[6] He has also been awarded a Certificate of Completion for the Emerging Leader's Programme from Kennedy School at Harvard University, Executive Education.

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

For effective convergence with state rural development mission (Jeevika), self-employment and small entrepreneurship scheme as poultry farming, pond management, goat Rearing etc.

[11] Young professionals with degrees from prestigious institutes like LSE and IRMA were hired to implement state projects under National Rural Livelihood Mission.

[13] To bring about transparency and integrity in implementation of Indira Awas Yojna he came up with the innovative idea of holding block level disbursement camps for beneficiaries of the scheme.

[10] In an unprecedented move, Mishra adopted a policy of strict action to ensure people completed construction of their houses within a stipulated time period .

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

[10] Mishra also introduced monitoring of Indira Awas Yojna completions through satellite based geotagged and time-stamped photography.

This was a mammoth task considering the size of population and limitations like delay in release of funds from the GoI(Government of India).

Fifty lakh application were received from across the state for redressal of claims and objections in the draft publication which were disposed of in a record time.

He also designed a performance appraisal mechanism for the regular and transparent evaluation of these BDO’s across state with the help of Harvard Kennedy School.

[20] While at the helm of affairs at the Department of Social Welfare, Mishra initiated development of MIS wherein all information related to any Anganwadi Centre and the tagged/covered families was to be put online.

[20] As MoS, Department of Disaster Management, Mishra supervised one of nation's biggest rescue and relief operations for over three million people affected by flooding of river Kosi in August 2008.

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

In his debut ministerial role, Mishra displayed business-like acumen in reviving the sick sugarcane sector in Bihar.

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

External Alienation and Internal Apathy – An Analysis of Bihar’s Backwardness, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1999.