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 Mr. Pankaj Deshmukh, Head of laboratory, MMTC-PAMP.
8. Accreditation of Precious Metals Labs & Assaying Centers by Mr. Ramprasath R, Deputy Director, National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).



15th March 2018

Inaugural Session
Mr. Mohit Bharatiya
National President - IBJA
Mr. Prithviraj Kothari
National Vice President - IBJA
Mr. Saurabh Gadgil
National Vice President - IBJA
Mr. Aram Shishmanian,
CEO- 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
Mr. Manoj Dwivedi
Joint Secretary DoC, MoC & Industry
Government of India
Mr. Suresh Prabhu
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Government of India
Ms. Rita Teaotia
Secretary, Department of Commerce,
Ministry of Commerce & Industry,
Government of India
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
Mr. Prithviraj Kothari
Managing Director
RSBL
Mr. Ajay Kedia
Chief Research Analyst
Kedia Commodity
Mr. Shekhar Bhandari
Senior Executive
Vice President
Kotak Mahindra Bank
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
Mr. Sabyasachi Ray
Executive Director
GJEPC
Mr. Surendra Mehta
National Secretary
IBJA
Mr. James Jose
Secretary
AGRM
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
Mr. Pankaj Parekh
State President - West Bengal
IBJA
Mr. Anil Kataria
Managing Director
D. P. Jewellers
Mr. Hasmukh Parekh
Managing Director
Hasmukh Parekh
Jewellers.
Mr. Krishna Pratap Singh
Ex.Additional Director General of Export
Promotions Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Ms. Ruth Crowell
Chief Executive
LBMA
Mr. Yogesh Singhal
Director
Y K Jewellers
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) Titan
Mr. Saurabh Gadgil
Managing Director P.N.
Gadgil Jewellers
Mr. Nishad AK
Executive Director Malabar
Gold and Diamonds
Mr. Rajesh Kalyanaraman
Executive Director
Kalyan Jewellers
Mr. John Paul Alukkas
Executive Director
Joyalukkas Jewellers
Mr. Anil Talwar
Managing Partner
Talwarsons Jewellers
Albert Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
Singapore Bullion Market Association (SBMA)
Mr. Anish Birawat
Director
Chain N Chains Jewels Ltd.
Mr. Avinash Pahuja
Director
ORO.
Mr. Bharat Takhtani
Director
Zar Jewels
Mr. K Srinivasan
Managing Director
Emerald Jewel Industry
India Limited
Mr. Mayank Khemka
Managing Director
Khemka Group
Mr. Anurag Rastogi
Managing Director
Mateshwari Gold
Mr. Gaurav Singh Kushwaha
CEO
BlueStone.com
Closing Remarks:
Mr. S.K. Jindal
Chairman
Jindal Group Of Companies