From a Small Town in Siwan to Running a District – Deepak Kumar Mishra’s Story
Some success stories feel polished and distant. This one doesn’t. It’s the kind of journey that feels familiar if you’ve ever sat with a friend from a small town who’s quietly grinding away.
Deepak Kumar Mishra is an IAS officer of the 2019 batch, Bihar cadre. Right now he’s the District Magistrate of Rohtas, sitting in Sasaram. Before that he was Municipal Commissioner in Bihar Sharif and even worked as Joint Secretary in the Chief Minister’s office for a while. He’s 32, born on 4 March 1994, and he comes from Siwan.
Who is he, really?
He’s not the flashy type. No big social media presence, no long interviews about “my struggle.” Just an officer people in Bihar administration talk about when they say, “That young guy gets things done.” He cleared UPSC with rank 511 in 2018, joined the service in 2019, and has been moving steadily ever since.
Early days and studies
Deepak grew up in Siwan like so many of us did — modest home, parents who put education above everything else. He studied at St. Xavier’s School. Nothing fancy, just the usual hard work. After Class 12 he somehow made it to IIT Delhi for Mechanical Engineering. That itself is no small thing when you’re coming from a place where resources aren’t unlimited.
He was there from 2011 to 2015, finished with a decent CGPA around 7.16. In college he wasn’t just buried in books. He worked with the Mechanical Engineering Society and even spent time with a small start-up called Drona Dynamics. After graduation he took a proper job — Assistant Manager at Bharat Petroleum, and also spent some time with the Railways. Those years taught him how big systems actually work, the delays, the coordination headaches, the people side of things.
Somewhere in between, the civil services bug bit him hard. He prepared while working, took help from NEXT IAS, and in 2018 he cracked it. Rank 511. Not the top 10 that newspapers scream about, but solid enough to get into IAS and get Bihar cadre. For a boy from Siwan, that felt huge.
A simple look at his life so far
About family
This part is thin, and that’s deliberate. Deepak keeps his personal life very private. There’s almost nothing public about his parents, siblings, or whether he’s married. In a time when many officers share everything, he simply doesn’t. Colleagues say he’s focused on the work and prefers to keep the rest away from the spotlight. So the family table stays mostly blank for now — and that’s okay.
How he lives and works
People who’ve worked with him describe a quiet, practical officer. In Bihar Sharif he pushed sanitation, traffic fixes, and used simple technology to monitor things. There was that clock tower controversy — people online went after him about the cost. He calmly clarified the actual figures and moved on. No drama.
Later, when he became DM of Rohtas, one small thing stood out. During Sawan he got rubber mats put on the sharp rocks at Guptadham so devotees wouldn’t hurt their feet. It’s not a big policy announcement. It’s the kind of thing you notice only if you’re actually thinking about the people climbing those steps.
He’s still young for the posts he’s held. From municipal commissioner to the CM’s office to running a full district — that’s a fast but steady climb. The people who matter in the state seem to trust him with bigger responsibilities, and that says more than any interview ever could.
FAQs
Rank 511 in CSE 2018. 2019 batch, Bihar cadre.
District Magistrate of Rohtas, based in Sasaram.
IIT Delhi, Mechanical Engineering.
No. Ordinary middle-class home in Siwan. Pure exam-system success.
The clock tower in Bihar Sharif got online heat. He answered with facts and continued working. It didn’t slow him down.
Because it’s not loud. It’s an IIT boy who chose government service over fat private-sector salaries, learned the hard way how systems work, and now quietly delivers on the ground. For every kid sitting in a small-town coaching centre or studying late after a job, this is the kind of path that feels possible.
Deepak Kumar Mishra isn’t done yet. At 32 he’s already handled a municipal corporation, sat in the CM’s secretariat, and is now looking after a whole district. The next chapters will come. For now, this is just a straightforward account of a boy from Siwan who kept showing up, kept working, and somehow made it to places most of us only read about. No slogans. Just the journey.
PUBLISHER BY – ROHIT MANRAL
WRITTEN BY – ANJALI PANDEY