Dr PK Mishra takes over as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

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New Delhi : Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra was on September 11, 2019, appointed as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. He took   charge of his new assignment on September 11. Dr Mishra is a retired 1972 batch IAS officer. He has replaced Nripendra Mishra, who stepped down from the post recently.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Dr P K Mishra, currently functioning as Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister with effect from  September 11, 2019. His appointment will be co-terminus with the term of the Prime Minister or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Dr Mishra has varied work experience in the management of programmes relating to agriculture, disaster management, power sector, infrastructure financing, and regulatory issues and has an outstanding career profile comprising research, publications, policy formulation and programme/project management.

He has vast experience in policy making and administration and has handled major assignments such as Additional Pr. Secretary to the Prime Minister; Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation,  Government of India; Chairman, State Electricity Regulatory Commission, and in the area of Disaster management. As Secretary Agriculture & Cooperation, he was actively involved in path-breaking national initiatives such as the National Agriculture Development Programme (RKVY) and the National Food Security Mission (NFSM), according to a PIB release.

As Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister during 2014-19, Dr Mishra is credited with  introducing innovation and transformative changes in human resource management particularly appointments to senior positions. His international experience includes research and academic work for over four years at the Institute of Development Studies (UK), negotiation and execution of ADB and World Bank projects, Member of the Governing Board of the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and participation as expert/resource person in several international conferences.

Dr Mishra was recently conferred on the United Nations Sasakawa Award 2019, the most prestigious international award in disaster management.

Dr Mishra has a Ph.D in Economics/Development Studies from the University of Sussex, M.A. in Development Economics at the University of Sussex as also M.A. in Economics with a first class from the Delhi School of Economics and  B.A. Hons. (Economics) with a first class and distinction in other subjects from G.M. College (Sambalpur University) in 1970. He was the only one to get a first class in Economics among all the universities of Odisha.