Professor B.N. Mishra holds Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is a Life Member of IEEE, USA and Fellow of IETE, India. He has made a very distinguished contribution to engineering education academically, pedagogically and administratively. He joined DCE (now DTU) in 1968 as Assistant Professor where he became Professor in 1971. He has published an Epic 'Urvashi' in English (originally written by Dinkar Ji in Hindi) which is a master piece in literature.   He has translated in English his other works, viz. Rashmirathi, Kurukshetra, Hunkar, Neel Kusum, Bapu among others. As the Dean of Faculty of Tech. and Chairman Board of Research Studies, he provided a boost to the admission of a number of Research Scholars for Ph.D. degrees in the Faculty of Technology. He is the first Ph. D. of Delhi University in Engineering. He introduced a number of innovations in the laboratories and theoretical courses in addition to exam reforms. He was on foreign assignment from 1979 to 1982. In 1983, Prof. Mishra became founder Director of DIT (now known as NSIT). This institute, starting from scratch, has risen very fast and has carved out its place of respect and recognition in academia, industry and society. He had drawn up a Profile of Growth document for the development of NSIT which was very much acclaimed and adopted by the Govt. of Delhi & Govt. of India. NSIT is developing on the lines as suggested in this document. He had a brief stint at the GGSIP University, where he laid down the basic framework of pedagogy in Engineering Programs. He has been the Founder Director of Maharaja Agarsen Institute of Technology which again is the best Institute in the GGSIP University, Delhi. He has a number of publications and quality research to his credit. He has chaired a number of National and International Conferences on Education and Research. He has been a reviewer for IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems, published from USA. He was the Founder Chairman of Programme Co-ordination Committee for establishing the Institute of Informatics and Communication in the South Campus, University of Delhi, which is one of finest centre in Delhi University. He had been advisor to the Institution of Engineers for Educational Programs and Emeritus fellow of AICTE. He was a member of delegation to UK for a new initiative in Science and Technology between India and U.K. in 1995. He was a delegate for UN sponsored conference at AIT Bangkok. He is a recipient of NAFEN Excellence Award in Education. He is listed in Who’s Who in the Commonwealth published from Cambridge, UK