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GJEPC, the apex Gem & Jewellery body of India is organizing the first ever 'India Gold & Jewellery Summit' on 23rd & 24th November, 2018 at JW Marriott New Delhi Aerocity.

The Convention will witness the congregation of senior representatives of Gold Miners, Policy Makers, Retailers, Bankers, Analysts amongst others from across the globe on a single platform to share their opinion on the current status and challenges of the Indian bullion industry both nationally and internationally.

The objectives of the Summit are as below :

  • To bring all the stakeholders across the world who will attend this conference and contribute to defining the policy which can usher the transparency in gold & consequently the jewellery business in India.
  • To seize the leadership in gold in the world being the largest consumer of gold
  • To understand the implementation procedures and hiccups from other countries in the world like Turkey, UK, China etc.
  • To have a discussion amongst Indian and world stakeholders how to utilize gold in enhancing India's objective of being the largest exporters of gold jewellery in the world and generate 8 million employment by the year 2025

The Summit will focus on four broad topics namely Vision 2022: Indian Jewellery Exports At $25 Billion, Code Of Conduct & Standards For Industry, Spot Gold Exchange For India, Value Addition Through Jewellery Manufacturing.

For More Details Contact: Pradnya Harmalkar - Pradnya.Harmalkar@gjepcindia.com & Mobile no - 08879310458 | Annu Pal - annu@gjepcindia.com & Mobile no - 07738098225

