Senior IPS officer V S Kaumudi has been appointed as the Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).  Kaumudi, a 1986-batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is at present the Additional Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Kaumudi as the DG, BPR&D, by temporarily downgrading the post to the level of Additional Director General for a period of two years.

Besides, Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian and former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDBI Bank B Sriram were on Tuesday appointed Part-Time Members of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).