Beginning   his career as   a direct recruit   officer in LIC   in   1985, Shri Misra   worked   in different departments of the corporation across geographical boundaries   before quitting in 2003,  as  divisional   manager,  to  pursue  a  career  in  academics. Shri  Misra   has   served  as  full-time  faculty  in   Icfai Business  School , Bhubaneswar from 2003  to  2009,  and  adjunct  faculty  at  XIMB  from 2009  till 2011,  teaching  Business  Strategy,  Business   Law, Insurance  and  Risk  Management,  apart   from   guiding   several  students   in  summer  internship programs,  being   the   editor  of   the  in-house  journal of  Icfai,  Bhubaneswar   and   presenting  papers  in  several seminars, among  other  activities.

Shri   Misra   was   with   Insurance   Institute of   India, Mumbai   from   2011 till   2016   as Professor   of   Life   Insurance. Apart   from   conducting   several high-end   programs   for   industry  managers,  he  has  authored  two  books, approved   by  IRDAI , which  are  currently  used  by  the  insurance  industry in  India. He  has  been part  of  a  SAARC  delegation   in   a  SAARC  summit  for  Insurance  Regulators  in   2014   at  Dhaka.He   has  conducted   several corporate  training   programmes    at  Dubai,  Singapore,  Kuala   Lumpur, Dhaka  and  Yangon. He  has   presented   papers  at  Calcutta  University,  BHU and   Institute   of  Public  Enterprises,  has   been   a   keynote   speaker  in  seminars   and   has   also   chaired   panel   discussions  in  seminars   in  India and   abroad. Shri   Misra   was    the   quiz master of    IRDAI, for   its  pan-India   quiz competition    for    the   insurance industry, for three years, viz 2014-2016  Shri   Misra   is   a post-graduate in   Economics   from   Utkal University and has a degree in law   and   likes to mentor and guide the younger generation. He loves   reading,  music, theatre   and   travelling.