Pramod Kumar Mishra


Pramod Kumar Mishra, often abbreviated to as P. K. Mishra, is a re-employed 1972 batch IAS officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. He currently is the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

Education

Pramod Kumar Mishra has graduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees in economics. He also has a postgraduate degree in development economics.He is a graduate from the prestigious Delhi School Of Economics

Career

On 11 September 2019, he was appointed as the Principal Secretary of the Prime Minister of India. 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, Principal Secretary, 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 by the Chief Minister of Gujarat. His term as the chairman of GERC came to an end on 11 August 2013, when he attained the age of 65.

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

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 Minister, the Government of India's topmost bureaucrat, and was deemed to have been re-employed into the IAS.
During his tenure as additional principal secretary, Mishra has been considered to be one of the best bureaucrats in India.
On 11 June 2019, Mishra was re-appointed as Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved his appointment along with the re-appointment of Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra with effect from 31 May 2019. These appointments were designated to be co-terminus with the term of the Prime Minister.
On 11 September 2019 PK Mishra is appointed as a principal secretary of Prime Minister of India

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