25 Facts About Nitish Mishra

Nitish Mishra was born on 9 July 1973 and is an Indian politician hailing from eastern Indian state of Bihar, India.

Nitish Mishra represented Jhanjharpur assembly constituency in Madhubani district in 13th, 14th and 15th Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Nitish Mishra was born in a prominent political family of Bihar.

Nitish Mishra's uncle, the late Lalit Narayan Nitish Mishra was a well-known politician who held many cabinet berths during his career.

Lalit Narayan Nitish Mishra was assassinated in a sensational bomb blast at a function in Samastipur, Bihar in 1975.

Nitish Mishra earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Delhi in 1994.

Nitish Mishra won College Crest Award for Co-curricular and Academic Excellence in the same year.

Nitish Mishra has been awarded a Certificate of Completion for the Emerging Leader's Programme from Kennedy School at Harvard University, Executive Education.

From April 2002 to February 2005 Nitish Mishra was Additional Director of the LN Nitish Mishra College of Business Management, Muzaffarpur an autonomous institution under Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University.

Nitish Mishra has been consecutively elected to the 13th, 14th and 15th Bihar Legislative Assembly from Nitish Mishra family stronghold of Jhanjharpur Assembly Constituency in Madhubani.

Between 2005 and 2015, Nitish Mishra held charge of three different ministries in the Bihar Government.

Nitish Mishra is credited with revamping Department of Rural Development during his stint as minister.

Nitish Mishra made it mandatory for the schemes to be wall painted, photographed and uploaded on a management information system.

Department of Rural Development, under the stewardship of Nitish Mishra inked memoranda of understanding with companies to provide training to the youth in state through skill development centres.

Much before "Swach Bharat Abhiyan" gained popularity, Nitish Mishra took steps to enforce cleanliness by linking payment of final installment to Indira Awas Yojna beneficiaries with construction of toilets.

Nitish Mishra introduced monitoring of Indira Awas Yojna completions through satellite based geotagged and time-stamped photography.

Nitish Mishra facilitated the setting up of online recruitment portal "Samvida" to recruit over 10,000 block and panchayat level staff for looking after Indira Awas Yojna.

Department of Rural Development under Nitish Mishra's leadership played an active role in setting up Development Management Institute, a state of art management institute in Bihar.

Nitish Mishra designed a performance appraisal mechanism for the regular and transparent evaluation of these BDO's across state with the help of Harvard Kennedy School.

Stationing himself at Araria, Nitish Mishra personally monitored relief and rescue operations.

Nitish Mishra used his personal rapport to reach out to NGOs and corporate groups to lend a helping hand to flood affected families.

Nitish Mishra was voted as the Pepsi MTV Youth Icon 2008.

Nitish Mishra won this award in a tough competition which had over 8000 national entries.

Nitish Mishra was identified as one of the most promising social entrepreneur by Digital Partners a Seattle based organization for the project on E-Swasthya in Madhubani district of Bihar.

Nitish Mishra has been organising T-20 Annual Rural Cricket Tournament in Madhubani district since 2008.