Mr. Arun Kumar
Mr. Arun, was born in Nainital, present day state of Uttraakhand in 1972. His father was a scientist with the Govt. Of India and mother, home maker. He has an elder brother who is also a scientist and is employed with the Government of India.
Mr. Arun, grew up in a humble middle class family with education being the epicentre of family values. After finishing his junior schools in Nainital, Delhi & Jhansi, he moved to Bangalore to complete his senior schooling and graduation. He had moderate inclination towards academics and always believed that education is much more than just academics. He was an active sports man and represented his school in Basket Ball & Athletics at the state level games, during his schooling days. He was also recognised for his leadership qualities by his teachers and thus assigned leadership roles. He did his Graduation with Economic and followed it up with Post Graduation in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing.
Mr. Arun, started his business in the early nineties, immediately after completing his graduation, with setting up a small plant, manufacturing electrical transformers. The business in which he struggled and had to fold after six years. It is this six years which he considers his most enlightening phase!
Mr. Arun, entered the domain of logistics and international supply chain in the year 2001 and re-started his journey moving to New Delhi, with a firm called Amexpress Worldwide Logistics (then called American Express Shipping Line), which was a customs broker firm. Very soon he took a liking to the business and worked his way up the ladder, with his hard work, innovative ideas and entrepreneur abilities. He co-found InSynergy Supply Chain Solution Pvt. Ltd. in 2010. The company, soon acquired the various trade licenses and under his able leadership became a company with high repute. The company is a licensed customs broker and well recognized freight forwarder, which is ISO 9001, and AEO Certified. The company as of present has pan India presence with over 110 employees. The company is completely IT Integarted and has near paperless operations. All its processes are well defined and IT enabled.
Mr. Arun, is passionate about the trade and more so about the country and with an objective to pay his dues to his country, decided to actively participate in associations and groups, which work towards betterment of this logistics industry and country at large. Mr Arun got this opportunity, with Air Cargo Forum of India (ACFI) and apex body in Air Cargo domain, appointing him as Chairman of the Innovation Committee and Process Simplification Committee. Subsequently he was also appointed on the Board of ACFI in 2016. His passion for the trade and his ability to deliver was recognized and another association on the Ocean side, the Association for Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI), who appointed him as a Convener of Northern Regional Chapter in 2018. In 2020 he was co-opted to the Executive Committee of AMTOI, was appointed as Honorary Treasurer, and presently serves AMTOI as Honorary Secretary. He is also an active participant in all other trade bodies and is known for his polite yet assertive voice in the industry.
Mr Arun, is the person who has strong convection in the greatness of this nation and hold a belief that he can and he will make a difference to the life of the people in this great country in whatever ways possible.