Mr. Bejon Kumar Misra

Born in Jamshedpur, India in 1951 and acquired degree from Senior Cambridge Board and subsequently Degree in Business Management with Marketing as major from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the year 1971.

Awarded "Distinguished Alumni Award" 2012 by the Institute of Management, BHU. The World No-Tobacco Day 2013 Award Winner, South-East Asia Region of World Health Organisation (WHO). Recognized by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD); as a Rural Innovator; improving access to safe drinking water. Conferred with “BHAMASHAH AWARD” 2013; by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), for service to the consumers.

45+ years of professional career starting from Kolkata as a Marketing Executive with TATA Steel in the year 1971 and subsequently became an entrepreneur in Jamshedpur in the Travel Industry & Leasing Business. At present Chairman of New Era Patient Friendly Hospital Pvt. Ltd. and Founder Director of Hamara Consumer Dost Private Limited.

At present Mr. Misra is Adviser/Consultant to Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) BHU, Adviser to the Government of Odisha, Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare (FS&CW), and Senior Advisor to the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP) Global USA. Governing Board Member; Quality Council of India (QCI), Board Member, National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET). Former Member of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) from 2008- 2013 and at present Member of the Central Advisory Committee (CAC) of FSSAI;

Special Invitee on the Steering Committee of National Foundation of CSR (NFCSR), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Served as a member on several Expert Groups on framing Government Policies like the Mashelkar Committee for Review of Drugs Regulatory System and Tandon Committee on the Scientific and Technological Measures to Counter Spurious and Sub-standard Drugs and Diagnostic Centres in India, Expert Committee Member to Address the Issue of Faulty ASR Hip Implants manufactured by M/s DePuy International Limited, UK, Government of India Committees on how to tackle the nexus between Diagnostics Centre-Pharmaceutical Companies and the Medical Practioners- Hospitals, Inter- Ministerial Monitoring Committee on Misleading Advertisements, Expert Committee on Patient Safety Implementation Program, Expert Committee on the Implementation of the UN Guidelines on Consumer Protection in India, Member Pharmacovigilance and Haemovigilance Advisory Committees & Member National Drug Survey Core Expert Committee, Advisory Board Member of Global Healer LLC, USA and Member of the Consumer Complaint Council (CCC) of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). Publisher and Chief Editor of THE AWARE CONSUMER, English Monthly Consumer Magazine published from Delhi and registered with RNI. An Honorary Member of the Managing Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Chairman of the Consumer Affairs & Public Health Committees. An Associate Member and Former Board Member of the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO), which has official relationship with World Health Organisation (WHO).