[2] Misra played his first tournament at the Carmarthenshire Championships in 1966 where he reached the quarter-finals stage, before losing to C. Gopala Bhupathi.

In 1970 he won his first title at the All India Hard Court Championships in Madras, where he beat Anand Amritraj.

He also participated in the doubles tournament that year with partner Chiradip Mukerjea where they lost in the first round to the Japanese duo Jun Kamiwazumi and Toshiro Sakai.

[4] Misra moved to the United States in 1973 following the departure of his friend, Bidynt Goswami (who later became the coach of the men's tennis team at Columbia).

During his tenure, Misra was a frequent hitting partner of grand slam champion Dick Savitt, and oversaw major changes to the club's infrastructure especially following Winter Storm Jonas.