Consumer-Voice :: Bejon Misra-An Introduction

Bejon Misra
An Introduction

Born in Jamshedpur, India in 1951 and educated in Loyola School Jamshedpur with degree from Senior Cambridge Board and subsequently Degree in Business Management with Marketing as major from Banares Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.

Commenced professional life as a Marketing Executive with TATA Steel in the year 1971 and subsequently moved into Marketing & Management Consultancy along with entrepreneurship in the travel industry in Jamshedpur.

Initiated and participated in the Consumer movement in India since 1983 as the founder Managing Trustee of the Consumer Guidance Society of Jamshedpur.

Signatory and Founder Governing Council Member of Consumer Coordination Council (CCC), the National Coalition of 57 leading Consumer Organisation of India in the year 1993. Elected as the Chairman of CCC for a two-year term 2003-05. At present member of the Governing Council as Immediate Past Chairman.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Voluntary Organisation in Interest of Consumer Education (VOICE), one of the leading consumer organisations of India based in New Delhi, founded in 1983 by the faculty and students of Delhi University. VOICE is a Council Member of Consumers Internationals (CI), which has 250 member organisations in 120 countries.

Represented Consumers Internationals (CI) in various international negotiations as a member and head of CI delegations at various international committee meetings of Codex Alimentarius Commission, World Health Organisation (WHO), World Health Assembly (WHA), Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) & International Conference on Renewable Energies.

Represented India as the member of the Indian delegation as a consumer representative at the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) and the Codex Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL) meetings abroad. In November 2004 lead the Indian delegation at ISO, TC 126/WG 9 Meetings at Geneva.

Traveled abroad extensively in countries like Canada, UK, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, South Africa, Brazil, Switzerland, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Portugal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA and UAE.

Attended all the six Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at Geneva from 2000 to 2003.

Member of various national level advisory committees of Government of India and State Governments in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Bureau of Indian Standards, Government Regulatory Authorities, Public and Private sector companies and Board Member of Quality Council of India.

Published several research papers on consumer behaviour and perspectives on complaint handling mechanisms, accessibility, affordability and quality of service related issues for the World Bank, WHO and NPPA. Managed projects on developing campaigns and strategies involving consumer organisations in the health sector reforms and Good Governance issues in Public and Private Partnership. At present Consultant with UNDP on an assignment with Global Alliance on Improved Nutrition (GAIN) in Geneva.

Married to Suman with two children Pyush and Pooja.

Contact address: W 018, Regency Park II, DLF Phase IV, GURGAON 122 002, INDIA. Phone # 91-124-5047212 Telefax # 91-124-2392149 email: consumeralert@eth.net

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