IFS officer Vivek Kumar appointed as Private Secretary to PM Modi

Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vivek Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a government order. Kumar is a 2004-batch IFS officer and he is currently the director of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He will be succeeding Sanjeev Kumar Singla, who was appointed as PS to the PM in 2014.