Mr. Pranav Kumar

Mr. Pranav Kumar has over 27 years of professional experience in International Trade Policy advocacy including international business strategy for private sector, teaching, research, project management with primary expertise on trade and development, multilateral trade negotiations under the aegis of WTO (World Trade Organisation), regional/bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), geo-political developments and their impact on businesses.  

Since September 2022, he has been working with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as Vice President looking after International Trade Policy and related compliance. RIL is India’s largest business conglomerate, having its business operation in petroleum, petrochemical, telecommunication, retail, textile, and new energy sectors.

Prior to joining RIL, he has worked as head of International Trade Policy with India’s apex business chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). As a head of International Trade Policy division of CII, he engaged closely with the Government of India (GoI) and Industry members across all sectors on all aspects of trade negotiation and policy formulation and builds Indian Industry position on International Trade Policy which feeds into the negotiation process for the GoI.

Previously he worked as a Senior Trade Policy Advisor with the joint International Trade Policy team (India Trade Policy Unit) of British High Commission, New Delhi and DFID India. As a member of the India Trade Policy Unit (iTPU), he was responsible for feeding/advising Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of UK on India’s trade policy, its stance on WTO Doha round of trade negotiations, EU-India FTA, and IPR (intellectual property rights) related policy changes in India. He was also a member of team responsible for DFID major trade programme with Government of India – UNCTAD-India project on Capacity building on trade and globalisation in India.

He Holds an M. Phil degree in Economics from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.