About Nikhil Oswal - Networker

CORPORATE PROFILE Nikhil Oswal • Nikhil is actively associated with the trendy World Trade Center (WTC) in Pune, India for International Trade Promotion and organizational outreach programs. WTC Pune is part of a global ecosystem of 320+ cities in 89+ countries. He also spearheads International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA India) - SCNext India SkillPRO as CEO for India - the global knowledge sharing initiative for Supply Chain & Operations domain. ISCEA is known for its certification – education and recognition in Supply Chain domain in 15+ countries.

• Nikhil brings to the table his multi-faceted experience spanning 39+ years of corporate roles encompassing functions like global and local procurement, infrastructure creation - its business development and supply chain management in leadership roles. His experience in setting-up Foreign Trade related infrastructure like Dry ports - Inland Container Depot (ICD), Container Freight Station (CFS) at Dighi and Talegaon - Pune, domestic Food Park at Shirwal gave him a strong footing in accelerating business development of India’s first Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) at Arshiya, Panvel. He nurtures business ideas with visionary zeal for garnering market share to achieve sustainable growth proactively, beyond benchmarks for his MNC principals and Domestic Majors.

• His grasp of Export-Import business and international trade regulations pertaining to cross-border transactions, multi-modal transportation and logistics infrastructure is unmatched. His hands-on involvement from ideation to implementation has helped making PUNE-MUMBAI region in Maharashtra-India self-sufficient in EXIM trade infrastructure. He has a key role in promoting hinterland clearances, providing connectivity with major sea ports / international airports for containers and cargo. Major gateway ports / airports including JNP Nhava-Sheva / Mumbai thus benefit from decongestion while hinterland trade and industry gain from glocal solutions, closer to their consumption and manufacturing locations. All stake holders of foreign trade including importers exporters, customs brokerages, shipping lines and airlines have immensely benefited from his innovative solutions. He is an integral part of Clear-in-Pune mission and Ease-of-Doing-Business initiatives of Indian Customs – Pune Customs – Government of India.

• He has played a pivotal role in facilitating sustainable global sourcing / foreign trade of well-known MNCs & Indian corporate fraternity in hinterland India including Bajaj Auto, Coca Cola, Cummins, GE, General Motors, Halyard, Honeywell, Jabil Circuits, JCB, Katoen Natie-IOT, Kimberly Clark, L&T, L’Oreal, LG, Mahindras, Mercedes Benz, MTU - Rolls-Royce, POSCO, Renault-Nissan, RPG Raychem, Tatas, Tetrapak, TRENT-Westside, Unilever Lipton, Volkswagen, Whirlpool, et all.

Designing and successfully implementing cost-process efficient global SOPs and value-adds is his forte. He has immensely contributed in increasing foreign trade of Small and Medium Enterprises by pioneering Customs Bonded movement of Less-than-Container-Load (LCL) and air shipments between hinterland and gateway ports / airports.

• He is widely acclaimed in auto and engineering industry for implementing global standard solutions in India. He provides strategic solutions to global entities and their Indian counterparts like Renault Nissan and JCB. His role included enabling regulatory framework - creating global standard infra and service solutions like setting India Sourcing Centers for global consolidation. He brings tremendous value to outsourcing clients with local partners alike by reducing redundancies and using shared resources to make it win-win for all. ………2

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INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA ROLES

• His industry interface has sculpted his position as academic advisor / faculty / speaker / trainer / counsellor on Infrastructure, Operations & Supply Chain, International Trade, Multimodal Logistics, WTO Implications, Export Packaging, Imports, etc. at prominent organisations including National Insurance Academy, Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management, The Institute of Insurance Surveyors & Adjusters, MITCON, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture, many Symbiosis Institutes, Deccan Chamber of Commerce Industries & Agriculture, International School of Corporate Management, Institute of Management Development & Research, Sinhagad Institute of Management and reputed national B-Schools like IIM Ahmedabad-Calcutta-Indore-Lucknow, Raipur; Ranchi, Rohtak, Shillong, Trichy, NITIE; XLRI Jamshedpur; VGSOM-IIT Kharagpur, SJMSoM –IIT Bombay, NMIMS Mumbai- Bangalore – Hyderabad and Great Lakes, etc.

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CORE COMPETENCY India’s Foreign Trade

He promotes India's Foreign Trade and bi-lateral trade by reducing Logistics spends thru' sunrise solutions adapting multi-modal approach in an enabled regulatory frame work with world-class infrastructure including World Trade Center Pune.

Supply Chain Infrastructure He led initiatives to build and operate global standard Infrastructure and promote optimum capacity utilization of Free Trade Zones (FTWZ) / Inland Container Depots / Domestic Distriparks / Parts Distribution Centers / Food Parks.

Seminar & Training Nikhil has conducted and organized Corporate Summits, Expos, Seminars, Training and Certification Programs Lectures at various prestigious educational institutes & Trade Promotion forums on topics like Procurement, Supply Chain, Demand Planning, Foreign Trade, Customs, Shipping and Infrastructure.

Public Roles Co-opted Member on Government Panels

• Customs Clearance and Facilitation Committee-Pune Customs Commissionerate, Govt. of India – 2015-2018 • Permanent Trade Facilitation Committee - Pune Customs Commissionerate, Govt. of India – 2015-2018 • Public Grievance Committee – Pune Customs Commissionerate, Govt. of India – 2000-2001 (P.N.34/2000) • Regional Advisory & Trade Facilitation Committee, Pune Customs Commissionerate, Govt. of India 2000-2001 (P.N.32/2000)

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBER • Mahratta Chamber Of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture, Pune

• US India Importers’ Council, India

• EXIM Chamber of Commerce and Allied Industries-Pune

• World Trade Center, Mumbai

• Deccan Chamber of Commers Industries & Agriculture Pune

• Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Pune

• Indian Institute of Materials Management, Pune • Confederation of Indian Industries, ( CII )

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Member: Maharashtra State Panel -Export and Import Panel 2010-13

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Member: Maharashtra State Panel -Affirmative Action Panel 2010-13

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