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{{short description|13th Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India (born 1948)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pramod Kumar Mishra
| image = Pramod Kumar Mishra IAS.jpg
| caption = Mishra in 2025
| birth_place = [[Sambalpur]], [[Odisha]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|08|11|df=y}}
| office = 13th [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]
| order =
| prime_minister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[Nripendra Misra]]
| alongside = [[Shaktikanta Das]] (2025-)
| successor =
| birth_name =
| alma_mater = [[Sambalpur University]]<br>[[Delhi School of Economics]]<br>[[Delhi University]]<br>[[University of Sussex]]
| spouse =
| occupation = {{hlist|[[IAS officer|Bureaucrat]]|civil servant}}
| module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes
| employer = [[Indian Administrative Services]]}}
| office2 = [[Secretary to Government of India|Agriculture Secretary]] of [[India]]
| office1 = Chairman of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission
| term_start = 11 September 2019
| term_start1 = 2 September 2008
| term_start2 = 1 December 2006
| term_end =
| term_end2 = 31 August 2008
| term_end1 = 11 August 2013
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| honorific_prefix = [[Dr.]]
}}

'''Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|Pramoda Kumāra Miśra}}; born 11 August 1948), often abbreviated '''P. K. Mishra''', is a retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer of 1972 batch belonging to [[Gujarat]] cadre and serves as the 13th and current [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]. Between 2001 and 2004, Mishra has also served as the principal secretary of Modi, when he was the [[First Modi ministry (Gujarat)|Chief Minister of Gujarat]].<ref name=":1" />

== 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DR. PK Mishra takes charge as Principal Secretary to PM Modi {{!}} DD News |url=https://ddnews.gov.in/national/dr-pk-mishra-takes-charge-principal-secretary-pm-modi |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PK Mishra Is New Principal Secretary To Prime Minister Modi |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/prime-minister-narendra-modi-gets-new-principal-secretary-dr-pk-mishra-appointed-to-post-2099102 |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR. P. K. MISHRA |url=https://nset.gov.in/Items/CV%20-%20Dopt%202016%20-%20Dr.%20P.K.%20Mishra.pdf |website=National Symposium on Excellence in Training}}</ref>

== Career ==
On 11 September 2019, he was appointed as the Principal Secretary of the Prime Minister of India. Apart from serving as the [[#Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India & Additional principal secretary|Additional Principal Secretary]] in the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]], Mishra has served in various key positions for both [[Government of India|Indian]] and [[Government of Gujarat|Gujarat]] governments, such as the Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue), Principal Secretary (Agriculture and Cooperation), [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] to the [[List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]], member of the Gujarat Electricity Board, and as the [[District Collector (India)|district magistrate and collector]] of [[Mehsana]] and [[Banaskantha district|Banaskantha]] districts in the [[Government of Gujarat]], and as the [[Secretary to Government of India|Union Agriculture Secretary]], special secretary in [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Additional secretary to Government of India|additional secretary]] in [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|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 [[List of Chief Ministers of Gujarat|Chief Minister of Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/-P-K-Mishra-is-back-in-Gujarat/articleshow/3456784.cms|title=P K Mishra is back in Gujarat|date=8 September 2008|website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/PK-Misra-is-GERC-chief/articleshow/3434639.cms|title=PK Mishra is GERC chief|last=|first=|date=2 September 2008|website=[[Times of India]]|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/union-agriculture-secretary-appointed-gerc-chairman/356789/|title=Union Agriculture Secretary appointed GERC Chairman|last=|first=|date=2 September 2008|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> His term as the chairman of commission came to an end on 11 August 2013, when he attained the age of 65.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/New-GERC-chief-Panel-wants-to-interview-all-applicants/articleshow/26378941.cms|title=New GERC chief: Panel wants to interview all applicants|last=Khanna|first=Rajeev|date=26 November 2013|website=[[Times of India]]|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref>

=== Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ===
[[File:P. K. Misra, IAS with Rajnath Singh and R. K. Pachnanda, IPS.jpg|left|thumb|Mishra (centre-right) with [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]], [[Rajnath Singh]] (centre) and [[National Disaster Response Force]] (NDRF) director general [[R. K. Pachnanda]] (centre-left).]]
[[File:P. K. Misra, IAS with Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Mamoru Maekawa.jpg|thumb|Mishra (right) with [[NITI Aayog]] vice-chairman [[Rajiv Kumar (economist)|Rajiv Kumar]] (centre) and a Japanese vice-minister for policy coordination in [[Cabinet Office (Japan)|Cabinet Office]], Mamoru Maekawa (left).|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#Additional principal secretary|Additional Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]], in the rank and status of [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]], the [[Government of India]]'s topmost bureaucrat,<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/may/31spec.htm|title=What does the Cabinet Secretary do?|last=Iype|first=George|date=31 May 2006|website=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/pk-sinha-to-take-over-as-cabinet-secretary-on-13-june-after-ajit-seth-retires-2269594.html|title=PK Sinha to be next cabinet secretary: All you should know about India's most powerful bureaucrat|date=29 May 2015|website=[[Firstpost]]|publisher=[[Network 18]]|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=":52">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/from-power-secretary-to-the-most-powerful-bureaucrat/article7261231.ece|title=From Power Secretary to one of the best bureaucrat|date=29 May 2015|website=[[Business Line]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|issn=0971-7528|oclc=456162874|access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> and was deemed to have been re-employed into the [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra - Executive Record Sheet |url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14072&PageId= |access-date=3 September 2017 |website=Department of Personnel and Training, [[Government of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105524|title=Dr. P. K. Mishra Appointed Additional Principal Secretary to PM|last=|first=|date=10 June 2017|website=[[Press Information Bureau of India]]|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/P-K-Mishra-appointed-additional-principal-secretary-to-PM/articleshow/36369179.cms|title=P K Mishra appointed additional principal secretary to PM|last=|first=|date=11 June 2014|website=[[Times of India]]|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/p-k-mishra-appointed-additional-principal-secretary-to-modi/|title=P.K Mishra appointed Additional Principal Secretary to Modi|last=|first=|date=10 June 2014|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/ex-agriculture-secy-p-k-mishra-is-modis-addl-principal-secy/|title=Ex-agriculture secy P K Mishra is Modi's Addl Principal Secy|date=10 June 2014|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=6 August 2018|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]]|agency=Express News Service|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|oclc=70274541}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pk-mishra-is-additional-principal-secretary-to-pm/article6101968.ece|title=P.K. Mishra is Additional Principal Secretary to PM|date=11 June 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 August 2018|publisher=[[N. Ram]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|publication-place=[[New Delhi]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119}}</ref>

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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==Awards==
* United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on 17 May 2019 conferred the [[United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction#UN Sasakawa Award|Sasakawa Award 2019]] for Disaster Risk Reduction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/~/pm-s-additional-principal-secretary-bags-prestigious-sasakawa-award/India/news/1601063.html|title=United Nations confers PM Narendra Modi's secretary PK Mishra with prestigious Sasakawa Award 2019|work=uniindia|access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|P. K. Misra}}

* [https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14072&PageId= Executive record sheet as maintained by the Department of Personnel and Training of Government of India]

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[[Category:People from Odisha]]
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[[Category:Delhi School of Economics alumni]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex]]

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