Prodyut Bora — CEO

Prodyut Bora, 49, is a member of the Congress Party and an entrepreneur. Born in Jorhat, Assam, in 1974, Prodyut Bora had his early education in Jorhat and North Lakhimpur, where he studied at Carmel School and St Mary's School respectively. Thereafter he studied, successively, at the Rashtriya Indian Military (RIMC), Dehra Dun; Delhi Public School (DPS), Noida; St Stephen’s College, Delhi; and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He also attended the London School of Economics (LSE) as a Chevening Gurukul Scholar, and Yale University as a Yale World Fellow. He started his post-MBA career as a management consultant with Hewitt Associates, and then went on to become the VP (Business Development) of Digital Talkies, India’s first digital filmmaking company. He incubated a software company and ran it for 6 years, before joining politics full-time. While IIM graduates can be found in diverse careers from writing to education to NGOs, Prodyut Bora has pioneered the move to politics. He started his political career with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2004 and served in various positions at the national and state levels. But upset with BJP's move to the far right, he quit the party in Feb 2015 and founded the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). In April 2023, he merged LDP with the Indian National Congress (INC). Parallelly, Prodyut Bora is also an entrepreneur and founder of the Bonphul Group: - Bonphul Air Products: www.bonphulapl.com - Bonphul Foods: www.minbury.com & www.alpharvest.com - Bonphul Health: www.zemidi.com Among other things, Prodyut Bora has received the following honours: - 2014: Selected by the East West Center, Hawaii, to attend the 15-day New Generation Seminar on Climate Change - 2014: Invited by the German Marshall Fund of the United States to Tokyo to participate in a Young Strategists Forum to discuss Grand Strategy - 2013: Selected Yale World Fellow by Yale University - 2012: Awarded Chevening Gurukul Scholarship by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK - 2010: Nominated Asia 21 Young Leader by Asia Society - 2010: Invited to the Young Leaders Conference, Genoa, Italy, by The Council for the United States and Italy - 2008: Voted among India's top 100 CIOs (chief information officers) by CIO magazine

Stackforce AI infers this person is a political leader with entrepreneurial experience in digital innovation and public policy.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 18 yrs 9 mos

Career Highlights

Pioneered the move to politics from entrepreneurship.
Founded the Liberal Democratic Party and merged it with INC.
Recognized as one of India's top CIOs by CIO magazine.

Work Experience

Indian National Congress

Member (2 yrs 11 mos)

Liberal Democratic Party, India

Chairman (5 yrs 11 mos)

President (2 yrs 3 mos)

Bharatiya Janata Party

National Executive Member (1 yr 11 mos)

State General Secretary, Assam (3 yrs 1 mo)

National Convenor, IT Cell (2 yrs 7 mos)

Education

at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

at St Stephen's College, Delhi

at Delhi Public School, Noida

at Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehra Dun

at Carmel School, Jorhat

Prodyut Bora

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India18 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Pioneered the move to politics from entrepreneurship.
Founded the Liberal Democratic Party and merged it with INC.
Recognized as one of India's top CIOs by CIO magazine.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a political leader with entrepreneurial experience in digital innovation and public policy.

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Experience

Indian national congress

Member

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

Liberal democratic party, india

2 roles

Chairman

May 2017 – Apr 2023 · 5 yrs 11 mos

As the Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), my role is to ensure that the Party runs as per its constitutional norms.

President

Feb 2015 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

As the Founder-President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), my role is to ideate, incubate and instutionalise the Party.

Bharatiya janata party

3 roles

National Executive Member

Promoted

Mar 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the Party's internal parliament and highest policy approving body, and meets every quarter. As a NEC Member, I was given specific projects from time to time.

State General Secretary, Assam

Jan 2010 – Feb 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

As the State General Secretary I was responsible for helping the State President in all matters of running the Party: from strategy to execution.

National Convenor, IT Cell

Jun 2007 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 7 mos

As the Convenor of the National Information Technology (IT) Cell, I was responsible (a) shaping the thinking of the Party on IT-related issues, (b) attracting IT professionals to the Party, and (c) setting up the infrastructure and the team that would lead the automation process of the Party. For my work in the Party, I was nominated one of India's Top 100 Chief Information Officers by CIO Magazine.