<p>In fresh appointments in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been appointed Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singla, a 1997-batch officer, will succeed the 1989-batch Vikram Misri, who is going to Spain as Ambassador.<br /><br />The appointment order of Singla, who was previously posted in the Indian Embassy in Israel's Tel Aviv, was issued on Saturday. Singla had worked as director to former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai.<br /><br />Misri was asked to continue for some time after Modi took over. The Department of Personnel and Training order on Singla's appointment said Misri would continue as Private Secretary till July 31 for “overlap purpose”.<br /><br />Misri had joined the PMO in 2010 as Joint Secretary, and in 2012 became PS to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ravi Shankar Prasad and D V Sadananda Gowda also got new Private Secretaries last week.<br /><br />Hardeep Singh, a 1990-batch Indian Trade Service officer, was appointed Private Secretary to Badal, while S Suresh Kumar, a 2000-batch IAS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, was appointed as Naidu's PS.<br /><br />IAS officer Dr V Ponnuraj will be PS to Gowda, while N Saravana Kumar, also an IAS, will be Prasad's Private Secretary.<br /><br />The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has also approved the appointment of Debasish Mallick and David Rasquinha as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) of the EXIM Bank of India.<br /><br />Mallick is presently MD and CEO of IDBI Asset Management Company Ltd, and Rasquinha is presently Executive Director EXIM Bank.</p>
<p>In fresh appointments in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been appointed Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singla, a 1997-batch officer, will succeed the 1989-batch Vikram Misri, who is going to Spain as Ambassador.<br /><br />The appointment order of Singla, who was previously posted in the Indian Embassy in Israel's Tel Aviv, was issued on Saturday. Singla had worked as director to former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai.<br /><br />Misri was asked to continue for some time after Modi took over. The Department of Personnel and Training order on Singla's appointment said Misri would continue as Private Secretary till July 31 for “overlap purpose”.<br /><br />Misri had joined the PMO in 2010 as Joint Secretary, and in 2012 became PS to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ravi Shankar Prasad and D V Sadananda Gowda also got new Private Secretaries last week.<br /><br />Hardeep Singh, a 1990-batch Indian Trade Service officer, was appointed Private Secretary to Badal, while S Suresh Kumar, a 2000-batch IAS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, was appointed as Naidu's PS.<br /><br />IAS officer Dr V Ponnuraj will be PS to Gowda, while N Saravana Kumar, also an IAS, will be Prasad's Private Secretary.<br /><br />The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has also approved the appointment of Debasish Mallick and David Rasquinha as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) of the EXIM Bank of India.<br /><br />Mallick is presently MD and CEO of IDBI Asset Management Company Ltd, and Rasquinha is presently Executive Director EXIM Bank.</p>
