India
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's
Ambassador
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to
France
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and
Monaco
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Diplomat
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who previously served as India's Ambassador to
Israel
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.
Career
Singla joined the
Indian Foreign Service
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in 1997. He has served in various capacities in The Indian Missions at
Paris
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(September 1999-December 2002),
Dhaka
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(December 2005-December 2008) and
Geneva
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(January 2009-August 2011). He also headquarters in Delhi in the Ministry of External Affairs on the US desk (December 2002-June 2004), as Deputy Chief of Protocol (July 2004-December 2005), and as a Director at the Foreign Secretary’s Office (August 2011-October 2013).
Singla served as counsellor at the Indian embassy in
Tel Aviv
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from November 2013 to July 2014 Tel Aviv.
In July 2014 Singla was appointed as Private Secretary to
Prime Minister
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Narendra Modi
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, replacing
Vikram Misri
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. he held the position from August 2014 until August 2019. In August 2015 he was promoted to the rank of a Joint Secretary.
In July 2019 Singla was chosen as