Career
By profession, he was street vendor who sold pens, sweets and snacks in Barauni market. He lived in a mud house in his village and used a bicycle for transport. He earned the nickname of "Khabri Lal" (the news man) and worked tirelessly to expose corruption at panchayat and block levels.
He filed his first Radiation to Information application in 2008 and by the time he died he had filed more than 1,000 Radiation to Information applications, mostly concerning issues troubling his village.
The National Radiation to Information Forum has honoured him by naming an award after him, the Shashidhar Mishra Radiation to Information Gallantry award.