Bikky Khosla | |
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Khosla in his New Delhi office | |
Born | 30 July 1960 Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Delhi University |
Known for | Founder TradeIndia |
Spouse | Married |
Bikky Khosla (born 30 July 1960) is an entrepreneur and founder [1] [2] of tradeindia.com (Infocom Network Limited). [3] He is the younger brother of Vinod Khosla, an Indian venture capitalist. Presently, he is chairman of the e-commerce committee [4] of ASSOCHAM and had served in the same capacity for ASSOCHAM SME's Expert Committee [5] [6] in the past. He is also editor of SME Times, a business news website and is associated with Indian Angel Network, a network of investors that invests in early stage businesses. [7]
He ventured into a career in international trade soon after his graduation during the 1980s. He started Infocom Network Limited [8] in 1991 and started publishing Exporters Yellow Pages [9] for Indian exporters. In 1996, he started a b2b portal tradeindia.com for exporters, [10] manufacturers and importers.
Khosla was on virtual jury panel of Manthan Award [11] South Asia & Asia Pacific 2012. His articles published on SME Times were selected in the list of fifteen final entries for the first IE Business School Prize For Economic Journalism in Asia. [12] [13] [14]
B2B portal [15] [16] started by him gives information on exporters and importers worldwide and provides a platform to buyers and sellers across the world irrespective of distance, size and position of exporters, importers and service providers in diverse arenas. His company has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea International Trade Association (KITA) [17] [18] to help small and medium enterprises(SMEs) [19] of both the nations and jointly hosted the Global Sources Machinery & Industrial Supplies Fair with Global Sources [20] on 23–25 November at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai [21]
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