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Durga Shanker Mishra (
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: ''Durgā Śaṃkara Miśrā'') (born 4 December 1961) is a 1984 batch retired
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(IAS) officer of
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cadre. He served as Chief Secretary to
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from 30 December 2021 till 30 June 2024. Previously, he served as Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary and
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of the
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.


Education

Mishra is a graduate (
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) in
electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
from
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. He also holds an
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degree in
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from the
University of Western Sydney Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus public research university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university in its current form was founde ...
. Mishra also holds a
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in
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from
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,
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. In addition, Mishra holds a
postgraduate diploma fILE:Prédio Pós Graduação IMECC Unicamp.jpg, The State University of Campinas, as well as many Brazilian universities, offer Postgraduate courses in Brazil A postgraduate diploma (PgD, PgDip, PGDip, PG Dip., PGD, Dipl. PGD) is a postgraduat ...
in
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.


Career

Mishra has served in various key positions for both the
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and the
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during his career, like as Principal Secretary ( Appointment and Personnel), Secretary (Tax and Registration), Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), managing director of Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation (SDCFC), district magistrate and collector of
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and
Sonbhadra Sonbhadra (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj. Sonbhadra is also known as the "Energy Capital of India" f ...
districts, Vice Chairman of Kanpur Development Authority and as the municipal commissioner of
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in the
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, and as the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary,
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in the
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, joint secretary in the Ministry of Mines, joint secretary in the
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and as the chief vigilance officer of the
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in the
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.


Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary

Durga Shanker Mishra was appointed as the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary by the
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Durga Shanker 1961 births Living people Indian Administrative Service officers IIT Kanpur alumni Western Sydney University alumni International Institute of Social Studies alumni People from Mau district