2nd INDIA GOLD AND JEWELLERY SUMMIT 2018
23 - 24 November 2018
HOTEL JW MARRIOT- AEROCITY NEW DELHI
SESSIONS & SPEAKERS
DAY 1- Friday, 23rd November 2018
Time Activity
09:15 am- 10:15 am Registration & Breakfast
INAUGURAL SESSION
10:30 am - 12.30 noon
  1. Inauguration by Hon'ble Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu
  2. Welcome Address by Shri Pramod Kr. Agrawal, Chairman, GJEPC
  3. Inaugural address by Shri Aram Shishmanian, CEO, World Gold Council
  4. Address by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog (TBC)
  5. Shri Ratan P. Watal, Principal Adviser NITI Aayog (TBC)
  6. Shri Avinash Srivastava, Secretary, Consumer Affairs (TBC)
  7. Dr. A B Pandey , Designated Revenue Secretary (TBC)
  8. Address by Commerce Secretary, Shri Anup Wadhawan
  9. Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary DEA (TBC)
  10. Address by Hon'ble Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu
  11. Vote of Thanks by Shri K Srinivasan, Convener JPC
PANEL MODERATOR - MANISHA GUPTA, CNBC TV 18
12:30 noon - 1.00 pm Special address by Ms. Upasana Taku, Co-Founder, Mobikwick
1.00 pm - 01:30 pm Global Gold Industry Overview by Mr. John Reade, Chief Market Strategist and Head of Research, World Gold Council
01:30 pm - 02.15 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
SESSION I
02.15 pm-03.15 pm NITI AAYOG REPORT: TRANSFORMING INDIA'S GOLD INDUSTRY
Short AV
Key Note Speaker - Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog (TBC)
Opening Remarks: Mr. Alok Chaturvedi, DGFT (TBC)
Context Setting and Panel Moderator: Mr. PR Somasundaram, MD- INDIA, World Gold Council
Panelist:
  1. Ms. Rupa Dutta, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
  2. Mr. Rajesh Khosla, Chairman, MMTC Pamp
  3. Ms. Nirupama Soundararajan, Senior Fellow & Head of Research, Pahle India Foundation
  4. Mr. K Rajaraman, Addl Secretary, Ministry of Finance
  5. Prof. Rathin Roy, Director, NIPFP (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) (TBC)
  6. Mr. Manish Sinha, Joint Secretary, Policy, (GST / excise), Dept of Revenue, Ministry of Finance (TBC)
  7. Mr. Ajay Mehra FICCI Gems and Jewellery Committee
  8. Mr. Praveenshankar, Pandya, Revashankar Gems
  9. Mr. Neeraj Kulshrestha, Chief Business Officer Officer, BSE
  10. Mr. Shivanshu Mehta, Head - Bullion , MCX
SESSION II
3.15 pm - 4.15 pm Technology and Innovation in Jewellery Manufacturing - Doubling of exports
Opening Remarks by: Mr. Colin Shah, Vice Chairman, GJEPC
Presentation by: Dr. Amith Singhee, STSM & Manager, Retail & Operations, IBM Research India
Panel Moderator: Mr. Colin Shah, Vice Chairman, GJEPC
Panelist:
  1. Mr. K. Srinivasan, Convener, Jewellery Panel Committee, GJEPC
  2. Mr. Tanmay Shah, Imaginarium
  3. Mr. Sanjay Ranawade, Chief Manufacturing Officer, Titan Company Ltd.
  4. Mr. Gaurav Mathur, CEO, Safe Gold
  5. Mr. Tarun Jain, Head of Dubai Design Academy, DMCC
  6. Ms. Priya Meenakshi Narsimha, PhonePe
  7. Mr. Kiran Momaya, Professor , IIT - Bombay
4.15 pm - 4:30 pm TEA BREAK
4:30 pm- 5:00 pm Presentation by Mr. Harish Bijoor, BRAND EXPERT - Harish Bijoor Consults Inc. and Management Consulting
SESSION III
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm NEED FOR ROBUST STANDARDS IN THE GOLD INDUSTRY
Video on hallmarking
Presentation by: Mr. Terry Heymann, Chief Financial Officer, World Gold Council
Address by Ms. Rashmi Dastidar, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Panel Moderator: Ms. Aarti Nilhalani - Partner, Oliver Wyman
Panelist:
  1. Mr. Terry Heymann, Chief Financial Officer, World Gold Council
  2. Mr. Rahul Gupta, Bullion Federation of India (BFI)
  3. Ms. Sakhila Mirza, Executive Director, LBMA
  4. Mr. H L Upendar, Deputy Director General (Consumer Affairs & PP&C) (TBC)
  5. Mr. James Jose, Founder Secretary , The Indian Association of Hallmarking Centres
  6. Mr. T. Kalaivanan, Deputy Director General (Hallmarking), BIS
END OF DAY 1 SESSIONS
07:30 pm - 10:00 pm NETWORKING DINNER
VENUE: BALL ROOM - HOTEL JW MARRIOT
DAY 2 - Saturday, 24th November 2018
Time Activity
08:30 am - 9:30 am Breakfast
SESSION IV
09:30 am -10:15 am EMPLOYMENT GENERATION & SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN GOLD INDUSTRY
  1. Opening Remarks by Chairman GJEPC, Mr. Pramod Kr. Agrawal
  2. Mr. Yaduvendra Mathur, Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog (TBC)
  3. Address by Mr. KP Krishnan, Secretary, Skill Development (TBC)
  4. Vote of thanks - Sanjay Kothari, Chairman, GJSCI
SESSION V
10:15 AM - 11:30 am EMPLOYMENT GENERATION & SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN GOLD INDUSTRY
  1. Presentation by NCAER on Cluster Mapping
Panelist:
  1. Mr. Gaurav Kapoor, National Skill Development Council (NSDC)
  2. Mr. Sanjay Kothari, Chairman, GJSCI
  3. Mr. Rajiv Chawla, Chairman, Integrated Association of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises of India
  4. Mr. Nitin Khandelwal, Chairman, GJC
  5. Mr. Prakash Pincha, Member, JPC, GJEPC
  6. Mr. Ankur Goyal, President Works, (MMTC-PAMP)
11:30 am - 11:45 am TEA BREAK
SESSION VI
11:45 am - 1:00 pm GST, TAXATION AND ENFORCEMENT - MAKING GOLD A TRANSPARENT ASSET CLASS Key Note Speaker: Mr. P. K. Das, Member Customs, CBIC (TBC)
Address by Mr. G.D. Lohani, JS, TRU, MoF (TBC)
Address by Mr. Rashmi Ranjan Das, JS, TRU, MOF (TBC)
Address by Mr. O.P. Daditch, Additional Director General, DRI
Context Setting and Panel Moderator: Mr. Nishant Shah, Legal Expert
  1. Mr. Sandeep Bhatnagar, DGEP (TBC)
  2. Mr. Bhargava Vaidya, Consultant
  3. Mr. Surendra Mehta, National Secretary, IBJA
  4. Mr. Pranay Narvekar, CEO, MyKYC Bank
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm LUNCH BREAK
SESSION VII
01:45 pm -2:45 pm BULLION BANKING, A TOOL TO LEVERAGE INDIA'S WEALTH IN GOLD Context Setting and Panel Moderator: Mr. Rajesh Khosla, MMTC Pamp
Panelist:
  1. Mr. Jeremy East, Ex-Global Head, Precious Metal, Standard Chartered Bank
  2. Mr. Manish Gavaskar - VP, Bullion Sales , RBL Bank
  3. Mr. Ravi Varanasi - NSE
  4. Mr. Mayank Khemka - MD, Khemka Group
  5. Mr. Nirakar Chand, DIL
  6. Mr. Shailesh Sangani, Convener, National Exhibitions, GJEPC
  7. Mr. Arjun Raychaudhuri, MD & CEO, MMTC-PAMP
  8. Shivanshu Mehta , Head Bullion, MCX
  9. Mr. Sudeesh Nambiath, Head, India Gold Policy Center, IIMA
SESSION VIII
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Open House (Chaupal) Session conducted by GJEPC + Representatives of MOC
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Vote of Thanks by Mr. Mansukh Kothari, Co Convener JPC, GJEPC
  END OF CONFERENCE

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