Pramod Kumar Misra

Dr.
Pramod Kumar Mishra
Pramoda Kumāra Miśrā
Misra addressing a conference in June 2017.
Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
Assumed office
9 June 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra
Preceded by Office established
Chairman of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission
In office
2 September 2008 – 11 August 2013
Agriculture Secretary of India
In office
1 December 2006 – 31 August 2008
Personal details
Born Pramod Kumar Mishra
(1948-08-11) 11 August 1948
Odisha
Nationality  Indian
Occupation IAS officer

Pramod Kumar Mishra (IAST: Pramoda Kumāra Miśrā; born 11 August 1948), often abbreviated to as PK Mishra, is a re-employed 1972 batch IAS officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. He currently is the Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Damodardas Modi.

Education

Pramod Kumar Mishra has graduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees in economics. He also has a postgraduate degree in development economics.[1]

Career

Apart from serving as the Additional Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, Mishra has served in various key positions for both Indian and Gujarat governments, such as the Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Principal Secretary (Agriculture and Cooperation), Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Gujarat, member of the Gujarat Electricity Board, and as the district magistrate and collector of Mehsana and Banaskantha districts in the Government of Gujarat, and as the Union Agriculture Secretary, special secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs, additional secretary in Ministry of Urban Development, and as the member secretary of National Capital Region Planning Board in the Government of India.

After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, Mishra was appointed the chairman of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) by the Chief Minister of Gujarat.[2][3][4] His term as the chairman of GERC came to an end on 11 August 2013, when he attained the age of 65.[5]

Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

Misra (centre-right) with Minister of Home Affairs, Rajnath Singh (centre) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) director general R. K. Pachnanda (centre-left).
Misra (right) with NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar (centre) and a Japanese vice-minister for policy coordination in Cabinet Office, Mamoru Maekawa (left).

After the election of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India, Mishra was appointed as the Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, in the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary of India, the Government of India's topmost bureaucrat,[6][7][8] and was deemed to have been re-employed into the IAS.[1][9][10][11][12][13]

During his tenure as principal secretary, Misra has been considered to be one of the most powerful bureaucrats in India.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra - Executive Record Sheet". Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ "P K Mishra is back in Gujarat". Times of India. September 8, 2008.
  3. ↑ "PK Mishra is GERC chief". Times of India. September 2, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Union Agriculture Secretary appointed GERC Chairman". The Indian Express. September 2, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Khanna, Rajeev (November 26, 2013). "New GERC chief: Panel wants to interview all applicants". Times of India. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Iype, George (May 31, 2006). "What does the Cabinet Secretary do?". Rediff.com. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ "PK Sinha to be next cabinet secretary: All you should know about India's most powerful bureaucrat". Firstpost. FP Staff. Network 18. May 29, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ "From Power Secretary to the most powerful bureaucrat". Business Line. Our Bureau. New Delhi: The Hindu Group. May 29, 2015. ISSN 0971-7528. OCLC 456162874. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dr. P. K. Mishra Appointed Additional Principal Secretary to PM". Press Information Bureau of India. June 10, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  10. ↑ "P K Mishra appointed additional principal secretary to PM". Times of India. June 11, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ "P.K Mishra appointed Additional Principal Secretary to Modi". The Indian Express. June 10, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Ex-agriculture secy P K Mishra is Modi's Addl Principal Secy". The Indian Express. New Delhi: Indian Express Group. Express News Service. June 10, 2014. OCLC 70274541. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  13. ↑ "P.K. Mishra is Additional Principal Secretary to PM". The Hindu. New Delhi: N. Ram. Press Trust of India. June 11, 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. OCLC 13119119. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  14. ↑ Unnithan, Sandeep (April 19, 2018). "Official Top 10: Hidden power". India Today. Aroon Purie. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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