Praveen Khandelwal
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Delhi
NationalityIndian
EducationLaw Graduate (L.L.B.)
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OrganizationConfederation of All India Traders (CAIT)
RelativesSatish Khandelwal (uncle)

Praveen Khandelwal (born 1960) is a Delhi-based businessman who is the founder and general secretary of an organisation called the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).[1][2]

Education

Khandelwal did his law graduation (LLB) from University of Delhi.[3]

Career

In 2017, Khandelwal was nominated to be a part of the government’s GST panel.[4]

In 5 July 2021, Khandelwal was confirmed to be a member of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) as a Central Government panel's advisor.[5][6]

Khandelwal launched a phase 2 campaign titled "Indian Goods - Our Pride" boycotting of Chinese goods across the country, aiming to achieve a reduction in imports of Chinese manufactured goods by 1 lakh crore (13 billion USD) by December 2021. On 15 August 2021, Independence Day of India, Khandelwal launched a new e-commerce portal Bharat-e-market to compete with incumbents Amazon India and Walnut-backed Flipkart.[7]

References

  1. ↑ ""Amazon Go Back": Meet the Indian merchant waging war on Jeff Bezos". Rest of World. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  2. ↑ Kapur, Manavi (5 February 2020). "The Delhi trader behind Modi government's snub to Jeff Bezos". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Praveen Khandelwal". Africa SME Finance Forum 2018. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  4. ↑ "CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal nominated for GST Panel". The Financial Express. 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Nandan Nilekani, others to advise Centre on Open Network for Digital Commerce to end digital monopoly". Business Today. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  6. ↑ "Nilekani named to ONDC panel". The Hindu. 2021-07-05. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  7. ↑ "India's offline traders are challenging Flipkart and Amazon head-on". KrASIA. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
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