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Abhishek Mishra (born 29 August 1977) is an Indian politician and a former member of the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Abhishek Mishra is an ex-Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh who represented UP in GST Council. Currently he is the National Secretary and Spokesperson of Samajwadi Party. He was a faculty of Business Policy Area (Strategy & Innovation) in IIM Ahmedabad. He completed PhD & MPhil in Strategy & Marketing from University of Cambridge (in collaboration with MIT, USA) and MSc. in Management from Glasgow, U.K.

He was elected to 16th state assembly election in 2012 for a five year term. He represented Samajwadi Party. [1] [2] [3] Abhishek Mishra has a PhD in strategy and marketing from Cambridge. He has served the Home and Defence ministries as their consultant for the Sixth Pay Commission and trained batches of IAS and IPS officers, apart from working with various multinationals. [4] He is one of the most prominent Brahmin leaders of Uttar Pradesh. [5] He has recently been given an MLA ticket from Sarojini Nagar seat in Lucknow. [6] Prof. Mishra recently emphasised the importance of social media in the Uttar Pradesh Elections Campaigning. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website.
  3. ↑ "Lucknow switch: How IITian Abhishek Mishra replaced Mulayam man in 5 minutes flat". NDTV.com.
  4. ↑ "IIM prof turns candidate,stays manager". 17 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "एसपी के पूर्व मंत्री अभिषेक मिश्रा बोले- यूपी में ब्राह्मण के बिना राजतिलक अधूरा". 16 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "UP polls: Samajwadi Party fields former ministers Swami Prasad Maurya from Fazilnagar, Abhishek Mishra from Sarojini Nagar". 2 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Assembly elections: Terabytes for mega-votes". The Week . 13 February 2022.


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