Nripendra Misra is the New Principal Secy to PM Modi

Former telecom regulator and a reforms champion in recent years, Nripendra Misra has been appointed principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Misra ji is a soft spoken UP Brahmin from Lucknow. He has a polished style of working. He was Additional Secretary in Ministry of Commerce during the early years of 2000-10 decade when he handled the complex subject of WTO. Misra ji is known as a liberaliser who believes in open policies. Murasoli Maran was the Commerce and Industry Minister.

He became the Secretary Telecom and then Chairman of TRAI. After his term, he made an unsuccessful attempt on the post of Chief Vigilance Commissioner. His critics are now holding forth a clause on the TRAI Chief’s appointment clause which bans the incumbent from holding any post under the Government after retirement. The opponents say that Misra ji cannot join the PMO in the face of the ban.

The principal secretary in the PMO acts plays a critical role as the key link between the head of government and the top bureaucrats and is in charge of executing the Prime Minister’s vision and objectives.