New Delhi: Senior IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Israel.

He will be succeeding Pavan Kapoor, a 1990 cadre IFS officer, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.

Before this, Singla was serving as Private Secretary (PS) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The 1997-cadre officer was previously posted at the Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv. He is expected to take up his new assignment shortly.