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1st March, 2016: NDMC has convened the meeting of the Steering Committee
to discuss the Kick-off the study on Synthetics.
2nd March, 2016: A meeting held with a high level delegation from DTC
headed by Mr. Philippe Mellier, CEO of De Beers. Phillipe Mellier, Gareth
Mostyn, Nimesh Patel, Paul Rowley, Richard Whitby, Howard Davies, Nick
Smart, Mihir Dalal were present.
2nd March, 2016: An Emergency CoA meeting held at Trade Centre office of
the Council to discuss on the Union Budget 2016 announced on 29/02/2016
especially the levy of 1% Excise duty on Jewellery. Shri. Praveenshankar
Pandya, Shri. Anil Virani, Shri. Sanjay Shah, Shri. Shailesh Sangani, Shri. Anil
Sankhwal, Shri. Prakash Pincha, Shri. Mahendra Tayal, Shri. K. Srinivasan,
Shri. Kirit Bhansali, Shri. Mansukh Kothari, Shri. Konal Doshi Teleconference:-
Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Rohan Shah, Shri. Nishant Shah Secretariat:- Shri.
Murtuza Kalyanwala, Shri. Rajesh Narvekar, Ms. Usha Kumari were present.
3rd March, 2016: HoD/RD meeting held at Council to have a Discussion
with Chairman and Convener-A&F, Status on the actionables, Discussion on
Security and Safeguards to protect Council’s assets, New Monthly Report
format, Introduction of Mr. Saurabh Shah, PCS etc. Shri. Praveenshankar
Pandya, Shri. Anil Virani, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma, All
HoDs/RDs and HR team, Mr. Rajesh Narvekar, newly appointed CS officials
were present.
3rd March, 2016: A KP teleconference held with EU officials to discuss the
support to Indian candidature for KP vice chairmanship in 2017. Shri. Manoj
Dwivedi, JS, Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Shashank Upadhyay were present.
4th March, 2016: 1st Extra-Ordinary General meeting of the Gem & Jewellery
Skill Council of India (GJSCI) held on Friday, 4th March, 2016 at 11.00.a.m. at
Business Facilitation Centre, 3rd floor Seepz SEZ, Andheri (East), Mumbai –
400 096 the extra-ordinary general meeting of the members of the company
pursuant to the notice. Mr. Praveenshankar Pandya, Mr. Jay Mehta (CS), Mr.
Anil Sankhwal, Mr. Sabyasachi Ray were present.
4th March, 2016: A meeting with Mr. Sanjay Sood, Joint Secretary, Dept. of
Atomic Energy to discuss the issue of the stoppage of Export of Coloured
Gemstones containing “Beryllium” and having Gems & Jewellery usage. Shri.
K.D. Maheshwari, Dr. Jitarani, Shri. Sudhir Patil were present.
4th March, 2016: Project Steering Committee Meeting Of Project Suvidha Cell
For Common Facility Project Held On Friday, 4th March, 2016 At 4.00 Pm at
Council head office To confirm and approve the minutes of the meeting held on
5.12.2015, Noting on the actions taken based on discussions and decisions of
the meeting dated 5.12.2015, Nomination from Central Government and State
Government To take note of the approval letter received from MoC&I regarding
appointment of Implementing agency, Appointment of Implementing Agency
regarding, To finalise the role of implementing & Monitoring committee (IMC)
for Visnagar Centre and its composition etc.. Shri Pravinshankar Pandya,
2. Shri Dinesh Navadiya, Shri Anil Virani, Convener, Shri Rajkaml, Director,
MoC&I, GoI, Ms. Rupa Dutta, Economic Advisor, Finance Division, Department
of Commerce, GoI, Shri Samir Joshi, ED, IDI, Shri Sandeep Sharma, Ms. Jilpa
Sheth, Shri Sanket Navadiya, Nodal Officer, CFC.
7th March, 2016: A meeting was held at Rosy Blue office with E & Y Team to
discuss the White paper to be prepared on Job Work. Shri. Russell Mehta, Shri.
