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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.