13th Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
Pramod Kumar Mishra (IAST: ; born 11 August 1948), often abbreviated P. K. Mishra, is the 13th and current Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. He is a 1972-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. Between 2001 and 2004, Mishra has also served as the principal secretary of Modi, when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Education.
He did his M.A. in economics with a first class at the Delhi School of Economics in 1972. He later did an M.A. in Development economics in 1990 and a Ph.D. in Economics/Development Studies from the University of Sussex.
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 (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 by the Chief Minister of Gujarat. His term as the chairman of commission 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 Secretary, the Government of India's topmost bureaucrat, and was deemed to have been re-employed into the IAS.
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-terminous with the term of the Prime Minister.
On 11 September 2019 PK Mishra was appointed as the sole Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.
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