Mr. P K Mishra has been given the charge of Principal Secretary of and is appointed as the most trusted bureaucratic aide of PM Modi. Before him Mr. Nripendra Mishra was Principal Secretary and he had stepped down from this one of the top job. Dr. Mishra has been elevated from the post of additional Secretory to Principal Secretory.
Dr. Mishra is an old aide of PM Modi as their association has been since October 2001as he was also the Principal Secretory of of the then Chief Minister of Gujarat and at that time PM Modi was CM Gujarat.
Dr. Mishra will look into Policy matters and appointments with various departments of PM Office.