New Delhi, June 26 -- The Centre has appointed 1993-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit as the next Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief. An officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Dixit is currently the special director in the IB and was overseeing important operations in various sectors. Dixit will take charge of the agency after the incumbent Tapan Kumar Deka's extended tenure comes to end on June 30. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of 1993-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit (AP cadre) as the new Director of the Intelligence Bureau in place of IPS officer Tapan Kumar Deka, for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orde...