Harishankar Brahma has held various senior level posts in the Government of India and State Government prior to the present posting. Before retiring as Secretary from the Ministry of Power, Shri Brahma held posts such as Joint Secretary (Border Management) for more than four years and completed almost all the border fencing and other border infrastructural work on Indo- Pak and Indo-Bangladesh border. He also worked as Special Secretary & Additional Secretary in national disaster management Authority (Ministry of Home Affairs). He was the Member Secretary of the State Electricity Board, Andhra Pradesh and also worked as: