Senior IFS officer K Nandini Singla has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Portugal.
Singla, a 1997-batch IFS officer, is currently posted as Joint Secretary (Europe Desk) in the Ministry of External Affairs here.
"She is expected to take up her assignment shortly," the External Affairs Ministry said. Singla will succeed Jitendra Nath Misra.
Government has also appointed Shubhdarshini Tripathi, a 1994-batch IFS officer, as India's next Ambassador to Kingdom of Jordan.
She is presently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in Berlin.
