title: Praveen Khandelwal
text: # Praveen Khandelwal
  
  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).
  
  ## Education
  
  Khandelwal did his law graduation (LLB) from University of Delhi.
  
  ## Career
  
  In 2017, Khandelwal was nominated to be a part of the government’s GST panel.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  