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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 THE GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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MUMBAI
1st April, 2015: A presentation was given by the vendors for translation of
website in official language. Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma,
Shri. Mithlesh Pandey, Ms. Dolly Choudhery were present at the meeting.
2nd April, 2015: A meeting was held with De Beers officials to discuss issues
related to Global Diamond Industry. A presentation was given to the De
Beers officials on the current status of the Indian diamond industry. Mr. Philip
Mellier,Mr. Paul Rowley, Mr. Stephen Lussier, Mr. Mihir Dalal, Ms. Hyaline
Jiang, Mr. Robert Band, Shri. Vipul Shah,Shri. Pankaj Parekh, Shri. Suresh
Shah, Shri.Saunak Parikh, Shri.Sanjay Kothari, Shri.Ashish Mehta, Shri. Anoop
Mehta,Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Harish Reddy were present at the meeting.
DeBeers has taken into consideration about the banks losing confidence in
financing the industry and proposed to work jointly with the Council to create
confidence among bankers in diamond financing.
2nd April, 2015: PR Pitch presentation by agencies at Trade Centre office for
Empanelment of PR agency for the Council. Shri. Vipul Shah, Shri. Pankaj
Parekh, Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Shri. Rajiv Jain, Shri. Saunak Parikh, Shri.
Colin Shah, Shri. Ajesh Mehta, Shri. Nirav Bhansali, Ms. Nirupa Bhatt, Shri.
Sabyasachi Ray, Ms. Dolly Chaudhary, Ms. Raksha Manihar were present at
the meeting.
6th April, 2015: A meeting held with Indian Banks Association officials at their
office to discuss the issues related to bank finance to gem & jewellery sector.
Shri. Vipul Shah, Shri. Saunak Parikh, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Maulik Shah,
Ms. Jitarani Udgata
7th April, 2015: HoD/RD meeting held to discuss the HR & Admin issues. Shri.
Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma, Shri. Satish Mishra, Ms. Priyanka
Goel, All HoDs/RDs, Ms. Linu Mathews, Ms. Krishna Desai, Shri. Rajesh
Narvekar were present.
7th April, 2015: An Octroi workshop was conducted at the Trading Hall for the
Members to understand the Octroi refund procedure. Mr. Ravi Tondulkar, Dr.
Jitarani Udgata, Shri. Vishwanath, Shri. Sudhir Patil and 35 Member Exports of
the Council were present.
9th April, 2015: A meeting was held with the Ambassador of Netherland to
discuss the issue of ABN AMRO Bank license. Shri Sabyasachi Ray, Shri
K.K.Duggal, Ms Archana Gautam were present.
10th April, 2015: A meeting with the agencies to discuss and finalise the
payroll vendor for the Council. Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma,
Shri. Satish Mishra, Ms. Priyanka Goel, Ms. Linu Mathews, Ms. Krishna Desai
were present.
13th April, 2015: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) held its Annual
General Meeting (AGM) at Trading Hall, BDB along with visits to key diamond
and jewellery manufacturing centres in Surat and the SEEPZ Special Economic
Zones. Mr. Sabyasachi Ray gave a brief presentation to RJC detailing the gem
& jewellery industry of India. Shri. Pankaj Parekh, Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Shri.
Saunak Parikh, Shri. Colin Shah, Shri. Ajesh Mehta, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri.
Harish Reddy were present.
15th April, 2015: A meeting held with GIA Board of Governors and senior
Management at Trading Hall, BDB to discuss the strategic alliance between
the organisations. Shri. Vipul Shah, Shri. Suresh Shah, Shri. Ajesh Mehta, Shri.
Sanjay Kothari, Shri. Saunak Parikh, Shri. Nirav Bhansali, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray,
Mr. Anoop V. Mehta, Mr. Milan K. Parikh, Mr. Naresh N. Mehta, Mr. Prakash C.
Shah, Mr. Kiran K. Gandhi, Mr. Mehul Shah, Mr. Kirit Bhansali were present.
16th April, 2015: A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Shri Siddharth,
DGS&D to discuss the formation of National Council for Gems and Jewellery
Sector. Shri Pankaj Parekh, Shri Sabyasachi Ray, Shri K.K.Duggal,Ms Archana
Gautam were present.
17th April, 2015: “Entry meeting on Performance Audit on Natural or cultural
pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with
precious metals and articles thereof, imitation jewellery , coins (Chapter 71 of
CTH) for C&AG ‘s Audit Report for 2016 held on 17th April, 2015 at 3 pm in
their office to discuss the scope, audit objectives and methodology of the PA
and to obtain views of the concerned Department. Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri.
K.K. Duggal, Ms. Archana Gautam were present.
17th April, 2015: Meetings were held with Shri Siddharth, DGS&D and Ms
Rupa Dutta, Economic Adviser to give them the latest updates of the industry.
Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. K.K. Duggal were present.
20th April to 24th April, 2015: ED visited Dubai to attend the Dubai Diamond
Conference to be held from 21st to 22nd April, 2015 wherein ED was invited as
a panellist at a panel discussion on synthetic diamonds. Post this Conference
ED will attend the Vicenzaoro Dubai show to be held from 23rd to 26th April,
2015
27th April, 2015: IBEF Brainstorming meeting was held under the chairmanship
of Shri Vijay Kapoor, Joint Secretary to promote Brand India at international
market. Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Ms. Archana Gautam were present.
