Jahangir is a design thinker and an innovator. He is a leading strategic communication and media professional in the world. He was honored as the Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for his work on development initiatives to improve the state of media and governance.
He leads Mishal Pakistan; a country partner institute of new economy and societies platforms, World Economic Forum – managing the country portfolio on improving the state’s competitiveness. He advises leading institutions on public policy development. Jahangir is also at the forefront of technology with his startup RINSTRA, Pakistan’s first digital platform for content creators and storytellers. The platform is one of the first in the region, offering short form videos, user generated content and vertical content for both creation and consumption for a global market. Jahangir is also associated with BBC World Service as an international trainer for global partner organizations’ digital transformations.
As a co-founder of Media Development Trust and AGAHI (not for profits), his flagship development program; bringing press clubs, journalist’s associations, and academia on a common platform, has empowered communities across Pakistan. He has developed clusters of expertise around critical challenges confronting the region, engaging more than 35,000 professionals. Pakistan's first journalism awards, the AGAHI Awards for journalism excellence; Media Credibility Index, a content evaluation and delivery framework for assessing discourse. His ongoing focus on developing Governance Accountability Index, is in collaboration with senior academics and industry practitioners aimed at improving policy formulations at the State level. His research on Digital Financial Ecosystem is also benchmarked the services and technological excellence of the digital options in the fintech and banking industry.
He has served as Advisor to the Stanford Center of Innovation and Communication at Stanford University on Journalism and Media. The Festival of Media, Valencia ranked him among the top 10 media influencing personalities in the world.
Earlier he has worked as CEO for SAMAA TV. He was also board member and CEO for CNBC Pakistan. At the age of 31, Jahangir was the youngest CEO for any CNBC franchise in the world. He is also the founder and former CEO of DBTV.live; Pakistan's first internet TV with an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled newsroom.
Jahangir is a SECP Certified Director from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the National Defense University, Islamabad on National and International Security. Jahangir is also a Stanford University’s Design Thinking alumnus. He has also been trained as a public policy professional from Harvard, Yale, MIT, Tufts, and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. He is a 2019 alumnus of the Harvard University on Artificial Intelligence’s Public Policy and Governance Program.
Jahangir is a frequent speaker at the World Economic Forum, World Bank, Harvard, Stanford, BBC College of Journalism, and other national and international research institutions. Jahangir is happily married and lives in Islamabad, Pakistan.
