New Delhi, Jan 25, : K. C. Verma, a 1971-batch Jharkhand cadre IPS officer, will be the new chief of the Research and Analysis Wing - India''s external intelligence agency.

Currently the Internal Security Advisor to Home Minister P. Chidambaram, K. C. Verma was earlier head of the Narcotics Control Bureau, before his elevation as Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. (ANI)