29th April, 2015: A meeting was held at Directorate of Industries under the
Chairmanship of Secretary (SME) & Development Commissioner (Industries)
to discuss the issues raised by diamond merchants/processors. Shri. Vipul
Shah, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Ms. Jitarani Udgata.
4th May, 2015: Meeting with Rapaport officials to discuss the association
between the organisations. Mr. Sabyasachi Ray, Mr. Harsh Parekh, Ms. Molly
Spiegel were present.
5th May, 2015: In continuation to the 1st meeting held on 17th April, 2015 at
Delhi by the CAG offiails, an “entry conference with the Chief Commissioners,
Additional DGFT, DC Seepz etc were held at the New Customs house at
Bellard Pear. Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Ms. Kavita Balel were present.
5th May, 2015: ED attended the farewell reception organised by the US
Consulate to bid farewell to Mr. Richard Zielinski, the Economic officer, US
Consulate and welcome his successor.
6th May, 2015: A Pearl subcommittee meeting was organized to discuss the
presentation prepared by trade about the ongoing standardization issues
of pearl import and export. Shri Dipak Taswala, Shri Bhavik Jhaveri, Shri
Rajesh Jhaveri, Ms. Erum qureshi Shri Sabyaachi Ray, Dr. Jitarani Udgata,
Mr. A.Vishwanath, Mr. Sudhir Patil. Tele-conference:- Shri Haresh Zaveri were
present.
7th May, 2015: ED & Ms. Kavita Balel attended the KP WGDE teleconference
regarding:1. WGDE actions in relation to CAR 2. Scientific Subgroup (incl.
Footprint, digital pictures & fingerprint) 3. Response to Letter from FATF
President (see attachment) 4. Letters of Comfort 5. WGDE KP Survey on
Confiscated Diamonds 6. Meetings at Intersessional 7. AOB.
8th May, 2015: National Exhibitions meeting held to discuss and approve
the Minutes of the Meeting held on 27th March, 2015 & Record notes of the
IIJS Seminar Sub-committee Meeting held on 21st April, 2015 & IIJS 2015.
Nirav Bhansali,Milan Choksi,Haresh Zaveri, Nirmal Kumar Bardiya, Shailesh
Sanghani, Navin Jashnani, Ravee Tanwani, Sabyasachi Ray, Aanurag Dhoot,
Vikrant Pradhan, Vishal Thakker,Bhavin Khorasia, Mithila Akre were present.
8th May, 2015: NDMC meeting held to discuss Update on DDRC – Mumbai
and Surat, Update and discuss 2 Synthetics Detection Cases reported
recently, Update on situation of Synthetics, Discuss the possibility of adopting
certain features of the Diamond Federation of Hong Kong’s Natural Diamond
Quality Assurance (NDQA) Mark Scheme. Shri. Vipul Shah – Chairman
(Via - Concall), Shri. Suresh Shah - Convener (DPC), Shri. Ashish K Mehta -
Convener (NDMC), Shri. Anoop Mehta, Shri. Mehul Shah, Shri. Russell Mehta,
Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Smt. Nirupa Bhatt, Shri. Bakul R. Mehta, Shri. Rajiv Mehta,
Shri. Ajesh Mehta, Shri. Milan Parkirh, Shri. Jitenda Bhansali, Shri. Jaswant
Parikh, Shri. Virendra Shah, Shri. Sudhir Chawla, Shri. Mahesh Waghani, Shri.
Nitin Kadam (GJF Invitee), Shri. Dineshbhai R. Navadiya, Shri. Sabyasachi
Ray, Mr. Abhizar Bootwala were present.
11th May 2015: HR Meeting was held to discuss the Appraisal procedure for
the year 2014-15. Shri. Vipul Shah, Shri. Suresh Sha, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray,
Shri. Sandeep Sharma, Ms. Priyanka Goel, Ms. Linu Mathews were present.
11th May 2015: A& F Sub-Committee meeting held to discuss, confirm and
approve the Minutes of the last A&F meeting held on 28th March, 2015, to
approve the additional/ new/revised budgets for the year 2015-16, to carry
forward the unutilised capex budget of previous year, to approve Credit Card
for Director, Intl Exhibitions etc. Shri. Vipul Shah, Shri. Pankaj Parekh, Shri.
Suresh Shah, Shri. Rajiv Jain, Shri. Sanjay Kothari, Shri. Nirav Bhansali, Shri.
Ajesh Mehta, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma, Shri. Bijal Shah,
Ms. Meghna Dattani were present.
12th May, 2015: IIJW Sub-Committee meeting held to discuss and finalise
Show Dates and Venue, Slot rates, Marketing and Promotion Strategy,
Themes for the show &Participant Meeting. Mr.Sanjay Kothari, Mr.Haresh
Zaveri,Mr. Nawal Kishore Agarwal, Ms.Nirupa Bhatt, Ms. Dolly Choudhary,
Ms.Raksha Manihar,Mr. Ajay Pathak were present.
12th May, 2015: HoD/RD meeting held to disxuss the HR & Admin issues. Shri.
Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma, Shri. Satish Mishra, Ms. Priyanka
Goel, All HoDs/RDs, Ms. Linu Mathews, Ms. Krishna Desai, Shri. Rajesh
Narvekar were present.
13th May, 2015: Shri. Pravir Kumar, DGFT visited Zonal DGFT office, Mumbai
to address the Export Promotion Councils and important exporters to interact
on the new Foreign Trade Policy and also take feedback on any issue. Shri.
Sabyasachi Ray, Dr. Jitarani Udgata were present.
Annexure 1
Important Meetings
