Senior IPS officer R K Pachnanda took charge as the chief of the Indo-China border guarding force the Indo Tibetan Border Police, ITBP on Friday. <br/><br/>Mr Pachnanda, a 1983-batch police officer of the West Bengal cadre, was handed over the baton of the force by outgoing Director General Krishna Chaudhary. <br/><br/>Prior to his appointment as the ITBP chief, he was serving as the DG of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). He will also continue to hold the charge of the NDRF, DG .