Bhubaneswar: Akhil Kumar Mishra, a 1999 batch officer of the Indian Information Service, has taken over as Additional Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and the Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), Bhubaneswar under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Shri Mishra will also serve as the Additional Press Registrar General of Odisha state. Apart from this, he will hold the additional charge of Jharkhand region.

Mishra, a dynamic and efficient officer has earlier served in several key positions in All India Radio, Doordarshan, Central Board of Film Certification, PIB and CBC under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Notably, as a researcher, he has travelled to the University of Berkeley and Maryland in the USA and Queensland in Australia.

He is also an eminent poet and many of his poetic works have received widely by the readers.