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Nripendra Misra
Nripendra Misra (born 8 March 1945) is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer (IAS) of the 1967 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who served as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Secretary of India and the Fertilizers Secretary of India. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021.
Misra has an MPA in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has postgraduate degrees in chemistry and political science and public administration from the University of Allahabad.
Misra served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh as an IAS officer, he served in positions such as Principal Secretary (Home-II), Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, member of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue, chairperson and chief executive officer of Greater NOIDA, secretary in the now-erstwhile Department of Institutional Finance, Taxation and Excise and as a special secretary in the Department of Finance in the Uttar Pradesh government; and as Union Telecom Secretary and chairperson of Telecom Commission, Union Fertilizers Secretary, additional secretary looking after World Trade Organization affairs in the Ministry of Commerce, and as a joint secretary in Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance in the Indian government.
Misra also served as Minister (Economic) in India's embassy to the United States in Washington, D.C. from August 1985 to July 1988. Misra further served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Government of Nepal.
Misra was appointed as the Fertilizers Secretary of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in January 2002; Misra assumed the office of secretary in January 2002 and demitted it in January 2004, serving for approximately two years.
Misra was appointed as the Telecom Secretary of and chairperson of Telecom Commission by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in January 2004; Misra assumed the office of secretary in January 2004 and retired from service in March 2005, serving for more than a year.
After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, Misra was appointed as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in March 2006, succeeding another retired IAS officer, Pradip Baijal, Misra demitted the office of chairperson of TRAI in March 2009, serving as the regulator's head for three years and was succeeded by J. S. Varma, another IAS officer and former Telecom Secretary in May 2009.
He resigned as member of the Board of Directors of Usha Martin Limited on May 26, 2014 upon being invited to join the PMO under the newly formed Modi government. He is also a former member of the Executive Council at the Vivekananda International Foundation.
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Nripendra Misra
Nripendra Misra (born 8 March 1945) is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer (IAS) of the 1967 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who served as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Telecom Secretary of India and the Fertilizers Secretary of India. He was awarded India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021.
Misra has an MPA in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and has postgraduate degrees in chemistry and political science and public administration from the University of Allahabad.
Misra served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Uttar Pradesh as an IAS officer, he served in positions such as Principal Secretary (Home-II), Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, member of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Revenue, chairperson and chief executive officer of Greater NOIDA, secretary in the now-erstwhile Department of Institutional Finance, Taxation and Excise and as a special secretary in the Department of Finance in the Uttar Pradesh government; and as Union Telecom Secretary and chairperson of Telecom Commission, Union Fertilizers Secretary, additional secretary looking after World Trade Organization affairs in the Ministry of Commerce, and as a joint secretary in Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance in the Indian government.
Misra also served as Minister (Economic) in India's embassy to the United States in Washington, D.C. from August 1985 to July 1988. Misra further served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Government of Nepal.
Misra was appointed as the Fertilizers Secretary of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in January 2002; Misra assumed the office of secretary in January 2002 and demitted it in January 2004, serving for approximately two years.
Misra was appointed as the Telecom Secretary of and chairperson of Telecom Commission by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in January 2004; Misra assumed the office of secretary in January 2004 and retired from service in March 2005, serving for more than a year.
After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, Misra was appointed as the chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in March 2006, succeeding another retired IAS officer, Pradip Baijal, Misra demitted the office of chairperson of TRAI in March 2009, serving as the regulator's head for three years and was succeeded by J. S. Varma, another IAS officer and former Telecom Secretary in May 2009.
He resigned as member of the Board of Directors of Usha Martin Limited on May 26, 2014 upon being invited to join the PMO under the newly formed Modi government. He is also a former member of the Executive Council at the Vivekananda International Foundation.
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