👉Sinha is a 1988-batch Chhattisgarh-cadre officer. He will replace the current RAW chief Samant Goel, who will complete his tenure on June 30.
👉Goel was appointed as the chief of RAW in 2019 and received two extensions of one year each in 2021 and 2022.
👉Ravi Sinha is a 1988-batch Chhattisgarh-cadre IPS officer.
👉The formal designation of the RAW chief is Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (Secretar-R) in the Cabinet Secretariat.
👉Sinha is widely respected in the intelligence community for his professional competence and an expert on India's neighbouring countries.
👉Besides the neighbourhood, Sinha is known to have a sound grip on Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast, Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected areas where he has severed at different points in time.