Senior IPS officer Rudolf Alvares (IPS:2009:MP), presently serving as Deputy Director in Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday (July 09, 2025), the competent authority has approved the appointment of Mr Alvares to the post of DIG of SSB from the date of assumption of charge of the post and upto December 13, 2027 (combined tenure 05 years) or till further orders, whichever is earlier.
Notably, he began his central deputation tenure on December 14, 2022.