Office: | Chairman of the Bar Council of India |
Alma Mater: | Gopalganj College (BSc) Patna Law College, Patna University (LLB) |
Birth Place: | Gopalganj, Bihar |
Term Start: | 9 November 2014 |
Predecessor: | Biri Singh Sinsinwar |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (2014-present)[1] |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (2010)[2] Bahujan Samaj Party (2009)[3] |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Manan Kumar Mishra is an Indian legal professional and jurist who has served as the chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI), the apex statutory body regulating the legal profession and legal education in India.[4] He is nominated by Bharatiya Janata Party for Rajya Sabha by election from Bihar.[5]
Manan Kumar Mishra was born in Bihar.[6]
He pursued his early education in Gopalganj and later obtained a degree in law at Patna University. He was the gold medalist of his batch.[7]
Mishra began his practice as an advocate at Patna High Court in 1982 and moved to the Supreme Court in 2009.[8] [4]