P.K. Mishra

P.K. Mishra, currently the principal secretary to the prime minister of India, has, as a former member of the Indian Administrative Service, varied work experience in field organizations as well as at policymaking levels of government. He has held various key positions with both the central and Gujarat state governments. He also worked as chairman, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC). Mishra has authored The Kutch Earthquake 2001: Recollections, Lessons and Insights (2005) and Agricultural Risk, Insurance and Income: Study of the Impact and Design of India’s Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme (1996). He was conferred the Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).