Prof. P.K. Brahma did his Masters in Economics from Presidency College, Calcutta and had taught Economics in Vidyasagar College, Calcutta. He joined IAAS in 1966 and retired as Chairman, Audit Board and Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General of India (Secretary to Govt.of India) in 2003. He joined the Reserve Bank of India in 2003 and worked as Banking Ombudsman at Ahmedabad till 2007. While in service, Prof. Brahma did MDPA from IIPA and did Research on World Bank as part of M.Phil - Ph.D. Programme in JNU. He held many important positions as Joint Secretary and Additional Secretary in the Ministries of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Environment & Forests, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Personnel & Training. He had served Jawahar Lal Nehru University as their Head of Finance, Treasurer and Member of the University Court when he did a computer Training in U.K. He had also been Director on major PSUs like Air India, Indian Airlines, AAI, ITDC and Member of the Governing Councils of major Institutions.