Sanjeev Kumar Singla (IFS 1997) has been appointed Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.He will replace Vikram Misri , who was working with ex-PM Manmohan Singh and assisted Modi during the first two months. Vikram is now headed to Madrid as Indian ambassador to Spain.
Singla’s posting comes close on the heels of the appointment of Rajeev Topno—a Gujarat cadre IAS as the private secretary of the PM. The PM usually has two PS, one each from IAS and IFS.