Eminent litterateur and former Secretary of Odisha Sahitya Akademi Professor Rajkishore Mishra passed away due to cardiac arrest at his residence here on Friday. He was 81. Mishra was a Sanskrit scholar and a writer on Odisha’s culture, history and literature and a very famous astrologer. He taught English literature in many colleges including the BJB College and had superannuated as Principal of Biju Patnaik College in Bhubaneswar. He was also Odia tutor of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.