 He did his schooling from Don Bosco School, Guwahati.He is a 1975 Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Andhra Pradesh cadre

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 – Indo-Bangladesh border.