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 ,
Rajnath Singh (centre) and
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) director general
R. K. Pachnanda (centre-left). vice-chairman
Rajiv Kumar (centre) and a Japanese vice-minister for policy coordination in
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, 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. ==Awards==