CBI Director Praveen Sood gets one year’s extension

CBI Director Praveen Sood's tenure extended by one year, known for hands-on approach and tech-savvy initiatives.

The Centre on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) extended the tenure of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Praveen Sood by one year.

Mr. Sood took over as the CBI director on May 25, 2023 for a two-year term.

The decision to extend his tenure was taken in a meeting of the selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday (May 5, 2025) officials said.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), based on the recommendations of the selection committee, approved Mr. Sood’s extension for a period of one year beyond May 24.

Mr. Sood is a 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre. He was working as Karnataka's director general of police (DGP) when he was named as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Born in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district in 1964, Mr. Sood joined the IPS at the age of 22 years after completing his civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

He also holds a post-graduation degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru and the Maxwell School of Governance, Syracuse University in New York.