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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Praveen Khandelwal
| image = Praveen Khandelwal.jpg
| alt = Praveen Khandelwal
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1960}}
| birth_place = Delhi
| education = Law Graduate (L.L.B.)
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]
| term_start1 = 4 June 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]]
| successor1 = Incumbent
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]]
| relatives = [[Satish Khandelwal]] (uncle)
}}

'''Praveen Khandelwal''' (born 1960) is a Delhi-based businessman and politician from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and was a member of the [[Parliament of India]] who has represented [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha Chunav Result 2024: चांदनी चौक से प्रवीण खंडेलवाल जीते, कांग्रेस के जेपी अग्रवाल को हराया - Delhi Election Result check Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha chunav Result 2024 BJP Praveen Khandelwal won from Chandni Chowk Seat |url=https://www.jagran.com/delhi/new-delhi-city-ncr-chandni-chowk-lok-sabha-election-result-2024-check-bjp-vs-aap-congress-alliance-winner-loser-and-latest-update-23731051.html |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> in [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Indian Parliament]] and is the founder and secretary-general of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-10|title="Amazon Go Back": Meet the Indian merchant waging war on Jeff Bezos|url=https://restofworld.org/2021/amazon-india-praveen-khandelwal/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Rest of World|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kapur|first=Manavi|title=The Delhi trader behind Modi government's snub to Jeff Bezos|url=https://qz.com/india/1796638/the-man-behind-modis-snub-to-amazons-jeff-bezos-in-india/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Quartz|date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Businessmen {{!}} In august company">{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=13 July 2024 |title=Businessmen {{!}} In august company |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-businessmen-in-august-company-2565840-2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807175452/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-businessmen-in-august-company-2565840-2024-07-13 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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|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|date=August 2024}}

== Education ==
Khandelwal did his law graduation (LLB) from [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-10|title=Praveen Khandelwal|url=https://www.globalsmefinanceforum.org/Africa-2018/speaker/praveen-khandelwal|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Africa SME Finance Forum 2018|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2017, Khandelwal was nominated to be a part of the government’s GST panel.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-05|title=CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal nominated for GST Panel|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/cait-secretary-general-praveen-khandelwal-nominated-for-gst-panel/920519/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-05 |title=CAIT Secy General Praveen Khandelwal nominated for GST Panel |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/cait-secy-general-praveen-khandelwal-nominated-for-gst-panel/articleshow/61521974.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nandan Nilekani, others to advise Centre on Open Network for Digital Commerce to end digital monopoly|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/nandan-nilekani-others-to-advise-centre-on-open-network-for-digital-commerce-to-end-digital-monopoly-300510-2021-07-05|access-date=2021-10-08|website=Business Today|date=5 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-05|title=Nilekani named to ONDC panel|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/nilekani-named-to-ondc-panel/article35157613.ece|access-date=2021-10-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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|date=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 Walmart-backed Flipkart.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=India's offline traders are challenging Flipkart and Amazon head-on|url=https://kr-asia.com/indias-offline-traders-are-taking-on-flipkart-and-amazon-head-on|access-date=2021-08-29|website=KrASIA|language=en}}</ref>

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