Dr. Partha Sarathi Mishra in his office
Indian Administrative Service · Odisha

Dr. Partha Sarathi Mishra, IAS

Bureaucrat, Educator, Visionary & Author

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A scholar in thought, an administrator in action, a humanist in public service.

Dr. Partha Sarathi Mishra’s public life brings administration, education and institution-building into one sustained practice of service.

His work has crossed district administration, urban development, higher education, university administration, home administration and public enterprise governance. Alongside executive responsibilities, he has remained closely engaged with teaching, writing and mentoring.

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Dr. Mishra at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention
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A career across institutions

Governance shaped through field administration, education and public enterprise leadership.

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Experience spanning administration, cities, universities and public enterprises

Public purpose

A continuing commitment to institutional capacity, education and service

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Public service with scholarship and humanity at its centre.

Administrator, educator and institutional leader working across governance, public enterprises and higher education in Odisha.

Dr. Partha Sarathi Mishra in his office

Dr. Partha Sarathi Mishra is an Indian Administrative Service officer whose career brings together executive leadership, academic inquiry and a sustained concern for institution-building.

As Director-cum-Additional Secretary in the Public Enterprises Department, Government of Odisha, his responsibilities include public enterprise reform, corporate governance and institutional performance.

His earlier public roles have included higher education reform, university administration, urban poverty alleviation, municipal programmes, home administration and field-level district administration.

“Scholarship in thought. Humanity in governance. Purpose in public life.”

A teacher and mentor alongside his administrative work, Dr. Mishra has taught public policy and governance, contributed to institutional development, and written on leadership, education, technology and public life.

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Areas of engagement

Administration beyond a single department.

Public enterprise governance

Board stewardship, enterprise performance and institutional accountability.

Urban development

City administration, development authority leadership and public infrastructure.

Higher education

Institutional reform, university administration, project leadership and new pedagogical practices.

Academic Odyssey

Learning across institutions, applied to public purpose.

Academic study and executive learning in India, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D.

Postgraduate and doctoral study at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Erasmus University

Degree in Urban Management

Study at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University, Holland.

University of Oxford

Public Policy and Governance

Executive study in public policy and governance at the University of Oxford.

Domain Expertise

Leadership across administration, cities, education and enterprise.

A professional journey shaped by field responsibility, institutional reform and cross-sector collaboration.

Public enterprises

Director-cum-Additional Secretary

Public Enterprises Department, Government of Odisha — enterprise governance, reform and board-level stewardship.

Higher education

Special Secretary & State Project Director, RUSA

Policy and implementation work across admissions, examinations, evaluation, e-governance and pedagogical practice.

University administration

Registrar, Utkal University; Director & Dean, Ravenshaw University

Leadership roles in academic administration and institutional reform.

Urban development

Urban Poverty Alleviation Cell and municipal programmes

Project leadership in Cuttack Municipal Corporation and work on solid-waste management and Green City programmes in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.

Home administration

Additional Secretary, Home Department

Administrative reform across Police, Fire, Home Guards, Prisons, recruitment and digitisation of crime records.

Field & institutional roles

Deputy Collector, Project Director, Director and Managing Director

Assignments across Government of Odisha departments and public-sector corporations.

Corporate Governance

Board stewardship across Odisha’s public-sector institutions.

Directorships listed in the professional profile supplied for this website.

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Odisha Power Generation Corporation

Power generation

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Odisha Hydro Power Corporation

Hydroelectric generation

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Odisha Beverage Corporation

State beverage enterprise

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Odisha Ware Housing Development Corporation

Warehousing and logistics

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Odisha Tourism Development Corporation

Tourism development

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Odisha Agro Industries Corporation

Agro-industrial development

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Odisha Medical Corporation

Public medical supplies

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Odisha State Financial Corporation

Development finance

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Blogs

Ideas on governance, education, leadership and public life.

Selected essays from the writing archive.

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International relations

India–U.S. Relations: A Bold Future

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Governance

Leadership in Administration

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Education

Transformative Reforms in Pedagogy

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Technology

The AI Revolution and Daily Life

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Society

The Momentum of Women’s Empowerment

Writing archive
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Development

Organic Agro Farming: Outlook and Growth

Writing archive
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Lectures, conversations and public addresses.

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Publications

Books and longer-form work.

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