Sanjay Shah, Shri. Anil Virani, Shri. Ajesh Mehta, Shri. Sabyasachji Ray, Ms.
Usha Kumari, E & Y Team:- Mr. Paresh Parekh, Mr. Sarvesh Nayak, Mr. Suresh
Nair, Ms. Neha Thakur etc.
9th March, 2016: A & F Sub-Committee meeting held on 9th March, 2016 at
Council to discuss Minutes of the last A&F sub-committee, VSM legal case,
Opening of Bank account, Closure of Syndicate Bank Account, Update on
IDTC Status, Discussion on GTL Aside Scheme Proposal, IGI Delhi Capex
Budget, KYC Budget & Project Details, Revised Budget For The Financial Year
2015-2016, Jewellery Park, Communication from MOC regarding setting up
of International Level Mega Industrial Exhibition-cum- convention centre as
proposed by M/s Richardson and Cruddas, Imposition of Cess Tax – Diamond
Promotion Fund etc. Shri PraveenShankar Pandya, Shri Anil Virani, Shri
Shailesh Sangani, Shri. Mayank Trivedi, Shri Sabyasachi Ray, Shri Sandeep
Sharma, Shri Bijal Shah, Ms. Meghna Dattani, Ms. Vedashri Bhilare- Partner,
Pramod S. Shah & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, Ms. Janvi
Shah- Pramod S. Shah & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, Ms.
Priyanka Goel, Shri Agnelo Dsouza
9th March, 2016: E & Y Team had a concall with Mr. Janak Mistry, Surat to
undrestand the procedure followed for Job Work in Surat.
11th March, 2016: Fourth Meeting Of The Committee Of Administration For The
Term 2015-17, Scheduled To Be Held On Friday 11th March 2016 At 03.30 Pm
At “Hotel Clarks”, Amer & Brij Convention Centre, Jln Marg, Jaipur-302018,
Rajasthan, India. CoA Members, Secretariat, CS officials
14th March, 2016: A delegation from Korea headed by Mr. Chang Soo Nam,
the President of Korea Diamond Exchange along with Mr. Seungho Baek, The
consulate General of Korea in Mumbai and few other officials visited Council
to discuss the bilateral trade issues and the suggested remedies to overcome
the same.
15th March, 2016: National Exhibition Sub-Committee meeting held to discuss
I. Signature IIJS 2016 & IGJME 2016, II. IIJS 2016, III. To decide on the show
dates for Signature IIJS & IGJME from 2017 till 2020. Shri Saunak Parikh, Shri K
D Maheshwari, Shri Milan Choksi, Shri. Mansukh Kothari, Shri. Haresh Zaveri,
Shri. Anil Virani, Shri. Sandeep Sharma, Shri. Anurag Dhoot, Shri. Vikrant
Pradhan, Shri. Vishal Thakker, Shri. Bhavin Khorasia, Ms. Mithila Akre, Shri.
Murtuza Kalyanwala, Ms. Janvi Shah, M/s.Pramod S. Shah & Associates.
16th March, 2016: Exhibitions (International) Sub-Committee meeting held to
discuss 1) Vicenza Oro Dubai ( April 14 – 17, 2016) 2) JCK LAS VEGAS (June
3 – 6, 2016), India SAARC Iran Jewellery BSM (May 19 – 21, 2016), Jewellery
Arabia (Nov 22 – 26, 2016), Hong Kong (Nov 22 – 26, 2016), 4) Evaluation of
participation cost at India Pavilion over the last 4 years at: Hong Kong, JCK,
Jewellery Arabia. Shri. PraveenShankar Pandya, Shri. Russell Mehta, Shri.
Dilip Shah, Shri. Anil Sankhwal, Shri. Sohil Kothari, Shri Anil Virani, Ms. Janvi
Shah, Pramod S. Shah & Associates, Practising Company Secretaries, Shri
Sabyasachi Ray, Shri Sandeep Sharma, Shri. Sridhar Iyengar, Ms. Naheed
Sunke, Ms. Margaret Rodrigues, Shri. Vishal Thakker, Shri. Prasad Patil, Shri
Bijal Shah were present.
