Dr. Mishra is deeply involved in research activities in the field of employment relations, industrial relations, unrecognized labour of women in informal sectors and human resource management in proprietary/ entrepreneurial in nature, industries operating as the local agglomerate, and industries which are dispersed in nature, and other small & medium enterprises. Recently, he has started working on aspects related to the representation of female workers in the SME sector in India. He has engaged guest classes at the Centre for Women’s Studies and Development (CWSD), Faculty of Social Sciences and Office Management, Faculty of Arts in the Banaras Hindu University