Rakesh Kumar Mishra is an Indian scientist specializing in genomics and epigenetics.

[3] Mishra retired as the 6th director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad, India,[4] on 30 April 2021.

[4] Mishra has also edited and contributed a chapter to the book, Chromosomes to Genome.

[7] Mishra had previously held post doctoral positions at the Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, University of Bordeaux, France and University of Geneva, Switzerland prior to joining CSIR-CCMB in 2001.

[2] Mishra investigates genome organisation focusing on evolutionarily conserved regions, structure of chromatin material and epigenetic regulation of genes during embryonic development stages.