Speakers & Moderators

14th March 2018

TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDIA GOOD DELIVERY, HALLMARKING ETC
Mr. Rajesh Khosla
Chairman Emeritus
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd.
Moderator


1. Developing an Indian Reference Material by BARC and IGM Mumbai.
2.The increasing use of XRF in assaying gold jewellery by Mr. Doug Henry, Head, Birmingham Assay Office.
3. LBMA Proficiency Testing by Mr. Neil Harby, Chief Technical Officer, LBMA.
4. Sustaining credible assay & hallmarking in India by Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Head, BIS Hallmarking.
5. Improving efficiencies of aqua regia refining by Mr. Anil Kansara, MD, Gujarat Gold.
6. QC in hallmarking and mandatory with traceability by Mr. Ashwin Jain, Secretary - IAHC
7. The road to LBMA Good delivery accreditation by Pankaj Deshmukh, Head of laboratory, MMTC-PAMP.



15th March 2018

Inaugural Session
Mr. Mohit Kamboj
National President - IBJA
Mr. Prithviraj Kothari
National Vice President - IBJA
Mr. Saurabh Gadgil
National Vice President - IBJA
Mr. Somasundaram PR
Managing Director,
World Gold Council, India
Mr. Govind Verma
CMD, Jewel Trendz Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Ashish Chauhan
MD & CEO - BSE
Mr. Mrugank Paranjape
MD & CEO - MCX
Ms. Ruth Crowell
Chief Executive, LBMA
Panel Discussion-1
SPOT GOLD EXCHANGE – HOW IT WILL CHANGE THE MODUS OPERANDI & BULLION BUSINESS ?
Ms. Manisha Gupta
Editor – Commodities & Currencies
CNBC TV18
Moderator
Mr. Somasundaram PR
Managing Director,
World Gold Council, India
Mr. Shivanshu Mehta
Head- Bullion
Multi Commodity Exchange
Mr. Sameer Patil
Senior General Manager
Bombay Stock Exchange
Mr. Amar Singh
Executive Director, Global Commodities
JP Morgan Chase
Mr. Sudheesh Nambiath
Lead Analyst - Precious Metals
Thomson Reuters
Mr. Ramakrishnan Padmanabhan
Vice President Precious Metals Sales
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, India
Albert Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA)
Panel Discussion-2
GOLD POLICY – IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK.
Ms. Manisha Gupta
Editor – Commodities & Currencies
CNBC TV18
Moderator
Mr. Somasundaram PR
Managing Director
World Gold Council, India
Mr. Pramod Agarwal
Chairman
Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)
Mr. Nitin Khandelwal
Chairman
All India Gems &. Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF)
Mr. Rahul Gupta
Bullion Federation of India (BFI)
Mr. Sudheesh Nambiath
Lead Analyst - Precious Metals
Thomson Reuters
Mr. Arvind Sahay
Head IGPC
IIM – A
Manoj Dwivedi
Joint Secretary (Africa), DoC, MoC & Industry
Government of India
Ms. Nirupama Soundararajan
Head - Research & Senior Fellow
Pahle India Foundation
Panel Discussion-3
HALLMARKING, PMLA & GST-CHALLENGES FOR BUSINESS OR BOON TO THE INDUSTRY?
Mr. Anil Singhvi
Markets Editor
CNBC TV18
Moderator
Mr. Harshad Ajmera
President
Indian Association of Hallmarking Centres
Mr. Chirag Sheth
Research Consultant
Metals Focus
Mr. Bhargava Vaidya

Chartered Accountant
Mr. Neeraj Sharma
Head
BIS Hallmarking
Panel Discussion-4
HOW CAN JEWELLERY MANUFACTURING & RETAIL SECTOR GET BOOST ?
Mr. Anil Singhvi
Markets Editor
CNBC TV18
Moderator
Mr. Sandeep Kulhalli
Senior Vice-President – Retail and Marketing (Jewellery
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