Sunil Kumar Misra Principal Advisor Confederation of Indian Industry Mr. Misra has served Industry Associations for past more than three decades. He also leads the CII Development Initiatives, Rural Development, Disaster Management and Sports. 

Earlier he served as Director General of Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) and Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA). 

Mr. Misra has served CII as Head of Public Policy. Earlier he also served as CII Head of UP and Madhya Pradesh State office. He established the East Asia Office of CII at Shanghai and was the Chief Representative of China office. 

Also served CII as Regional Director, Eastern Region at Kolkata he was responsible for CII operations in the States of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal. 

Other than the regular span of Industry Association work Mr Misra is credited for his special work in the areas of Skills Development, Social Development, Disaster Management, and Delhi Commonwealth Games. Most of such initiatives have been on challenging terrains; He delivered in the hostile geographies of Baramulla, Pattan and Sopore in Kashmir during peak of insurgency around and with reformed insurgents, Skill development in Ladakh post Kargil conflict, at Chhindwara and in Gumla in Naxal presence, Relief and Rehabilitation in Bhuj, Anjar, Bhachau post-Earthquake. 

He was nominated as the industry expert on United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) program at the Anti-Corruption Academic at Vienna. 

Prior to joining CII, Mr. Misra served as the Executive Director of Indian Industry Association. 

Mr. Sunil Misra conceptualized and led the Bangladesh, China India Myanmar (BCIM) Car Rally from Kolkata to Kunming in 2013. Later he also led a team for the INSTC Car Rally from St. Petersburg (Russia) to Chabahar Port (Iran). Both the rallies were supported by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and served the purpose of future connectivity via multimodal transport for trade and commerce