The appointments committee of the cabinet has cleared the name of Nehchal Sandhu as the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). Sandhu is currently a Special Director of the internal intelligence agency and will take over from Rajiv Mathur who retires month-end. Sandhu,a 1973-batch Bihar-cadre IPS officer,has spent over 30 years in the intelligence agency. He is currently number two in the agency.