Nirmal Singh, a 1970 batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, on Monday took charge as Secretary of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
He succeeds R Narayanaswami, who is now Chief Secretary to the Delhi government.
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Singh was earlier secretary-general of the National Human Rights Commission. He is also a former Director-General of the Bureau of Indian Standards.
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