Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n Sharma, a 1979-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, hailed from Bihar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He served as IB Director from 2014 to 2016. He headed the bureau when the government announced demonetisation on November 8, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his retirement, he was appointed as an interlocutor for talks with the Assam-based insurgent groups and also headed a committee to restructure the Home Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharma was appointed the Centre\u2019s \u201cSpecial Representative\u201d to initiate and carry forward a dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir on October 23, 2017, and given the rank of Cabinet Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After August 5, 2019, when Parliament revoked the special status of J&K and bifurcated the State into two Union Territories, Mr. Sharma was appointed the Administrator of the Union Territory of Lakshwadeep on October 25 last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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