Manish Kumar Verma

Manish Kumar Verma is a retired Indian IAS officer and politician. He is affiliated with the Janata Dal.

Manish Kumar Verma
Manish Verma at a social event
Personal details
Born	Biharsharif, Bihar, India
Political party	Janata Dal (United) ,[1]
Residence(s)	Biharsharif, Bihar, India

Early life

Manish Kumar Verma was born in the village of Biharsharif, in the Indian state of Bihar. His father was Ashok Verma, a prominent doctor. Verma had his primary education from a government school in Biharsharif. He studied at a school in Patna before completing his BTech in Civil Engineering from IIT, Delhi.

Career

Verma worked with the Indian Oil Corporation before cracking the UPSC in 2000.^[2] He started his career with IAS in Odisa Cadre.^[3] He worked with Nitish Kumar in the Bihar electricity department. After that he took a special post as CM Advisory in Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Government. After that he joined JDU.^[4] He took charge of National General Secretory of JDU.^[5] He held rallies and supported volunteers in the Lok Sabha election in 2024.^[6]

He worked in the electricity department of the Indian state of Bihar. He helped implement the Bihar electricity reforms.^[7] He was elected as a member of Bihar Disaster Management.^[8]