Bhubaneswar, (Reporterspen) Jan 27: The Odisha government has appointed former Director General of Police (DGP) Prakash Mishra as an advisor to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The announcement was made through a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department on Monday.
According to the notification, “Prakash Mishra, retired IPS officer, has been appointed as the advisor to the Chief Minister,” and he has been granted the rank of Cabinet Minister.
Mishra, a 1977-batch IPS officer, served as the DGP of Odisha from 2012 to 2014, a period during which he played a key role in law enforcement and security management in the state. After his tenure as DGP, he was appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), where he served from 2014 to 2016.
Following his retirement, Mishra joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019, ahead of the state’s Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. He contested the Cuttack Parliamentary constituency as a BJP candidate in the 2019 elections but was not successful in securing the seat.