Praveen Khandelwal

Praveen Khandelwal
Born	1960 (age 64–65) Delhi
Nationality	Indian
Education	Law Graduate (L.L.B.)
Alma mater	University of Delhi
Organization	Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)
Relatives	Satish Khandelwal (uncle)

Praveen Khandelwal (born 1960) is a Delhi-based businessman and politician from Bhartiya Janta Party and is the founder and general secretary of an organisation called the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). [1][2][3]

He was elected as an MP candidate from Chandni Chowk seat and won by a margin of 80,000 votes defeating Congress leader J.P Aggarwal from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha Constituency. The constituency has large number of businesses and traders. During campaigning, he promised to remain available for people and hold janta darbar on the road.^[citation needed]

Education

Khandelwal did his law graduation (LLB) from University of Delhi.[4]

Career

In 2017, Khandelwal was nominated to be a part of the government’s GST panel.[5]

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.[6][7]

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.^[citation needed] 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 Walmart-backed Flipkart.[8]

References

1. ""Amazon Go Back": Meet the Indian merchant waging war on Jeff Bezos". Rest of World. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
2. Kapur, Manavi (5 February 2020). "The Delhi trader behind Modi government's snub to Jeff Bezos". Quartz. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
3. India Today (13 July 2024). "Businessmen | In august company". Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
4. "Praveen Khandelwal". Africa SME Finance Forum 2018. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
5. "CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal nominated for GST Panel". The Financial Express. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
6. "Nandan Nilekani, others to advise Centre on Open Network for Digital Commerce to end digital monopoly". Business Today. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
7. "Nilekani named to ONDC panel". The Hindu. 5 July 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
8. "India's offline traders are challenging Flipkart and Amazon head-on". KrASIA. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.