from KK Mishra, additionally a former Haryana cadre IPS officer, who was appointed final 12 months however didn’t full his time period as a result of unspecified causes.
After serving within the NIA, Kumar was appointed because the Vigilance Commissioner within the Central Vigilance Fee from June 2018 to April 2020, the place he additionally held the interim place of Central Vigilance Commissioner.
In his new position, Kumar will play an important half in addressing corruption points, together with match-fixing and betting scandals, thereby reinforcing the BCCI’s dedication to sustaining integrity of the sport.
Throughout his tenure as NIA Director Normal, Kumar oversaw a number of high-profile investigations and operations.
Kumar performed a pivotal position in enhancing the NIA’s capabilities and infrastructure. Throughout his tenure, the NIA investigated a number of main terror assaults in India, together with the Pathankot airbase assault by terrorists of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Kumar’s efforts have been instrumental in disrupting terror financing networks.
His contribution to regulation enforcement has been recognised with the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Companies in 1996 and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Companies in 2004.
