Chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012, Binoy Job is an institution builder, public leadership advisor and policy innovator. Binoy has a rare distinction of advising a Prime Minister, as Director, Prime Minister’s Office and being mentored by a President of India (Dr Manmohan Singh and Dr A P J Abdul Kalam respectively). This ‘ideas man’, as he is fondly described by his colleagues from multiple organisations, was one of the eight professionals chosen from the private sector to join the team of Prime Minister’s advisors. His gift for ideas was spotted by Brajesh Mishra, Chief of Staff and NSA to another former Prime Minister, Mr. A B Vajpayee. Later he was invited by his successor Dr Singh in the PMO after he and his Chief of Staff, Mr Nair, who was also advisor to several Prime Ministers including Mr Vajpayee, found his policy ideas and leadership initiatives useful for the nation. He was invited by Dr. Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister to advise him on Public Policy, Communications and Global Leadership. Binoy was also a Spokesperson to the Prime Minister.
Specialised in public policy, leadership strategy and communications, this innovative CEO has Leadership level achievements in diverse fields such as Industry, Government, Media, Entrepreneurship and Civil Society. With an outstanding career track record, Binoy is currently Executive Director with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). In the last one year, he has held one-on-one engagements with more than 535 Members of Parliament from India and from other countries. Prior to this he was leading a Leadership Institute for mentoring future leaders in leadership, entrepreneurship and for public life. Before this, he headed a sectoral apex industry chamber in India as its Secretary-General (CEO) following a 5-year stint as Director, Prime Minister’s Office- the youngest executive to hold both these positions. The fact that he earned these coveted positions and excelled in multiple fields even before he turned 40 makes him a multi-faceted global achiever.
As a CEO he achieved highest YoY profit in its 60-year history for the apex industry body and as a policy advisor, he conceptualised a record number of more than 100 policy ideas that went on to become parliamentary legislations. Binoy is also founder & serial social entrepreneur of 13 social ventures such as ‘Leaders For Tomorrow Foundation’-a 265,000+ members strong leadership movement. Through these initiatives, he has inspired more than a million youth to become socially responsible citizens and future leaders. Most of these youth leadership initiatives were created under the mentoring of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India. For his contribution in bringing about social change, for his Thought Leadership and for his professional excellence in diverse leadership positions, he has been honoured with the ‘Young Global Leader’ award by the World Economic Forum, ‘Emerging Leader Fellowship’ at Melbourne University, ‘Chevening Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence’ at London School of Economics(LSE), ‘Asia Young Leader’ by the Asia Society and also chosen for the ‘International Leadership’ program by the US State Department.
An alumnus of eight top global universities such as Kennedy School of Government Harvard; Saïd Business School Oxford, LSE; Melbourne University; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Batten school of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Virginia; University of Delhi, Nanyang Technological University Singapore etc, Binoy serves on the Board of several organisations of repute as a Non-Executive Independent Director. The topic for his doctoral research was on ‘Leadership strategies and Public Policies”. Binoy is also part of the jury, as Academy member of the ‘Global Teacher’s Prize’ and has also been a Visiting Professor of Leadership, Public Policy, and Communications.