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Shri Lokesh Mishra

Shri Lokesh Mishra

Tribal Welfare Commissioner, Department of Welfare Government of Jharkhand

Shri Lokesh Mishra is from Pratapgarh, UP. He secured 44th rank in UPSC 2015. He completed his schooling from Pratapgarh and then joined the prestigious IIT Delhi for his graduation in Chemical Engineering. He graduated in 2012. After the completion of his graduation, he joined chambal fertilizers and chemical limited in Kota, Rajasthan and worked there for about 2 years. He always had a dream of joining civil services since his childhood days and that is the reason why he opted for the civil services examination. He got selected in UP PCS and he gave 9 months to the state civil services of Uttar Pradesh. He worked in Raibareli, UP as Block development officer. In 2018, he joined as SDO in Chhapra, Bihar. Lokesh even did his training in Champaran, Bihar after he cleared UPSC.He has served as CEO-ZP, Koderma, SDO Ranchi before being appointed as Tribal Welfare Commissioner. He has done B.Tech. from IIT.