Sadanand Date takes charge as SEBI executive director; to head investigations department

Sadanand Date has taken charge as Executive Director at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in Mumbai on March 4, 2026. He will oversee the Investigations Department at the market regulator.Date is a 2007-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Uttarakhand cadre. Prior to his appointment at SEBI, he was on central deputation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), where he served in several roles, including Superintendent of Police at the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) and Bank Securities and Fraud Cell (BSFC).

At the CBI’s Mumbai unit, he also headed multiple branches, including the Economic Offences Branch, Special Crime Branch, Special Task Branch and Anti-Corruption Branch.
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Date is a medical graduate and holds an MBBS degree from Grant Medical College and JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Police Management from Osmania University, along with degrees in MA (Economics), LLB and LLM from the University of Mumbai. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

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