Navin Khanna

Navin Khanna (born 1 April 1962) is an Indian businessman and former polo player. Khanna's business interests are in the commodities, food and drinks industries.[1][2] In his business career, he has facilitated the import of commodities to India for a diverse range of foreign companies.[3][4][5] Khanna's name appeared in the Offshore Leaks report that was published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in 2013.[6] Khanna has been a noted polo player and contributed towards growing the popularity of the sport in India.[7][8]

Navin Khanna
Born (1962-04-01) 1 April 1962
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • polo player (former)
SpouseKavita Khanna
ChildrenRahul and Ahilya
Parent(s)Vipin Khanna (father)
Naginder Khanna (mother)
RelativesKhanna family

Early life

Navin Khanna was born on 1 April 1962 in Delhi, India.[9] Khanna is the second child and eldest son of business magnate, Vipin Khanna and Naginder Khanna.[10][11][12] His mother, Naginder, was the daughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.[13] Khanna's elder sister is Vinita, and his younger brothers are Arvind and Aditya.[12][10]

Business career

Khanna is a director in various companies, and his business interests are in the commodities, food and drinks industries.[1][2] He has been a director in the Dynamic Sales Service International (DSSI) group of companies, which were founded by his father Vipin.[2][14][15] Khanna is a director in Oilex Trading, a commodities trading and marketing company, which was founded in 2006.[16][17][5] The company trades coal, petroleum, fertiliser, sugar, molasses and ethanol.[16] Oilex Trading has facilitated the import of commodities to India for various foreign companies, which include Vitol, Gunvor, TotalEnergies Gas & Power, Tricon Energy, BCT Chemtrade, United Molasses, Enerfo Sugar, AOT Holdings and Macquarie Group's commodities trading division.[3][4][5]

Offshore Leaks report

Khanna's name appeared in the Offshore Leaks report.[6] In 2013, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) produced, from the leaks of 1.5 million files and other forms of data, information of over 100,000 anonymous owners of secret offshore companies, funds and trusts located in offshore tax havens, and predominantly in the British Virgin Islands.[18][19] The Offshore Leaks report was one of the earliest leaks of its kind in a series of offshore related leaks that also included the Panama Papers in 2016, Paradise Papers in 2017 and Pandora Papers in 2021.[20] Khanna was the shareholder of Victoria Road Investments Limited, a company that was linked to the British Virgin Islands.[21][22]

Polo

Khanna has been a noted polo player in India.[7] He has also been one of the businessmen who have been credited with popularising polo in India by either owning their own teams or sponsoring tournaments.[8] Khanna has owned a polo team and has played for other teams as well.[23][24] From 2004 to 2009, Khanna owned his own polo team that had 20 polo ponies and was a successful team in the lower to middle handicap tournaments within India.[23][25] Khanna was one of the co-founders of the Haryana Polo Club, which was founded in 2001, and was also one of the club's patrons.[25][26] In 2014, he was a provisional member of the San Diego Polo Club.[27]

Khanna has also competed in polo tournaments in India. In 2001, he competed in the Hanut Cup while playing for the Ramgarh polo team and scored three goals in a match against Royal Kashmir.[24] Khanna has also played for the Teachers polo team.[28] In 2002, he won the Pataudi Cup at the Jaipur Polo Ground while playing for Teachers.[29] In November 2003, Khanna scored a goal in a Teachers loss to Royal Kashmir in the quarter-finals of the Maharaja Hari Singh Cup Polo Tournament.[30] In December 2003, he scored two goals in a Teachers win against 61 Cavalry polo team in the Habanos Cavalry Gold Cup.[31] In 2004, Khanna competed in the ITC Maurya Sheraton Polo Trophy.[32]

In December 2009, on New Year's Eve, he played in a beach polo exhibition game held in Goa.[33] In February 2010, Khanna played for Pioneer Urban Sanawar against Thunderbolt in the Sanawar Polo Match.[34] The Sanawar Polo Match was an exhibition game and the proceeds earned from the match were given to The Lawrence School, Sanawar.[34] In 2014, he played for Aravali Polo in the Amity Polo Cup, and lost to Action Polo in the tournament.[35] In 2015, Khanna competed in the polo season in the United Kingdom.[36]

Personal life

Khanna is married to Kavita Khanna.[12] They have two children: Rahul and Ahilya.[12]

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