RAPAPORT... The All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) has restructured its committee of administration (COA) with seven new members who will be joining the 15 existing members. All of the members represent not just diverse industries within the gems and jewelry industry, but also come from various regions, making the COA inclusive.
According to GJF, the large committee will help the industry, as members can now address specific challenges or roadblocks being faced by a particular region or sector. In addition to the COA, the GJF formed new sub-committees to address care of various initiatives and issues that may come up from time to time.
The newly formed COA will be in place from 2015 to 2017. Welcoming the new members, Manish Jain, the chairman of GJF, said, “GJF as an association has a very crucial role to play within the industry. Having completed a decade of formation, GJF has been actively involved with various industry related issues, constantly promoting the growth for this industry sector. I welcome the new COA members who are industry veterans and bring with them a wealth of experience and skills that would add immense value to our initiatives and programs. Moreover, I am grateful for their willingness to dedicate their time and efforts and share our collective vision to work towards the progress of this industry.”
The COA will head the various planning and administrative matters for GJF and include the following members:
Shankar Sen – zonal chairman for the Eastern region (New Member) Anil Talwar - new member D. D. Karel - new member Manoj Soni - new member Rajkumar Jain - new member Raman Solanki - new member Sumeet Anand - new member Manish Jain – chairman G. V. Sreedhar – vice chairman Haresh Soni – immediate past chairman Nitin Khandelwal – zonal chairman for the Western region Vijay Khanna – zonal chairman for the Northern region AnanthaPadmanaban – zonal chairman for the Southern region Ashok Bardia Ashok Minawala BachhrajBamalwa Mahesh Jain Nirupa Bhatt Nitin Kadam Paresh Shah K. Srinivasan Vinod Hayagriv Zaveribhai Mandalia Permanent invitees: Pramod Agarwal Sanjay Kothari
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