Bikky Khosla

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]

Bikky Khosla
Khosla in his New Delhi office
Born30 July 1960
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materDelhi University
Known forFounder TradeIndia
SpouseMarried

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]

Portal for SMEs

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]

References
  1. Business Marketing: Text & Cases, 3E
  2. Alina Munteanu, "Comertul electronic din India trece anul acesta de 100 mld. de dolari", Wall-street, 7 January 2008.
  3. "E-commerce transactions to reach $100 bn", Economic Times, 30 December 2007.
  4. "E-commerce industry growing rapidly in India", Tribune News Service, 11 June 2013
  5. "Assocham suggests to making small, medium firms more competitive", Indian Express, 5 June 2007.
  6. "Bikky Khosla « India's Largest eCommerce Platform". etailingindiaexpo.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  7. Soumya Gupta, "From Disrupting E-Commerce to Mainstream AI, Staqu", BWDisrupt, 11 January 2017
  8. K. Raghu, "Web firms try offline options to net customers", Live Mint, 22 November 2009.
  9. "Infocom database portal launched", Business Line, 27 January 2004.
  10. "Exporters find support for tax exemptions", The Times of India, 29 November 2005.
  11. "Manthan Award South Asia & Asia Pacific 2012" Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Finalists announced for the 1st edition of IE Business School Prize for Economic Journalism in Asia", IE Business School, 14 May 2013.
  13. Bikky Khosla, "Export diversification: Where are we lacking", SME Times, 18 December 2012.
  14. Bikky Khosla, "Higher taxes for the 'super-rich' a poor idea", SME Times, 22 January 2013.
  15. Snigdha Sengupta, "The roll out continues" Archived 7 July 2012 at archive.today, Outlook Business, 31 May 2008.
  16. "B2B effective both for marketing and sourcing: Khosla", SME Times, 7 July 2010.
  17. "KITA holds Global e-Marketing Strategy Seminar for Global and Indian Market" Archived 1 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, TradeKorea.com, 4 May 2010.
  18. "KITA Aids in Opening Indian Electronic Market", Korea Times, 8 April 2010.
  19. N.R. Jere, M. Thinyane, A. Terzoli, "Augmenting an e-Commerce service for Marginalized Communities: A Rewards Based Marketing Approach", Department of Computer Science, Fort Hare University, South Africa
  20. "Global Sources to launch Machinery & Industrial Supplies Fair", Global Sources, 6 May 2011
  21. "Global Sources to launch Machinery & Industrial Supplies Fair to help domestic buyers and suppliers in India" Archived 17 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 6 May 2011.
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