19th March, 2016: An emergency meeting was held at Delhi to discuss the
ongoing issues of imposition of 1% Excise duty on Jewellery on Saturday, 19th
March, 2016 with the various jewellers association under the leadership of
Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council(GJEPC) with Mr. Amit Shah,
Party President BJP, Hon’ble Union Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal and others.
21st March, 2016: An emergency meeting to discuss the current Octroi related
issues faced by the members of the Council. Mr. Sanjay Shah, Mr. Vasant
Mehta, Mr. Bakul Mehta, Mr. Manish Jivani, Mr. Sanjeev Aggarwal, Mr. Bharat
Kakadiya, Mr. Kirit Bhansali, Mr. Mitesh Gajera, Jitarani Udgata, Mr. Sudhir
Patil.
21st March, 2016: National (Exhibition) Sub-Committee meeting held to
discuss I. IIJS 2016, i. To discuss & approve the cost of participation for
overseas exhibitors ii. To discuss about Seminars Shri Praveenshankar
Pandya, Shri Saunak Parikh, Shri Milan Choksi, Shri. Nirav Bhansali (through
audio conference), Shri. Mansukh Kothari, Shri. Navin Jashnani, Shri. Anurag
Dhoot, Shri. Vishal Thakker, Shri. Vikrant Pradhan, Shri. Bhavin Khorasia,
Ms.Mithila Akre, Ms. Janvi Shah, M/s. Pramod S. shah & Associates.
23rd March, 2016: A meeting held to discuss the vendor policies of the
Council. Shri. Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. Sandeep Sharma, Shri. Aanurag Dhoot,
Shri. Sridhar Iyengar, Shri. Agnelo Dsouza, Shri. Mithlesh Pandey, Ms. Priyanka
Goel, Shri. Vishal Thakkar, Shri. Bijal Shah, Shri. Mahesh Bhoir.
26th March, 2016: Based on the discusions held on 23rd March, 2016 a
meeting of the Angadias and CHAs were held to discuss and understand the
ongoing issues of Octroi faced by them.
29th March, 2016: A meeting held under the Chairmanship of Shri. Manoj
Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, MoC & I to discuss the proposals submitted by
the Council for the Annual Action Plan 2016-17 under MDA Scheme. Shri.
Sabyasachi Ray, Shri. K.K. Duggal.
30th March, 2016: Hon’ble Union Minister for Communications and Information
Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad visited BDB and accordingly BDB
organised a meeting of the Top exporters to address the issues faced by the
Members . Shri. Praveenshankar Pandya, Shri. Russell Mehta, Shri. Anoop
Mehta, Shri. Mehul Shah and Top Exporters of the Council.
CHENNAI
Regional Chairman Mr. Princeson participated in First Global Investor Meet
held at Chennai along with Regional Director and represented the Gem and
Jewellery Export Promotion Council.
Surya Narayanan, Regional Director participated in Stake Holders Meeting
organised by the Government of Tamilnadu along with Mr. Joseph Prince of
Prince Jewellery
Regional Office - Chennai organised Appraiser Training program for southern
region with NACN. Faculty member Mr. Hitesh Dy. Director from IDI Surat
conducted the training.
Regional Sub Committee has elected Mr. Naresh Mehta as Interim Regional
Chairman. Mr. Naresh Mehta has guided the council with his able expertise till
the completion of election.
Regional Office – Chennai organised sensitisation meeting at Chennai and
Hyderabad for the election and Southern Region has elected Mr. Mahender
Tayal as new Regional Chairman for the period 2015 – 2017
Regional Office – Chennai organised meeting with Trichy Synthetic Stone
cluster. The JDGFT Mr. J.V. Patil chaired the meeting with Regional Chairman
Mr. Mahender Tayal. The members were briefed about the various schemes
in vernacular language by Mr. Murugesan Assistant Director DGFT along with
the Regional Director.
