Mr. Arun was born in Nainital, present-day state of Uttarakhand, in 1972. His father was a scientist with the Govt. Of India and mother, a homemaker. 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 epicenter 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 a moderate inclination towards academics and always believed that education is much more than just academics. He was an active sportsman and represented his school in basketball & athletics at the state-level games during his schooling days. He was also recognized for his leadership qualities by his teachers and thus assigned leadership roles. He did his graduation in economics and followed it up with postgraduation in business administration with a specialization in marketing.
Mr. Arun started his business in the early nineties, immediately after completing his graduation, by setting up a small plant manufacturing electrical transformers. The business in which he struggled and had to fold after six years. It is these six years that he considers his most enlightening phase!
Mr. Arun entered the domain of logistics and international supply chain in the year 2001 and restarted 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 entrepreneurial abilities. He co-founded 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 a pan-India presence with over 110 employees. The company is completely IT integrated and has nearly 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, he decided to actively participate in associations and groups that work towards the betterment of this logistics industry and country at large. Mr. Arun got this opportunity, with the Air Cargo Forum of India (ACFI), the apex body in the air cargo domain, appointing him as Chairman of the Innovation Committee and Process Simplification Committee. Subsequently, he was also appointed to the Board of ACFI in 2016. His passion for the trade and his ability to deliver were recognized by another association on the ocean side, the Association for Multimodal Transport Operators of India (AMTOI), which appointed him as a convener of the 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 conviction in the greatness of this nation and holds a belief that he can and he will make a difference to the lives of the people in this great country in whatever ways possible.
