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Economic Times
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Economic Times
CBI Director Praveen Sood gets one year's extension
The Centre has granted a one-year extension to Praveen Sood's tenure as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), effective beyond May 24, 2025. Sood, an IPS officer from the 1986 Karnataka cadre, assumed the CBI directorship on May 25, 2023, for an initial two-year term. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Centre on Wednesday extended the tenure of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Praveen Sood by one year. Sood took over as the CBI director on May 25, 2023 for a two-year Appointments Commitee of the Cabinet (ACC), based on the recommendations of the selection committee, approved Sood's extension for a period of one year beyond May 24."The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, based on the recommendations of the Committee, has approved the extension in tenure of Shri Praveen Sood, IPS (KN:1986) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of one year beyond 24.05.2025," a government notice an IPS officer of 1986 Batch (Karnataka Cadre), before joining, he was serving as Director General of Police, is a graduate (B. Tech) in Civil Engineering from IIT, Delhi; Post Graduation in Public Policy & Management form IIM, Bengaluru and the Maxwell School of Governance, Syracuse University, New Sood has been decorated with the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2011 and the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002. He has been awarded the Chief Minister's Gold Medal for Excellence in Service in 1996; the National e-Governance Gold Award for "Most innovative use of technology for Traffic Management in the year 2011; and the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in the year 2006 for contribution towards road safety and traffic management.
Hindustan Times
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
CBI director Praveen Sood gets one-year extension
Government on Wednesday extended the tenure of Central Bureau of India (CBI) director Praveen Sood for another year. Sood took over as the CBI director on May 25, 2023, for a two-year term, that will now continue until May 2026. Praveen Sood was born in 1964 in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. (PTI) This extension comes after a meeting of the selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was held on May 5. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), based on the recommendations of the selection committee, approved Praveen Sood's extension. Who is Praveen Sood Praveen Sood was born in 1964 in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra and studied civil engineering at IIT Delhi, , according to a PTI news agency report, which mentioned that he later did further studies at IIM Bengaluru and Maxwell School, USA. Sood joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) when he was just 22 years old. Before becoming CBI chief, Praveem Sood was the top police officer in Karnataka. He worked on many big cases. He also helped make police work better by using more technology. In Karnataka, he worked on digital systems like CCTNS and ICJS, which help track crime and share data with courts. CBI director Praveen Sood has received many awards during his police career for his work. He was given the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002, and later received the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2011 — one of the highest honours for a police officer in India, as stated by PIB. In 1996, he won the Chief Minister's Gold Medal for excellent service. Praveen Sood was also praised for his use of technology. In 2011, he received the National e-Governance Gold Award for the most creative use of tech in traffic management. In 2006, he was honoured with the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for his work in making roads safer and improving traffic systems.
